Sea Elves

The Sea Elves are a race of aquatic elves, seemingly related to the other elves and most closely resembling the Eladrin. Like most aquatic species, they have been enslaved by the Kua Toa, for whom they often serve as emissaries, due to their resemblance to (and hence lack of revulsion from) terrestrial humanoids. In this capacity they are, like most of the aquatic humanoids, capable of surviving on land for some time (and presumably breathing/speaking with air), though they seem to lack the rare true amphibiousness of their masters. Despite having strangely lost the ability to survive out of water indefinately, Sea Elves do retain the clinical immortality of their land-dwelling bretheren. The only Sea Elf encountetred thus far has been Rollo.
Of course, slave immortality would be problematic for a variety of reasons, not least of which the embarrassing fact that Blibaal never granted that gift to the Chosen People. To deal with this inconvenient fact, a notable volume of Deluvian propaganda has worked to hide this fact and to convince the general populace and slaves in particular that the supposed "immortality" of Elves is, itself, Elven propaganda. A majority of Deluvians (and to this day, quite a large chunk even of the Illud) believe elven immortality is a myth, along with the popular theory that the elven King and Queen have survived since ancient time as vile undead liches. The Illud leadership stopped this particular propaganda on their side, having allied with the Elves, but after long centuries, the "new revelations" have not fully taken hold, and the old "facts" have morphed into conspiracy theories among their people. Meanwhile, they have made efforts to spread the truth to Sea Elf slaves on the Deluvian side to stir up trouble.
Of course, this Deluvian propaganda only works in tandem with some special policies written into the "contracts" (slave ownership documents) of Sea Elves, which ensure that under most circumstances the elves are repossessed by the state upon the death of their masters. Such "orphaned" sea elves are sent to the capitol, Vulbaal, where they become part of the daily slave sacrifices to Blibaal, though sometimes (using the birth date on their documents) they are resold instead if they are still young enough not to risk spreading their secret. Of course, all this requires that the priesthood, SlaveHunters, high government officials and a fair number of other KT are fully aware of the reality. And among those who know (and the Illud), there are persistent rumors that one KT House or another is using fraud to retain the services of one or more knowledgeable Sea Elf slaves far beyond the allowed age for nefarious reasons.
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