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Signy, a sildroher

The sildroher are magical creatures who inhabit the waters off the coasts of Fjerda.[1]

History[]

Before fleeing into the ocean, the sildroher were allies with the Hedjut people and commonly mingled with the humans, but did not mate with them.

Historically, they were very powerful beings whose magic took the form of song and wove it into their culture. Currently, since they are a very timid race, their abilities have diminished and very few know about the song magic.

Physical description[]

Sildroher have smooth limbs and silver tails. When venturing on land, they use their magic and knives to form legs that resemble human ones.

Settlements[]

The sildroher build palaces extending great distances on the seabed. Their cities are made of rock and hidden from humans with seagrass. The old city ran for miles, with coral caverns and shell-laden hollows. The kings and queens lived in a structure with six spires around a craggy plain, which were layered with the scales of trench-dwelling creatures that glowed with blue light in the daytime and gleamed phosphorescent in the night. Below the center of the city was the gigantic nautilus hall, shaped like a horn curled in on itself. Its water level could be raised or lowered for the sildroher to practice singing in water or air.

The palace is later completely destroyed by Ulla's song, and a new, smaller palace is created in its place.

Abilities[]

Sildroher magic is a purer form of magic, not as limited and tied to science as that of the Grisha. Their songs can control things ranging from people’s wills to storms. This is incidentally the first type of magic they learn.

Known sildroher[]

Trivia[]

  • The sildroher are partially based off of the Blue men of the Minch from Celtic mythology as they could create storms and sometimes interact with humans. They could also be loosely based off of Sirens, as their voices lure sailors to their deaths.

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