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Long ago before the Mer made their home in the ruins, before the great even began to sink below the waves an ancient civilization made their home on it. the Mer helped each other grow and evolve as the world changed. Shortly after the island began to sink the civilization left the island and their temples behind. Nothing is currently known about these people, the Mer are the only ones who might remember what they represented but they aren’t about to tell their secrets. Researchers from around the world have traveled to the island hoping to discover its’ lost history.

The Mer have continually sabotaged each attempt. Mer haven’t trusted human for along time. Who could blame them, along with the researchers other have made their way to this island stealing the Mer away, stealing from their ancient home. The Mer have since learned to defend themselves, going as far as to set huge gapping rocks around Their Island and stirring the waters whenever ships approach. These attempts shave worked but some people still always manage to slip though.

The island itself to a rare find. On one half of the islands are the ruins with their maze of underwater tunnels and open caverns with waterfalls and huge pillar reaching from the ceiling down into the dark water. Water plats of all kind weave in and out of the structure holding it together. Vines have spread across the top and hung down thought the holes in the ceiling. The other side of the island is just as beautiful. With rich lagoons. Full of shallow warm water and brightly coloured fish, with large swimming holes with slat water, and tunnels that flow under the island and back out to sea. In the surrounding water of the island are large bodies of coral, the Mer have purpose let this grow out of control to block out big ships from nearing the island.

Each Mer has its preferred home; some Mer makes their dens among the gnarled roots of the swamps while others inside the small crevices of the ruins. Some choose to leave in the dark salt water tunnels under the island, their homes tunnelled in the sides. Some of the braver ones choose to make their homes in the bright coral surrounding the island. It’s these Mer that stir the waves whenever ships approach and laugh whenever one hits a rock, Mer can be quite cruel at times just like humans can.