Thalassa gems

Gems made by the merfolk in order to create more of their number or to create their servants.
The gems are made from a mystical substance known as ocean whispers, that, once crystallized, reacts with sentient living tissue and transmutes it into one of the following: Merfolk, hermit clam, ectrics, and even ogre crabs.
The result depends on what kind of gem is used to create the statue. The gems are color coded, with hermit clams yielding green gems, ectrics blue gems and ogre crabs red gems, Merfolk yield different gems, which are also color coded, green for commoners, blue for sirens and red for nobility. The kind of gem isn't known before the statue hatches or is destroyed however. Should a statue crack and be destroyed, it will yield an intact gem.
Gemborn Merfolk or their crustacean servants drop their gems upon death. With their numbers dwindling, the Merfolk are forced to use more and more statues.
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