Name: Aqui Illith (mermorons)
Homeplanet: Jeslore
Sentience: Sentient (though that's debatable)
Strengths
-Swimming speed. Aqui illith are fast swimmers, capable of reaching speeds where they cant be caught by other species that do not have any added limbs. By using their legs and arms that have added fins they can reach high speeds.
-Intelligence spread. Aqui illith either posess hyper intelligence, or no intelligence at all. Resulting that coming across one is a 50% chance of it being either a gibbering loon or one that is much smarter than the majority of the planet they are encountered on.
-Magical affinity. Like other elven species, the Aqui Illith have an advantage when working magic, regardless of their intelligence.
-Strength. The Aqui Illith are the only elven species to surpass the renegades in terms of strength.
-Children of the water. The Aqui Illith have a passive ability that when they are submerged in water they will regenerate their wounds. Outside of the water though they are weaker and dont regenerate at all.
Weaknesses
-Intelligence spread. While they have a 50% chance to become giftedly smart, they can also become the exact opposite meaning that they are not only incapable of taking care of themselves but also that they are a pain to parent over.
-Heavy tail. While their tail is filled with muscle and can serve them very well underwater, it is a bit difficult and heavy on land, making it harder to be equally effective in both biomes.
-Healers. While they have an affinity with all magic, they are usually limited to healing spells. Mostly because this is the only magic that doesnt cause them physical pain that combat magic brings them.
-Frail. On land when they dont have their underwater benefits they are fairly vulnerable to taking damage and dont heal at all.
-Edible. The meat of Aqui Illith is edible and even described as delicious by some species. In addition, the fluid that is in their glowing pockets can be used in alchemical expirements to create a drug that can increase the lifespan of certain species. While their flesh is edible by some species, it is highly toxic to others.
Appearance
Some aqui illith (not all) have sharp pirahna like fangs that they can use to nip at people. While they are still primarily omnivorous they have these fangs to easily eat meat beith raw or cooked.
Culture
Synopsis
The Aqui Illith have been at war with other merfolk living in the ocean for centuries. These other merfolk though are not like fish but are rather arthropods. However, due to a worship like relation with another species (named the elder guardians wich are massive squid like creatures) that in exchange for their unquestioned worship would protect them from their more numerous and powerfull enemy. There are two castes in their culture: Smart and not Smart. The smarter caste is in charge of taking care of the cities and infrastructure whereas the dumb caste does the dirty and hard work. Usually the dumb caste are servants as well and it functions eerily similar to slavery, but fortunatly for them they're too stupid to realize it.
The elder guardians
The elder guardians are a species of huge squid like creatures that are fully sentient and highly intelligent. They posses telepathic powers to commune with their subjects and are known to be capable of tearing apart even modern warships. Their sheer size and strength alone has allowed them to protect the Aqui Illith settlements underwater from their enemy for years. The elder guardians are usually kind and understanding, especially to their subject but are not afraid to crush an army of hostiles to protect the cities. Their worship simply involves being fed large bolts of algae being directly delivered to their maw as a sacrifice as well as the demand to keep their bird like beak sharpened.
History
The Aqui Illith were once theatened with extinction due to a terrible war with another underwater species. When they were close to being eliminated they were granted mercy by the elder guardians who helped them to safely build cities in exchange for their worship. So the elder guardians were worshipped as gods by the Aqui Illith and they were safe from any attackers for a long time. This time was enough for each settlement to get a structured civilization where both the smart and dumb variants could function best.
Subject: Aqui illith 
