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Spalding

For most of its people's known history, Spalding has always been an isolated island nation. However, it's always had its share of visitors, unwanted visitors. These visitors have had been called by a variety of names, but the most common is simply the Baroque.

The Baroque unanimously referred to as beast by the people of Spaldians, though this is surprising given their size and their variety of shapes. The largest known species is the size of a crawfish. Nonetheless, they are simple but hiveminded creatures mainly concerned about obtaining their preferred source of meat, humans. The menace -for the most part- lies in their sheer numbers and their ability to into much larger, nastier monsters. However, they are not a constant threat, as their home is the sea, and only invade Spalding on the full moon. Unfortunately, the most rare and dreaded of The Baroque stay after the following morning. They are parasites, despising higher temperatures, and mainly living in the nerves on the hands, feet and face. Gifted doctors can notice the existence of a parasite by initial symptoms of numbness in those areas, and remove them, but many of the victims don't want the disease gone; it increases the body's adrenaline and testosterone. This power cost the victims eventually cost the victims their sense of touch entirely, making life dangerous, and deformations of the infected areas common. Although they may live full lives afterwards, they are known as The Tempted, and are outcast for the rest of their lives.

However, five centuries ago, the Spaldians did not need to fear The Baroque. If only for a few decades, a golden age, the nation was ruled by protectors. These were a band of those supernatural gifts of seeing and being able to fight The Baroque, known as Fisherprinces. Two ruled each settlement and were all ruled by the twin namesakes of the nation, Brody and Andraste Spalding. However, order deteriorated following their deaths.

While there has been some structure in the religions of ancestorworship though Spalding, clans praying to their respective Firsherprince for protection from the Baroque, few new Fisherprinces have rised since then. Those that don't use their powers to take advantage of desperate villages have never found themselves under the command of leaders comparable to the Spaldings. The Spaldian way of life has stagnated until lately.

Eighty years ago, a group of normal fishermen got sick of having to rely on the time's bastardedised Fisherprinces for santrury on their trips. They were the first to reach another island, though their goal was to find one free of The Baroque. Unfortunatley, quite a few of the monsters had their homes surronding it, and the island didn't have resources signfigant enough to do much colonization. But what treasure they did find there was a tribe of people whom The Baroque would not harm, although any tricks of how they avoided the fate could not be extracted, many were captured, some forced to work as slaves or serfs..

Races of Spalding

Spaldians: The average Joe humans of Spalding. They are olive skinned, with blue eyes and either back or brown hair.
Tilth: amphibious humanoids. They are rough skinned, and often very muscular with green, algaelike hair. The Baroque seemingly have no interest in them, and often envied or feared by Spaldians because of this. They are often even called gillties, as they are deprived of rights in court and formal education; second class citizens. They have their own culture and nature worshiping religion, which is somewhat losing its faith among them, even if their traditions of song and dance persist. Because many live in ghettos and looked down upon by the Spaldian majority, family has become everything to them. Many even get along with The Tempted. Unlike the Tempted, who are rare to find work because of their condition, Tilth have become very important to the Spaldian economy due to being invlauble as fisherman and skilled manual labor.

Fisherprinces

Although rare, Fisherprinces are born among Spaldian and Tilth alike, and come in two varieties. Casters can see the Baroque, skilled ones even to able to communicate to aneven take on the appearance of a cluster of the damned little buggers, though this only an illusion easily broken by distraction. Many become doctors. Reelers are the ones who actually do the fighting, but despite being only ones able to harm The Baroque, they can't see them, needing the assistance of a caster. However, most find work as the bodyguards of aristocrats. Most have inhuman physical abilities, though many are able to control one of four elements, water being the most illusive and effective against The Baroque. Brody Spalding was said to be a Reeler with such a mastery, while his sister was a Caster.