Meraguin
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Meraguin

High Folk
Playable
Merfolk
General Description
The Meraguin tend to have beautiful faces with dark bronze skin, and metallic scales. They tend towards having pale hair, and glowing blue eyes with black sclera which help absorb light to improve their vision underwater. They are often referred to simply as Merfolk, though this isn't technically correct.
 
Behaviour
Generally the Meraguin, like many other High Folk races, are a relatively peaceable people but can be hard to interact with due to their race's strict rules. They can also be extremely territorial, especially those still living in the Meraguin Kingdom. Failure to leave “their” area if you are unwelcome will usually be met with as much violence as is necessary to make the intruder leave, but they are reluctant to actually kill people to achieve this. 
 
Culture
Not a massive amount is known about Merfolk culture by those races living on dry land. What is known is that they largely live in underwater cities, are ruled by a monarchy and are sworn to secrecy by their incumbent monarch, so any living on the surface will not tell a soul any details about what goes on at the bottom of the sea.
 
No Intruders
The locations of some of the Meraguin cities are known, but any attempt to get close to them is met with a hail of thrown tridents or, more effectively, attacks from huge green lobster-like monsters called Leviathans which the Meraguin train to defend their domain. As such next to nothing is known about their society. 

Sub-Race Creation Additional

+2 Cha, -1 Con

Meraguin Weapon Training: You have proficiency with the War Spear, Trident, Mer grapple, and net.

Friend of the Sea: Using gestures and sounds, you can communicate simple ideas with Small or smaller beasts that have an inborn swimming speed.

Unmistakable Beauty: You have advantage on Perform and Persuasion checks.

June 2nd, 2020

Characters

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Attributes

Unorganized
Alternative Names
Fishwives (racial slur)
Blubbers (street slang)
Mer (general term used by non-Meraguin)
Continent of Origin
The Sea of Green
Current Location
The Strait of Tir, and off the coasts of the New World, the Faerie Isle and the Duchy of Mor'Koc
Average Height
Male: 6’ 2”; Female: 6’ (Medium)
Maximum Lifespan
Around 250 years
Rarity
Very Rare
Real-World Naming Convention
Turkish