People

The western coast of the continent is populated with many disparate groups.

The City States

The coast is dominated by city states, each centered around some ancient building or complex of the Overseers and surrounded by a network of client villages. On such city state is Ortuxl.

Shark Brothers

A loose confederacy of sailor clans, each tied to one or more ships. Shark Brothers are distinct from the merchant clans in so much as they fluidly switch between transporting legal goods and piracy. The have no official home city state, but some ports are more friendly to them than others.

Shark Brothers cultivate a reputation of fierceness. They file their teeth to sharp points, giving them their name, and most shave their heads. They favor facial tattoos and bone piercings.

Fishmen ("Scalies")

In the far north, the cold covers the land with ice, and no city state can sustain itself. Instead, most of the interior is barren , and the people live as fishermen along the coast, sailing along the Ice Wall. Many of the people here have a curious look. Their skin is pale like snow, and many of them have pale blue eyes. Along the coast they are universally referred to as "Fishmen" because of their diet and skin color. Somewhat less favorable, they are sometimes called "scalies". Their society is usually led by the oldest members of their extended family groups, and they have no Underseers.

Fishmen dress in skins from animals that live in or near the sea, and favor ritual scarring and spiral patterned tattoos.