When rumors of a deep sea alliance reached the ears of Flickersnitch, a notorious nixie outlaw and leader of a mafia-like band of miscreants known as the Glimmerkeepers, his natural curiosity got the better of him. About a decade ago, Flickersnitch led a gang of nixies to find the legendary alliance.
Though generally unwelcomed when he arrived, he saw the region as a marvelously secure hiding spot. Unfortunately, with little to offer the
inhabitants of the area, he and his gang were forced to leave− though many believe that he didn’t go far.
While not part of the daily life in Sinister Sink, nixies are spotted darting about on quite a regular basis since Flickersnitch’s visit. If he holds true to typical nixie behavior, he may be busy infiltrating the substructure of the alliance’s society. A nixie would be especially keen of the great potential the Dark Trinity offers. Where there is tolerance and cooperation, there is the potential to be a force of good. Even though Flickersnitch and his associates are devoted outlaws, he, much like other nixies, believe that fairness and equality should always defeat the forces of tyranny. Until recently, most viewed the Underdeep as a lost cause. The
successful interaction of former enemies, especially among the lower class citizens, shines with promise.
FAMOUS NPC OF THIS RACE
Jellara of the Glimmerkeepers: While
Flickersnitch, if he is indeed in the region, keeps to the shadows, Jellara is one of the few deepwater nixies that makes herself known to the alliance inhabitants. Like most Glimmerkeepers, she keeps to the darker corners of the region, away from the prying eyes of nobility or divinity. She serves as a sort of rabble-rouser, encouraging the notions of disobedience to tyranny, robbing from the rich to give to those in need, and the pursuance of personal freedom. The leaders of the alliance, in their eternal preoccupation with politics and power, have been largely ignoring the lower class. This is allowing those like Jellara to get a foothold and introduce new notions to a people that have been oppressed for countless generations. Some speculate that Jellara is simply a mouthpiece for Flickersnich himself, but Jellara denies this allegation, citing that Flickersnitch is too arrogant to let anyone do anything that he would rather do himself.
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Nommos
Ancestral nommos are a particularly elusive people, and this has no exception in the Sinister Sink. Even the shallow-dwelling nommo know that the ancestral line tends to drop out of sight for centuries at a time only to suddenly reappear long after the wisest of sages presumed their extinction. However, one small clan of ancestrals who originate from the bottom of the Triton’s Pit region, have made a recent appearance.
Several years ago, without announcement or provocation, a small throng of ancestral nommos flowed straight into the heart of Sinister Sink. When confronted, they simply gave a shooing motion and continued on their way. Their presence was so imperious that few forces persisted in stopping them from reaching the headquarters of the Dark Trinity high council. Those that did persist found that the nommo’s magic was formidable, though the ancient merfolk did not use lethal force. Instead, they relied on enchantment and teleportation spells to breach internal security forces. To this day, people speak of how strange it was that they were not stopped.
The ancestral nommo unapologetically barged into a meeting hall where nobles of the Dark Trinity alliance were drawing up treaties and hatching plots. At first, no one spoke a word on either side. Then the eldest of the nommos stepped forward and
proclaimed in a stately female voice, “We believe this alliance to be an affront to the nature of this realm. What you are doing will come with dire costs. We will not save you from yourselves. Consider this your only warning.”
With that, they turned to leave. As the somber group swam towards the exit, a deep drow
noblewoman spoke above the rising murmur in the chamber, “And just who are you and what authority do you think you have here?”
One nommo responded quietly without turning his head, “We are the entourage of High Matron Hissaramu Semparata, and we are simply showing our support.”
Since that time, lone ancestral nommo have been spotted in the surrounding area, but nothing like what was witnessed on that day.
FAMOUS NPC OF THIS RACE
High Matron Hissaramu Semparata: If by the term “famous” one means the only one that you know the name of, then Matron Semparata fits this description. Unfortunately, aside from the account above, almost nothing is known about her except
that she dwells at the base of Triton’s Pit and is greatly venerated by the ancestral nommo in the region.
Pisceans
The ceratioidi piscean shares a similar history to that of its surface-dwelling cousins. Sometime during the Bloody War, when the common pisceans were throwing off the shackles of the Clagguth faith, the ceratioidi were also changing their religious philosophy. However, instead of
eschewing religion like the majority of the pisceans above, they simply invented a new one in their image.
The ceratioidi recognized that the hallmark of their race was to hate those that were not like themselves. In fact, they truly believed that no other species was more egocentric. Since Clagguth did not resemble a ceratioidi, then he must be despised. In his place, they created Pholos.
Pholos, often depicted as a giant female
ceratioidi, teaches that if you truly believe that you are better than everyone else, then you will be− though it was her lesser tenets that transformed the ceratioidi from vile destroyers to merely obnoxious elitists. These doctrines include allowing the lesser races to exist, dealing peacefully with one’s surroundings, and maintaining balance in one’s environment.
The latter tenet has brought mobs of Pholos missionaries into Sinister Sink. On a mission of conversion and self-preservation, these piscean priests and their underlings preach to whomever will listen. Strangely, the high council of the Dark Trinity seems to be lending an ear.
An impending threat that few can ignore is the Council of Nine. When words get to them of a bastion of forbidden faiths is right here within the heart of the Cerulean Seas, there will be hell to pay. However, if banding dissimilar and rival races together works to fend them off individually, perhaps a conglomeration of faiths can do the same.
FAMOUS NPC OF THIS RACE
High Priestess Voh: Voh is the leader of the Pholos religious movement in the Sinister Sink region. She and her grafted and semi-absorbed husband, Mi, are petitioning to erect a temple to Pholos in the heart of this new Underdeep alliance. They have already met with more success than anyone could have imagined in a realm historically known for intolerance and barbarism.