Nereid
Basic Information
Anatomy
Nereid resembles both human and elves, but with the particularity of a very smooth skin with furrows, allowing for better movement in water.
Biological Traits
Nereid has very close traits with humans and elves, with very smooth and thin traits, where male are more muscular and squared.
Genetics and Reproduction
They have the same cycle as other Elnumels, but to that difference that they adopted the custom to birth in water.
Growth Rate & Stages
The furrows start to appear around puberty. the rest is common to other Elnumels
Ecology and Habitats
They are adapted to live on shores, on islands of the south, regularly alternating between ground and water.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Due to their location, Nereid tend to have a diet mostly turned around fishes and other product of the ocean.
Biological Cycle
When getting older, their skin become less adapted to water, and nothing can make difference between old Nereid and old half-elf.
Additional Information
Social Structure
They live in small villages around a chief, and everyone look for eachother.
Facial characteristics
Extremely smooth, not any facial hair, even their nose are more flat. Ears really discreet.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
All around the five more important akeidre islands, and the ferad peak.
Average Intelligence
They are as intelligent as any other elnumels, however choosing the path of tribal life.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Better than human and elves both in sight and hearing, they can also see in water and are sensible to its movement.
Civilization and Culture
Major Organizations
The cult of kalma flows.
Average Technological Level
As orks, they refused the progression of technologies and are even less advanced than orks. (again, except for La'han)
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Each isle have its own dialect, but it's all small variations of the common language called Akerese, and some even talk bits of Meridian (knowing that meridian has its roots in Akerese)
Common Dress Code
Most of them live half nude, with just pareo or long skirts, for some special days they put very colourful
Culture and Cultural Heritage
They have the culture of honouring the sea, and have a strange custom around whales, using oil and bones in rituals for premonitions and other beliefs.
Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals
They Revere Whales, once par years they go on a hunt and kill a dozen, take their bones to sculpt charms, use the ribs to carves predictions and tombstones for the dream-dancers.
Common Taboos
All about the rituals around whales. The existence of Krakens, giant crabs with tentacles and spiky shell.
History
Historically Nereids are what is genetically closer to the ancestral Enlumel, at least said the dwarves. They stayed in the same tribal system for as long as we know, and even today they are still staying simple, except for La'han, where they accepted to put machines for linen culture. (They keep cotton and sugar cane manual)
Historical Figures
Ishaïa and Amatû, a couple of dream dancers who initiated Aridia Arthima to her destiny. Cialla Meline, the Matriarch of Kalma.
Common Myths and Legends
the kalma flow of the aether sea, Polaris and Coronaria the gods of dreams and destiny.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
They have a barter system relationship with the Meridian kingdom, more exactly the harbour of Loreif.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Lifespan
60-80 years
Average Height
170-190 cm
Average Weight
50-80 kg
Average Physique
Thin and muscular, smooth body, adapted for a lot of physical exercise, especially swimming and diving.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
They tend to have a lot of ritualistic body painting, otherwise, their body is tanned.
Related Ethnicities
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