Amiae

Much more similar to creatures native to the most deep of seas rather than land dwellers, the Amiae are a species of fishfolks that lives in the southwest coast of Idaros. Territorial and wary, they tend to distrust other species and prefer to gather among themselves, due to their strong sense of community. Hardly, in fact, would an Amias betray one of his own kind, as the killing of one's own people is seen as an act of grave turpitude in their culture.

The Amiae are anfibious creatures, dwelling, after many years of evolution, on land rather than in the sea. They have come to the point in which only very few of them can still make it to the exorbitant dephts they used to inhabit without being crushed to death.

## Appearance

They feature a humanoid body, covered in scales that can range in color from green to dark blue. Their legs are strong and their feet webbed as their hands are, reminiscent of the time in which they inhabited the dark and cold ocean floor. Their heads are the most fishlike part of their body, with large gills and foggy white eyes, very sensible to light. Long fins run trough the whole lenght of their backs, which only few Amiae can still move as part of their bodies. Long tails protude from their backs and allow great mobility underwater.

The overall appearence of an Amias varies, resembling one specific type of fish or a strange crossbreed between many speciements. The Tonnus family, for example, resembles a group of humanoid tuna, changing the appearence of their heads as well as their fins.

There is little to no difference between the male and female Amias, and they can be often mistaken to the untrained eye. The females are typically bigger than the male speciements and feature longer fins on their back, other than presenting most times more diverse gradiations in the color of their scales.

### The Lampreydeath

Shadows lurking within the shadows of the Domain. Thriving in the corruption-filled territory of the Southern coast of Idaros, home to the Amiae. Created by Valkadia's undead magic, this type of fishfolk can look similar to others of its own kind, but, under a sheet of normality, hides a gloomy mouth, filled with cone-shaped theet. Similar to the Vampire, a type of unded that many other species could know, the lampreydeath, or Laracretus, in Amian, is a special type of undead, feeding on the life force of other living things, attaching to them and draining them of their blood.

[More informations on this type of Amiae here]

## Culture

Community, family and a strict honor code are some of the most important aspects of the Amiae culture. Their society revolves principally around the end goal of obtaining honor and fame among the people of the Domain, so as to become immortal in the collective memories of the future generations.

Threy're wary of other civilization principally because they view them as alien and have a hard time understanding why they don't follow the same ideals as them. Thus the Amiae prefer to spend their private time only among themselves, coming togheder to witness theatrical events or to participate in communal cold baths, in which the fishfolks enjoy swimming nimbly under and talking about everyday matters and making long private conversations.

One of the most important aspects of the Amiae community is the *xenia*, or the principle of hospitality, for which an Amias gifted with good ospitality form another pearson will be in a sort of debt with them, with a bond that can last even generations before it's forgotten.

The relations between friends are much more complicated in the Amiae society than the ones of family, as the building of friendship between the fishfolks can take a very long time, and even then, it would take years before before true intimacy can develop.

## Religion

The Amiae worship only one god. Ixul, of whom they're spawns and puppets, so as to provide it with a gateway to the material realm, as its ultimate goal is speculated to be the engulfing of the entire universe. The fishfolk are devote to deity despite its macabre and evil tendencies, feeding its abyss with sacrifices and worshiping his name ad their own lord.

[Here more informations on the god]

## Sample names

Male: Amalao, Erliane, Ittelio, Uraelo, Mare, Paruo, Italareo, Etrefio

Female: Amira, Etalarita, Eraline, Traela, Lorelei, Arae, Almare

## Age Range

Neonate: 1-3 years

Infant: 3-13 years

Preadolescent: 13-16 years

Adolescent: 16-23 years

Young adult: 23-35 years

Adult: 35-90 years

Elderly: 90+ years

Average lifespan: 110 years

## Average height and weight

Male: 5'5'' (1,60 mt), 99 lbs - 132 lbs (45 kg - 60 kg)

Female: 5'9'' (1,80 mt), 110 lbs - 176 lbs (50 kg - 80 kg)