Editing Drowned People (section)

== Culture ==
Drowned People have a sparse population, like [[Selphids]] and [[Half-Elves]]. Many are peaceful people, the products of an accident. But others turn into [[Pirates]] or join the Undersea Crews. Drowned vessels will protect their kind regardless of occupation, however.<ref name=":1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/06/18/interlude-singing-ships/ Interlude - Singing Ships]</ref>

Drowned [Sailors] and regular [Sailors] usually don't get along. This relationship is especially bad among [Pirates].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/03/01/7-11/ Chapter 7.11]</ref> However, they will allow landfolk to bear witness to important events of their people if they are under the authority of a Drowned Person.<ref name=":1" />

Drowned Folk have few homes, as they cannot live in the dangerous undersea unaided, even with their gifts.<ref name=":1" />They have secret cities in the depths which are great ships, cloaked by the magic of their respective Shadeward.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/04/04/interlude-paradigm-shift-pt-1/ Interlude - Paradigm Shift (Pt. 1)]</ref> They've also been said to live in vast Leviathan-ships.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/02/23/7-09-k/ Chapter 7.09 K]</ref> Each city-ship is governed jointly by the Shadeward, the Luminary, and the City Captain.

The Shadewards hide them from or fight off the monsters of the depths, and are to the Drowned People as Archmages are to landfolk.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/01/19/8-63-k/ Chapter 8.63 K]</ref> The Luminary Resplendia has powerful light-based abilities, which are used as guiding lights for Drowned Ships, or beacons for monsters to send upon their enemies, or destroy ships in other ways. The Luminaries are used hard by the Drowned Cities, and the strain often means they use up their light.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/12/23/9-70-pt-1/ Chapter 9.70 (Pt. 1)]</ref> Taking away a prospective Luminary is considered a crime by the Drowned Cities, worthy of placing a bounty on.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/10/28/9-64-bh/ Chapter 9.64 BH]</ref> The City Captain is a Drowned [Captain] who repays the city by acting as a leader for defense and other civic duties for months or years, depending on their performance and motivation to continue.<ref name=":2" />

Drowned vessels operate under laws, for the safety of the ship while travelling in the abyssal depths.

*''Make no sound about the watch.''
*''Maintain the bubble.''
*''Listen not to the whispers.''
*''Douse every light.''

As such, Drowned Folk work in complete darkness and silence while submerged.

Drowned Folk love plants, and their ships may have a garden for crew members to cultivate.<ref name=":1" />

===Drowned Ships===
[[File:Shellbazaar-by-enuryn.jpg|thumb|300px|Drowned Ships by [[Fanworks/Enuryn|Enuryn]]<br />(commissioned by [[Pirateaba]])]]
Drowned ships tend to be unusually tall, eschewing the aerodynamics used by the vessels of other species for something that could maneuver in three dimensions. They often lack sails, and are sometimes designed to engage foes from above or bellow.

In contrast to the usually dark exteriors of the vessels, the below-decks tend to be more vibrant, with padding, fineries, and rooms for entertainment.

Drowned ships are protected by magical bubbles while submerged. Maintaining the bubble is one of the most important tasks on the vessel, as its implosion at lower depths could destroy the whole ship, and even kill the entire Drowned Folk crew if the pressure is great enough. Drowned ships communicate with each other through lantern speak, where they light lanterns and open and close colored shutters. If the ships are too wary of attracting attention underwater, they will instead shoot messages into each-other's bubbles.<ref name=":1" />

===Drowned-Folk Great Ships===

*Llelk
*[[Nombernaught]]
*Tillaevae

===''Land's Farewell'' song===
A song of farewell by the Drowned-Folk. It can mean melancholy or triumph, depending on the person. It is not a long song, but can have a thousand different verses.

==== Verse 1 ====
<blockquote>“''I slipped off the deck, and there I drowned''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Now I will never leave her''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''We left land to be born at sea''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''And we’ll never truly leave her.''”</blockquote>

==== Verse 2 ====
<blockquote>“''I gave one eye into the deep''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''And I will never leave her''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I breathe water in my sleep''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''So I will never leave her.''”</blockquote>

==== Verse 3 (sang by those weren't born Drowned) ====
<blockquote>“''My family wept upon the land''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I wish that I could leave her''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I left half my heart on sand''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Yet I will never leave her.''”</blockquote>

==== Verse 4 ====
<blockquote>“''My soul never shall surface from below''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I shall never leave her.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''As I walk on land, half sinks below''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''And I shall never leave her.''”</blockquote>