Wonanra (whoa-nahn-ruh)

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Originally created by the archfey of Sylthereth to explore the depths of Tudulion and Atithis, Wonanra (sea-children in elvish) have grown to be staples of coastal and aquatic communities across Yophas. As comfortable -- or more so -- in water as they are on land, Wonanra are perhaps the most explorative and happy-go-lucky of all elves. Aptly called sea elves by non-elves, Wonanra are fully amphibious and have built some of the most advanced aquatic societies on Emaxus.

Land and Sea

Wonanra are fully amphibious, capable of living in the water or on land for their entire lives; however, they tend to prefer the open sea or coastal reefs to the trappings of land-based society. While Wonanra are by no means a simple people, they often find the bureaucracy of mortal civilizations on land to be overwhelming at best or infuriating at worst.
Wonanra feel much more at home in the freedom of the water. Their societies are egalitarian, scientific, and explorative. One of the highest callings a Wonanra can pursue is the chartering of deep-sea currents and planar rifts to Tudulion or Atithis, or vice versa.

Fey Designs

Wonanra were born when the archfey of Sylthereth took an interest in the depths of Tudulion and Atithis and wanted to have a race of near-slaves who could better explore the Planar Oceans. At first, Wonanra existed solely to explore -- living and dying at the behest of the archfey, ever-pushing the bounds of known deep-sea exploration. But, over the millennia, Wonanra have become a truly sovereign people. Though many still work with the Syltherethian fey, they do it of their own volition and for hefty hazard pay.
Because of this history, most Wonanra are ingrained by their family to have a distrust of authority and to chafe under tyranny -- whether it is true tyranny or not.

Sea-Children

Wonanra were created to have a level of camouflage in the depths: their skin colors range from deep blue to sea foam green, and their hair follows the same color spectrum, plus the occasional jet black. Their eyes tend to be sclera-less, instead being pools of pure copper, blue, or green.
Wonanra have gills along the sides of their necks, and can have other aquatic adaptations depending on how deep-sea their home community is. Anything from slight webbing on the fingers to ears resembling pectoral fins can be found on truly aquatic Wonanra.

Wonanra Names and Culture

Wonanra are a free-spirited and scattered people. It is rare for even a village-worth of Wonanra to live together -- though it does happen -- so Wonanra often mold to the culture of whatever coastal community they were raised within. As such, Wonanra can use any naming convention found in the Cultures/Ethnicities culture, though you would be hard-pressed to find one in a non-coastal culture like Camaerithian or Drakkinan. Wonanra families will sometimes use their own naming conventions, which can date back to when Wonanra first got their freedom in the Age of Rebirth. Wonanra do not use family names, typically. Below are some examples of those.
Male Names: Agandaur, Ailuin, Druindar, Eldar, Eroan, Kellam, Ninthalor, Ualair, Rothilion, Selanar, Tasar
Female Names: Alloralla, Almedha, Arasne, Ashryn, Eliyen, Ilythyrra, Leilatha, Syndra, Tsarra, Vianola

Creating Your Character

At 1st level, you choose what race your character belongs to. If you choose a Wonanra, follow the rules found below to make your Wonanra hero -- or villain.

Ability Score Increases

When determining your character's ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The "Quick Build" section of your character's class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can't raise any of your scores above 20.

Languages

Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you can your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player's Handbook offers a list of languages to choose from. The DM is free to modify that list for a campaign.

Creature Type

Every creature in D&D, including each player character, has a special tag in the rules that identifies the type of creature they are. Most player characters are of the Humanoid type. Your race tells you what your character's creature type is.
Here's a list of the game's creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don't have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn't work on a Construct or an Undead.

Wonanra Traits

As a Wonanra, you have the following features.

Age

Although Wonanra reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old.

Size

Wonanra range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have the lean builds of natural swimmers. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to deep-sea swimming, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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 can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Trance

Elves do not sleep. Instead they meditate deeply, remaining semi-conscious, for 4 hours a day. The Common word for this meditation is "trance." While meditating, you dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive after years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit a human would from 8 hours of sleep.

Keen Senses

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Sea Elf Training

You have proficiency with the spear, trident, light crossbow, and net.

Child of the Sea

You have a swimming speed of 30 feet, and you can breathe air and water.

Friend of the Sea

Using gestures and sounds, you can communicate simple ideas with any beast that has an innate swimming speed.

Bonus Language

You can speak, read, and write Aquan.

Creation Mythos

The Wonanra were created by the archfey of Sylthereth to better explore Tudulion and Atithis during the Age of Rebirth, but almost no modern Wonanra know of that, even though there are still a good amount in their service.