Tritons: Pride personified, they build their grand cities at all levels of the deep and feel themselves superior to all. Their rigid beliefs in structure and hierarchy and honor means they cannot be reasoned with for they will stick to their chosen path, even to their detriment. They prefer the company of their own kind, and do not open their cities to other peoples other than as temporary visitors. The exceptions are the sea-elves with whom they have a pact of mutual aid against the saughin. But even those individuals tend to rotate out every few years, as many sea-elves find their cities restrictive and oppressive. However, they are the one race that truly Builds. Their cities stand against the worst that Wiksah can throw at its children, and they flourish in conditions that many others avoid. They have traditions of music and metal craft that stretch back to the earliest days of The Rise, and are superior to all others in terms of what they produce for weapons and armor. They have managed to revive more of the ancient lore that was lost in previous tides than any other civilization, and continue to push the bounds of what is possible. And they share those advances with the ‘lesser races’ for it does not benefit them to weaken their brethren of the deep when it is always possible they may need to stand together against a stronger foe. They could be accused of many things, but greed is not one of them. They do not give their advances away, but the prices are fair.
Originally from the Elemental Plane of Water, many tritons entered the Material Plane centuries ago in response to the growing threat of evil elementals. Those tritons spread across the worlds’ oceans, protecting the surface from terrors in the deep.
Tritons have webbed hands and feet, small fins on their calves, and coloration that favors blues and greens.
Tritons are one of the races who can be born bioluminescent, this trait is mainly found in the settlements at the extreme north and south poles of the planet.
Triton settlements are generally smaller in scale, occasionally transient in nature, and open to outsiders. They are strong bents towards lawful and noble behavior, and their young are known for being foolhardy in the face of danger. They will speak to those from the lands above, but only in response to a threat and will generally refuse to treat with them once the threat has passed. It is not that they consider themselves above the landwalkers in anyway, but more than they are so focused on their goal of protection that anything that does not add to that goal in a material way is not seen as worth spending a great deal of time on. As such, Tritons are known for their superior weapons and fighting techniques, and are frequently pushing the bounds further of both.