The Sea Rats
These are dangerous uncaring barbarian plunderers and raiders that operate in the coasts of The Nordic Sea and sometimes in The Kingdom of the Swadians. Their hideouts are inside hidden sea caves by the coasts. Because of how they operate and their lack of morality they are universally disliked in Calradia.
The Lake Rats live in the marshes on the Southern shores of the Nordic Sea, in shacks made out of the timbers of ruined ships. They live by "wrecking" - i.e. luring ships onto shoals with false lighthouses and beacons. They also frequently take part in raids on lesser defended settlements, and have been known to raid merchant caravans. Because they're scorned by the rest of Calradia - "all criminals, smell like marsh gas and mud and rotten fish" - they scorn everyone else back. Although mostly Vaegir, their ranks have been swelled by fugitives, debtors, and anyone else who'd rather live by a thieves' code than by the laws of nobles.
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