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Val Carter’s Guide to Merfolk

ELDRITCH ENTITY PROFILE Valcora Demigod of salt, conflict, conquest; lawful neutral

Alternative Names The Ruthless Queen, Salt Warden, Queen of Brine Favored Weapon Salt Crystal Sword, Water Whips Symbol A circle with a vertical line running through it Temple Salt crystal mines, salt falls, brine flats Worshipers Valcora Merfolk, Warriors, Mercenaries, Raiders, spell Swords Domains Destruction, War Across the vast salt flats nearly a mile below the waves of Ryn is a kingdom carved from massive salt crystals and ruled by a powerful entity known as Valcora. Valcora’s physical form, when she chooses to manifest in the material world, is that of a large female merfolk with salt white skin and blue scales with black jagged markings that seem to shift slightly, always maintaining geometric patterns with sharp angles, but never quite remaining still as she effortlessly drifts through the salt rich waters of her kingdom. Valcora surrounds herself with a menagerie of creatures that mimic the various lifeforms found within the Outer Seas, but are constructed of powdered salt crystal and ancient magical energies. These creatures swim and scuttle alongside her as she travels through her kingdom or holds court in one of the many temples her devoted Valcora Merfolk have built to honor her. These sacred buildings form and dissolve as her will whims it in unnerving displays of creation and destruction. An entity known for her love of conquest and acquisition, Valcora her self does not seem to manifest with any weapons of her own, choosing to rely on the strength of those who love her so deeply they will sacrifice everything for her ideals. These followers would launch armies to engage in bloody campaigns across the waters of Ryn, solely to see Valcora’s wish to own more and more sea fulfilled. Valcora’s true form is anchored to a transdimensional space within the center of a massive pyramid of salt crystal known as Triaprima. Within the ever-shifting corridors and seemingly endless rooms of this labyrin thian dimension, there are all manner of creatures and constructs made of salt crystal wandering freely, feeding on any who would enter witout Valcora’s invitation. It is believed that there are hoards of treasures from a multitude of worlds hidden within the confines of his extradimensional space. But those who say they have been within the strange halls and sur vived are seldom believed—and rarely heard from after telling stories of what happens there.

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