Vehnan

The descendants of an ancient human bloodline that lived exclusively on the now drowned continent of Amnu, the vehnan have adapted surprisingly well to their new environment by becoming semi-aquatic. How this exactly happened is not widely known, and many scholars simply believe that they evolved naturally. However, this is not the case.

Like Ghōl in the north Amu’s sinking was not because of a natural disaster, but rather the work of the aboleths. Suddenly stranded on thousands of small islands that had once been the tops of high mountains, the vehnan were almost completely at the mercy of the ocean. To avoid death some were able to flee north into modern Eshtora but many were not so fortunate and so had to make a deal with the devil.

The aboleths quickened the vehnan evolutionary process, making them stronger swimmers and able to hold their breath for nearly an hour. Of course this came with a price. The vehnan are dependent on the sea, and can’t be dry for more than twelve hours or they suffer severe drying of the skin and eventually death. Also, though many of them don’t know this, the vehnan are more susceptible to aboleth influence.

Despite this advantage the aboleths seemed to lose interest in the vehnan, and many today guess that everything that transpired was part of some large aboleth experiment to see what might happen if they flooded the earth and enslaved humanity. Whether or not they will utilize this army of sea bound humanoids to some other nefarious purpose is yet to be seen.