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Known as tritons, these are the aquatic equivalent of the land- bound satyr. A triton is similarly part-human in appearance but with rough shark-like skin below the waist, gills set below the ears and hair like matted kelp. It uses a conch shell instead of a horn or pipes, and a blast upon the shell can produce miraculous effects – a version of the Earthquake Miracle that can toss a vessel about upon the waves, Call Winds to stir up the waves, or Cloud Call to summon a sea fog. Instead of a club, a triton is usually armed with a trident of magically shaped and hardened coral, and may be riding a sea creature of suitable size.
A triton has legs terminating in fins, but when it emerges from the sea these can transform to serviceable feet. Nevertheless a triton cannot voluntarily dematerialise when out of water, and if he travels more than his POW in metres from the ocean he will lose 1 Magic Point per hour and begins to suffer the effects of dehydration after only CON x1 hours, with a dehydration rate of Hourly (see runeQueSt page 129). There is a sea cap- tain called Settrik the Diver from Othrikor who is rumoured to be a triton in human guise, but nobody has ever managed to learn the truth of these rumours from Settrik or his crew. |
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