Aozoura (undersea world)

## Overview

In addition to the countries on Evis, a very strange and exotic universe exists under the sea- named Aozoura. This name wasn’t a name that the inhabitants gave it, but was rather proposed by the Myalian and Wonovellian explorers that first discovered it. This Atlantis-like world is very futuristic but inhabited primarily by anthro versions of sea creatures, including both modern sea creatures (like bobbit worms, siphonophores, squids, sea slugs and more) and prehistoric ones (such as sea scorpions, plesiosaurs, helicoprions and ammonites) They don’t really have countries, just different geographic areas of the sea ruled by different monarchs. The best known is the Ataraxian kingdom, due to its failed invasion of Myalis.

## List of known Aozouran kingdoms

### Ataraxia

The best known of the Aozouran kingdoms and first to be discovered, this wide swath of sea between Myalis and Lunem is ruled by the ruthless Atarax, the harsh, barbarian bobbit worm king. The Ataraxian people are known for their particularly harsh, warlike nature and heavy emphasis on male sexuality. Though as with all of Aozoura, due to their location under the sea they can be hard to observe- it's been recorded by Myalian and Wonovellian explorers that the men often wear very little- if any- clothing. From what these explorers were able to observe, Atarax keeps several male concubines and occasionally recruits additional ones from around his kingdom. Their military force is almost constantly sparring with one another and training, taking a particular liking to fighting sharks as practice. This was how the Ataraxian kingdom (and as a result Aozoura itself) was discovered, incidentally- a large number of wounded sharks began to wash up on Lunemese and Myalian beaches, with numerous stab and slash wounds, some of which even still had spear heads embedded in their skin. Initially, Lunem and Myalis blamed each other for killing these sharks- both suspecting the other had a poaching problem they weren't addressing- but soon realized that these spears couldn't have come from the other country.

The Ataraxian kingdom actually attempted once to invade Myalis in the year 54G:84, gathering up a large army and emerging from the sea to charge the landmass. However, the Ataraxian soldiers- who all, of course, had gills instead of lungs- hadn't figured out what to do about the fact that Myalis was out of the water, leading to them immediately having to turn back around and go back into the sea. For the dockworkers and beach-goers who witnessed the event that evening, it was a truly bewildering sight, several fish-men clad in skimpy armor storming the beach with spears and shields, then turning around and running back into the sea coughing and choking. However, had they had some way to be able to breathe on land, the invasion likely wouldn't have gone any better- given that Ataraxia still had only swords, spears, and bows and arrows, as opposed to the Myalian forces, who would have had more advanced technology like cannons, revolvers and bombs at their disposal. Though both Myalis and Wonovell have sent many expeditions down to investigate and observe, it is still unknown if Ataraxia is planning another invasion should they ever figure out a solution to this air problem.