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Hotep Gith (talk | contribs) (Created page with " The self proclaimed "Sea Elf" known to the people of Saltmarsh as Castaway arrived in Saltmarsh by an unusual background but by disturbingly usual means. His earliest memories are from under the sea, living a relatively happy childhood among a "Pod" of aquatic being he refers to as The Seafolk. For most of his life Castaway lived as one of them with no idea of his true origins. He and his siblings were children and the Near Shoal to the Little Big all...") |
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The self proclaimed "Sea Elf" known to the people of [[Saltmarsh]] as Castaway arrived in Saltmarsh by an unusual background but by disturbingly usual means. | |||
The self proclaimed "Sea Elf" known to the people of [[Saltmarsh]] as Castaway arrived in Saltmarsh by an unusual background but by disturbingly usual means. | |||
His earliest memories are from under the sea, living a relatively happy childhood among a "Pod" of aquatic being he refers to as [[The Seafolk]]. For most of his life Castaway lived as one of them with no idea of his true origins. | |||
He and his siblings were children and the [[Near Shoal]] to the [[Little Big]] all the way down to the [[Deep]] were their playground. | He and his siblings were children and the [[Near Shoal]] to the [[Little Big]] all the way down to the [[Deep]] were their playground. | ||
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He was not Seafolk. He was not pod. This was not his place and his place was on the [[Big Shoal]], that is where his real pod was headed. They told him the pod was leaving the waters of the Little Big and headed out far away to the [[Big Big]] likely never to return. | He was not Seafolk. He was not pod. This was not his place and his place was on the [[Big Shoal]], that is where his real pod was headed. They told him the pod was leaving the waters of the Little Big and headed out far away to the [[Big Big]] likely never to return. | ||
When Castaway begged them to allow him to stay with them, they warned that where they were going he was not fast enough to keep up. That the Big Big was too dangerous for him and that it was time for him to go be among his own people and find his place in the world. They shared a loving and tearful farewell and in that reminded him that Olhydra is also in our tears and departed, while Castaway used the few useful materials from the wrecked ship to build a raft on course for the mainland. | |||
Off to find a place in the world where he belonged..... | Off to find a place in the world where he belonged..... | ||
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Currently, Castaway has been using his gifts to aid the fishermen of Saltmarsh. He soon plans on mapping the local shoal complex which he thinks could aid the entire town fishing and maritime trade position on the whole. He hopes that in doing this he will be accepted by this community as his new megapod. | Currently, Castaway has been using his gifts to aid the fishermen of Saltmarsh. He soon plans on mapping the local shoal complex which he thinks could aid the entire town fishing and maritime trade position on the whole. He hopes that in doing this he will be accepted by this community as his new megapod. | ||
Castaway and his new ally-pod recently visited a small island near Saltmarsh with a pair of | Castaway and his new ally-pod recently visited a small island near Saltmarsh with a pair of [[Standing Stones]] where they learned that local legends are true about a spirit of a "seafolk" being in the stones after being sacrificed in the distant past. This siren song not only can effect the land breathers but plays a role in drawing the fish to this are as well. | ||
Castaway is debating what is the correct course of action here under the tenants of Olhydra. | Castaway is debating what is the correct course of action here under the tenants of Olhydra. | ||