Cecaelia (Race)
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Race Name: Cecaelia Homeland: The Ocean, including the waters between Cenril, Rynvale Island and Chartsend. Average Height: 7-9 ft, including tentacles Average Weight: 150-250 kg Preferred Classes: Thief, Warrior, Artisan Classes this race can be: Preferred Alignment: Neutral, Evil Preferred Weapons: Missiles, Physical Attack, Trident Aggression Level: Mid to High Intelligence Level: High Magic Rating: Low Strength Rating: High Weak Against: Fire, heat, dehydration Strong Against: Water, physical attack. Related Races: Naga Allied Races: N/A Enemy Races: Humans
Cecaelia Physiology
Where mer-people possess fish-like tails in place of legs, from the waist down cecaelia have eight octopoid limbs. They are most well-known for being superb artisans; their deep disdain for outward emotional expression leads them to find release in all kinds pf crafting, architecture, mosaic-art and other creative endeavours.
They are not adept at arcane magic, nor are they drawn to its practices, and are also quite resistant to magical energies including magical healing, so it is fortunate their flesh can gradually regenerate to heal all but grievous wounds to head or torso. However, magical resistance makes it exceedingly difficult for them to mimic human shape, for which they must appeal to divine sources.
Cecaelia may be male, female or any mixture of both and appear to be able to change genders at will. They are notoriously haphazard parents, leaving their offspring to sink or swim at an early stage of development.
Cecaelian 'bones' are actually comprised of flexible cartilage, so they’re able to squeeze through spaces which other creatures would find difficult. They are not social creatures, preferring to dwell in private homes with narrow access points and secret exits. It’s perhaps unsurprising that the ocean’s criminal element hosts more than a few of this species.
Seaborn Psychology
Seaborns and landwalkers live in vastly different worlds, which has translated to them having extremely different cultures. There are many things about the landwalkers world that Seaborn do not have a deep understanding of, which has led to many humans judging them has not being exceptionally clever.
They are very protective of not only their territory, but also each other. It is this faithfulness that binds them as a society. If an attack or threat is perceived by one, it is addressed by all. Krakens are typically a peaceful subspecies, but once they go on attack, precious little can be done to stop them until their anger is sated.
They are highly aggressive against all races, though humans have been the race with whom they’ve had the most interaction. Having been hunted by them in the past, for pelts or scales, as trophies, they attack without provocation. Some seaborn who have allied themselves with the outside world have found themselves excommunicated from seaborn society and forced to live with their new allies, and away from their long-time watery homes.
Seaborn Society
The seaborn self-govern themselves. There is a hierarchy amongst the various races. All respect the kraken and see the kraken as a great protector of the seas. For a kraken to go after a human ship, it is to mark that ship as having committed a grievous sin against the seaborn.
Mermaids respect the kraken and themselves. They tolerate the other seakind, but understand themselves to be relatively high in the internal pecking order.
Selkies are generally known to be cautiously social and not as ruthless or vicious when it comes to interacting with races outside their own. They are more independent than the merfolk which is a bone of contention between the two races on occasion, but for the most part, they are the peacemakers of the sea.
Kelpies do whatever they want without rhyme or reason.
There is no governing authority in the sea, no king or queen, no reigning monarch. The sea is not claimable. Early on, the seaborn, having witnessed the wars over land and sky, swore that their new home, depthless and boundless as it was, would have no master.
Seaborn & Religion
Seaborn religion typically revolves around the goddess Selene, although some seaborn are fond of Cyela and Daedria, as both the lesser goddesses’ temples are within the bounds of the sea they call home. They are not especially pious creatures, but they have a deep reverence for the gods, along with the very sea itself. Any affront to the ocean is seen as a direct offense to the gods who created it, and the seaborn are swift to enact retribution for any perceived slight.
Places of Worship
- Selene – Holy Temple of Selene
Seaborn History
The seaborn have long been a mysterious force within the land. Very little is known about their history, which has only been communicated orally and never officially put to paper.
Little has been known up to this point regarding the emergence of the seaborn as a race. They’ve chosen to remain closed off from the rest of the world until now. From some estimates, they were born during the saurian empire collapse, when some creatures took to the seas for escape and solace.
Throughout the following years, they kept themselves completely cut off from the rest of population, content to only be known through legend and rumor. Even sailors report few interactions with the species. But any reports are not usually favorable ones.
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