Aquan

Nolan, an Aquan

The Aquans are a race of merfolk who live in the coral city of Aquas beneath the Endless Sea. They are a proud people, and have nearly no interaction with land-dwellers. Little is known of their culture, save that they have a king, consider the terms merman and mermaid insulting, and believe it is their duty to protect all that lives beneath the surface.

Outside Contact

Until the year 304, there were only four recorded incidents of contact with an Aquan. The first two were brief sightings by a naval vessel in the years 211 and 266; the second was an Aquan man saving an elven boy from drowning in the year 281, and the fourth was the corpse of an Aquan man washed up on the shore outside Harborside in the year 292.

In 304, an adventuring band called The Wiggles made contact with an Aquan woman who had swum through a series of underground tunnels to Moonshine Basin. After determining they were not hostile and discovering their adventuring habits, she beseeched their aid in saving her people from a Kraken. During these events, an Aquan named Nolan joined the Wiggles with the intent to learn about the world above the sea.