Killian's Empire

Though it is known to the  Alvyrnians  as Killian’s Empire, after its discoverer, the actual inhabitants of Killian’s Empire refer to their realm as Erresuma Sakon, or the Deep Kingdom. This Empire is reported to be as expansive as the Alvyrnian Empire is on land, except that Killian’s Empire exists only under the sea. Its inhabitants are  Merpeople , who farm kelp and fish along the continent’s southern shelf, and defend themselves against greater threats that emanate out from the abyss. Constant external threats have created a uniquely united Empire, and all merpeople obey their council of archons unto death.

Very little is actually known of the merpeople. Their capital’s location has never been discovered, nor has there been any interaction between the peoples of the sea and the peoples of the land except for trade. The merpeople trade in curiosities, trinkets, and exotic goods from the sea, while the Alvyrnian Empire gives them brass tools and abundant quantities of oil- for brass is already resistant to corrosion, and keeping it oiled stymies the corruption of the metal even further. They use these tools to defend against greater threats- though what the majority of those are, none on land can say.

The most important item that the Merfolk provide the mainlanders is the substance Bolbora, or Sea-Fire. It is a sticky goop that when lit produces a burst of wind and fire; but the substance becomes inactive when taken more than a hundred feet from the sea. Whatever its secret is, whatever strange magicks are used to make it, are only known by the Itsa Isenaren. Attempts to replicate it by the Empire's Truthseekers have been unsuccessful.