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I did write some stuff that's semi cannon for Merfolk. I say semi cannon as it's not offical until it's implemented into an IC post.

The Merfolk of Atlantis

While their actual lineage as Atlantean has been hotly disputed amongst Merfolk being a mere legend, most do consider themselves to be in fact Atlantean even though no physical proof has been found to authenticate that claim. Merfolk live in deep underwater caverns, the largest under the Marianas Trench, they're protected from the surface world by an artificial sea floor above them which acts as their ceiling for their Kingdom.

Merfolk have long believed Humans to be vile monsters dating back centuries past when a Mermaid fell in love with a Human Prince and sought to walk along side him. Entering a pact with a Sea Witch she gained the ability to live above the water. However the Human Prince did not love her, he was to marry into a Human Kingdom, become a King and rule a Country. The Prince was a notorious philanderer and loved the idea of toying with a woman's heart. The Mermaid a Princess by birth returned to the Sea Witch to undo the spell, but she could not for the spell dictated that so long as the Prince lived she could not return to the Sea. It was what she thought she wanted or thought she wanted, but she was a naive and kindhearted girl unable to kill the Prince she killed herself. Once the King learned of his daughter's death he exiled the Sea Witch who ironically found true love and bore many children after meeting her husband elsewhere.

Since then the Merfolk had avoided all contact with Humans. And a longstanding grudge has been harbored by nearly all Merfolk; although some do realize that not all Humans are evil and that most are decent people. Those that reside among Demi Human Colonies are rare indeed, it is not uncommon to see a total of two Merfolk in an entire lifetime. The Merfolk vary according to age and species; young adolescents bare the signature tail that myths often account for, but as they age they gain leg like appendages. Merfolk include Mermen and Mermaids, Mersharks and Meroctopds most Sea Creatures are represented among the Merfolk and coloration can be vivid with semi translucent skin. Those who do live on the surface use a device call Hydroflow, which sends currents of water across the gills in a contained and bulky neck brace.

The downside of a big broad sandbox game where virtually anything is possible, is accessibility.

It's one thing for those of us who have been soaking in this tub for a while... we're used to the temperature, newcomers though? Not so easy.

So it's good to have clear accessible entry points for new players to jump on.

I get that it's a bit of a disruption/distraction for those of us in here (although we try to give enough warning that players not only are not put out, but can even take the opportunity and thrive from the break and brief time-skip) but it needn't be a negative.

Comics and tv get that point of accessibility as well... its why they tend to have clearer points for these breaks where plot elements can easily be described for newcomers to get up to speed.

@Natty@Blue Demon@Defacto@GreenGrenade

...and with that said, here's something I think some of you newcomers (and you @Fallenreaper who's contemplating a new character) might want to consider:

One of the upsides of the time skip that comes with the season break is that if you have a new character, but don't want the hassle of going through the minutiae of character development and ALL of the growing pains along the way... and you'd rather use the ol' montage technique to get them up to speed and some level of competency in a hurry...

...Well, you're in luck!

And you can still touch on key moments of that development via flashbacks and other such techniques.

But if part of what you want from your character IS going through all of that minutiae and juicy character detail... then yeah, maybe waiting on Season 2 would be best for you.

Personally, it doesn't affect me either way and it's up to you...

...but it's something to consider.

Translation: This is not canon, but things I would like to be canon. I may or may not get around to getting it into the IC.

Part of me wants to revamp an old character of mine although due to them being magically inclined, i wouldn't want to step on anyone's toes with the magical lore and what-not. I remember people saying something abut some magical lore google docs or something so if i do go with this idea i may have to ask for a peak!

Fine. You guys suck. :P I'll post here (after work) a character I want to reuse for everyone's viewing pleasure.

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As NMS stated: Magic is one of those things that have so many favors and varieties that there's no real way to step on anyone's toes.

You could also consider working with someone's already established magic user and see if you can work a connection so when you start, your PC had an established connection before Season 2. Even come up with some scene or memories.

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Well that makes things easier then.

I must ask though. Have faeries been touched on here yet?

@VATROUSomeone else who has access to the doc could also send a PM with the requested information for time efficiency, if you wanted.

It might be a better idea to sent him a link instead? Namely if he's going to add and flesh out things not covered or work with someone else on a topic. At some point we might want to start transferring the canon stuff to a thread or something with a table of contents for easy viewing.

@Fallenreaper Can other people send links? @fdeviant I suppose the whole thing. That's what I was going to do. I don't have any plot sensitive information in there and I don't suggest anyone post any plot sensitive information in a group Doc. Just because well it won't be much of a surprise if everyone knows about it.