Carnifex said:
2 things: Firstly, since I'm a lazy sod and cant be bothered to hunt through the early part of the thread again, ca someone repost the general info on the deific beings?
This is the history of Shark World as it is. It does not mention the Elven goddess becasue Drowdude is creating her and I don't know how she fits in just yet. There are some othe pieces of History that aren't included, like the Water Elkemtnal killing the shark and having him be spontaniously raised for unkown reasons. Unfortunately a lot of the detail is in my head, and I'm slow to get it to paper.
Shark World
Shark World is not very well known among the travelers of the planes. It’s a bit on the hostile side and the large amounts of water make for a more difficult time visiting. Of course Shark World is actually called Paltas by the few scholars who actually remember the real name of this place. Paltas was the all being that watched over this world. However, about five thousand years ago he and many of the other gods sacrificed themselves to protect the world from three large celestial objects that crashed into the planet. The gods were not able to stop the collisions, but they made it so that afterwards life could continue. Of all the gods only four lived. Gildas, goddess of seas, storms, waters, and life is the most powerful of them. She was always one of the more popular gods, and now she is worshiped more then almost all the others combined. The second most worshiped is Deacor, god of sea travel, trading, and crossing boundaries. Without him civilization would have fallen after the asteroids hit. Then there is Philas. She is well known among the land dwellers, as she is goddess of fire and combat. The gained powers from the fiery crash of the asteroids and have been trying to increase that even more ever since. Lastly is Veltras, god of treachery, betrayal, and death. He is not so much worshiped as feared. Many of his followers left him in hopes that he would be killed in protecting the planet. He lived and they have been fearful for their lives ever since.
With only four gods remaining it has left open a room for mortals to fill. Four such creatures have. Each believes in their own power and sometimes they even disobey the gods. The most powerful of these is a Water Elemental from the Elemental Plane of Water. It is unlike its brother in that it actually believes in good and strives to improve the lives of lesser creatures. Next is a great Leviathan. He is a force of good and swims through the oceans helping whomever he comes across. Then there is a great Kraken who has enslaved as many races as he can. Lastly is a giant shark who is most revered by the Sahuagin, but many races have swam to his banner.
In the old days the elves were the most numerous on the land as in the waters. They had great underwater cities that were linked to the land so all the many types of elves could be welcomed. There were dwarves, but they were slowly dieing out. The few large islands were heavily contended with goblins, kobolds, and gnomes. These four groups fought constantly on the land in great armadas. The elves tried to protect their own lands and intervene for peace. The humans were recovering from a great war with the merfolk over a vast fishing area. Neither group was able to do anything but survive. Of all the underwater races, the Sahuagin was the largest and most feared.
Then the three lights appeared in the sky. Three very large rocks flying through space at unfathomable speeds. One was of solid ice, the other two of stone. The gods tried to stop them and most died. In the centuries afterwards everything changed. Of all the species of elves only two survived. The sea elves were able to protect a few of their cities and the land elves become creatures who lived in the icy north. They hollowed out glaciers and lived in cities of ice.
The dwarves managed to take control of many of the once tropical islands. They had to exterminate the gnomes, kobolds, and goblins to do it. Now they live on heavily fortified islands dreading their reliance on the oceans to survive. The humans were doing bad when the rocks hit, but managed to live on some of the most remote islands. They live in basic huts and survive mostly off of fishing in shallow waters. They have been venturing out into the depths on ships, but many of those ships vanish to the many dangers.
Underwater the Sahuagin now hold the advantage of numbers. However, many of them have taken to the side of good, as they are now a divided people serving the Shark most, but their numbers are found serving the other three great rulers as well.
Even over a few thousands years the three meteors still play a very big part of shaping the daily world. For these great rocks were not destroyed or burned up. Each still exists and affects the area around it. The ball of ice has frozen all the water around it for a hundred miles. Many of the elves are living on this great ball of ice, but even they cannot bear the cold of going to near where the asteroid is. One of the rocks is lying at the bottom of the largest ocean. It has odd effects on the creatures that come to near, mutating them into things to be feared by all. The last one is in the Soup. An area that the water has become thick and moves in an unnatural way. No one knows what lies in there.
It's given me some more ideas to build on...
