Homebrew Cecaelia Species Details

TOBIN WATCHED HER TENTACLES

make odd patterns in the sand as they carried her unusual form up the beach. The net she bore over her shoulder was teeming with live fish and eels.

"Looks like a good haul today," he called

The cephaloid figure gave a small smile and a nod, but otherwise remained silent.

She hadn't been in the small coastal village long. but the cecaelia had readily set about bringing them freshly-caught fish every few days, which earned both her acceptance and her privacy. Now she stood before Tobin as he took the writhing net from her, her poise somehow both awkward and curiously graceful

"Thank you Coalia. As always, you are more than welcome to join us at the market today." She froze for a moment, her dark eyes alive with uncertainty before she shook her head, her long hair dancing in the salty breeze.

"Sorry," she said in a quiet, calm voice as she turned back toward the waves.

As enigmatic and untamable as the seas they come from, and with one of the stranger physiologies of the world, the cecaelia have received a questionable reputation among the land-dwelling races, who sometimes view them as suspicious, arrogant, or evil.

With a fiercely independent nature and nomadic lifestyle, getting to know a cecaelia personally is challenging, but they have proven themselves to be hard workers and are a boon to any kroup or settement they jom, no matter now temporary their stay may be.

While hailing from the seas, the cecaelia have also integrated into coastal villages and port

towns, onen workinsas tisacrimen, musicians.

or guides for sailors travelling through

further inland, following rivers and lakes.

 

Cecaelia Traits

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Striking appearance

The torso of a Cecaelia is humanoid and has a very pale skin tone, usually taking on muted pinks, greys, and blues. Their hair and eyes are a stark contrast, being in rich blues and blacks, their dark eyes especially adding to their mysterious character.

 However, the lower body of a cecaelia is their most striking feature. From the waist down they are akin to a large octopus, bearing eight long, dexterous, tentacles which can both propel them in water and carry them on land. These are often deeper blues, purples, and reds, sometimes with faint circular or wave like patterns of a darker tone.

cecaelia can transform into a human like being but if they get wet, they transform back if they have the space to do so. If not, it will transform