Triton

photo of Vauquelin by Cailey

**Tritons** were an outsider race native to the seas but hailing from the Elemental Plane of Water.

## Appearance

Tritons are easily distinguished from other humanoids due to their webbed feet and hands and a small dorsal fin that protrudes down their mid-calf to their ankles. Tritons tend to be shorter than humans, usually only standing between 4'8" and 5'4".

Their skin tends to be a shade of blue; however, they can also be green, pearl, silver, and even pink. Their eyes tend to usually be green, blue, and sometimes brown and black. In most triton societies, it is commonplace to have long, flowing hair, which is usually a shade of blue, green, black, brown, or pink.

## Society

Most tritons live in the Luseazy Sea and rarely venture to the surface of Adanon. While there are several smaller triton tribes that exist across Adanon, most tritons have been unified under the rule of the Kingdom of Laragosta that expands across the oceans of southwestern Adanon. The Laragostans are very isolated from those who live on the surface due to a history of xenophobia and racism from an ancient kingdom known as The Uomini Dominion, who led a campaign against the tritons for owning a land colony at the time. Eventually, this conflict broke into a full out war between the Uomini and Laragostans that is known throughout Adanon as The Great Divide. After emerging victorious, the Uomini drew up a contract that ensured the tritons would return to the sea and leave the surface forever. Though the Uomini Dominion has been destroyed for a few centuries, the Laragostans have held up their promise and never returned to the land, fueled by the discrimination they have faced in the past.

Though closed off from many other races and people in Adanon, Laragostan tritons have maintained a strong bond with sea elves, descendants of past elves who aided them in The Great Divide against the Uomini. As a gesture of gratitude for their help, Laragostan priests and sorcerers bestowed a gift upon them that allowed them to breath underwater and communicate with sea creatures. This gift was the creation of the sea elves.

## Abilities

### Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

### Control Air and Water

You can cast fog cloud with this trait. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the gust of wind spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the water walk spell with it. Once you cast any of these spells with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast these spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).

### Emissary of the Sea

You can communicate simple ideas to any Beast, Elemental, or Monstrosity that has a swimming speed. It can understand your words, though you have no special ability to understand it in return.

### Guardians of the Depths

Adapted to the frigid ocean depths, you have resistance to cold damage.

## Known Tritons

### The Misadventurers Campaign

#### PCs

* Rosetta Del Mare was a triton from the Laragostan Kingdom who decided on her 18th birthday to visit the land-world. Rosetta very quickly met Lilah and joined the Misadventurers shortly after her disappearance.
* Vauquelin was a popular gladiator in Aselgo who was arrested for the murder of his sponsor. He was sent to Avaripid where he helped found the Misadventurers before deciding to settle down with the half-elf Willow.

#### NPCs

* The Piedi di Tortuga is a triton tribe that lives on the back of the Great Turtle, known as the Zaratan. They are pink in color and their hair appear like a long, flowing fish fin.