Blue-Water Race
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| Native Zone | Large Areas of Ocean, Pelagic and Deep Sea. |
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Of the aquatic peoples who span the world, the (blue-water) cover by far the most territory. While there is no doubt they are a great power in the open ocean, they do not have the same dominion along the coasts.
Physiology
Where green-water and freshwater species are very clearly humanoid, blues are much more truly aquatic. They have a lean, eel-like physique; though they have arms, they have no legs, and cannot breathe above water. Like the rest of their bodies, the arms are sleek but well-muscled. The musculature of the upper back, shoulders, and triceps are thicker than found on land peoples. Their bulk, along with variations in ligament tension, mean that extending the arms directly above the head is all but impossible.
Of all aquatic species, there is the greatest size variation among the blue-water. Genetics play only a small role in this; instead, the two greatest determinants are age and consistent access to resources (nutrition, sunlight, unpolluted waters). Size is often an indicator of status, because it reflects a capacity for sustained quality resource provision, as well as good health and the ability to defend oneself.
Like most species, skin pigmentation varies depending on area of origin. They tend to colours such as blue and indigo, but some degree of green is not uncommon. They have varying degrees of pallor depending on how far below the surface their kin are from. They do not truly veer into the white and quasi-translucent; these colours are the province of the trench-dwellers, with whom the blues do not generally share territory. (There are legends of the oldest of the blue-water having retired to the deeps, losing all pigment entirely over the course of ages.)
All this said, they are not entirely unlike their green-water kin. They share very similar musculoskeletal structure of the upper body. Where some greens retain the remnants of a vestigial tail, all blues still have two fins extending from the lateral aspects of the distal third of the body. Mainly used for manoeuvring, they have one longer main bone and a couple smaller bones filling out the edges of the fins. Though the blues have no interest in the theory that these are somewhat vestigial, re-adapted legs, the fact remains that their powerful bodies have no need of such things; the fins along their dorsum and ventrum are more than adequate for such a task, as is true for smaller eel-like swimmers.