Amphibanauts

In Aethtea, there is a race of creatures known as the Amphibanauts. These humanoid frogmen hail from the swamp and marshland areas of the Wester Lands, particularly Dunneland, Stormfjord, Revenwold and Eskmere. They are an ancient race, one of the oldest still living, and because of this are keen believers in the importance of tradition, ritual and family bonds. They do not follow The One, The Five and The Many, the primary religion of the Wester Lands, but their own religion based around ancient ancestral beings.

Amphibanauts are taller than humans, usually at least half the height again. They have varying skin colours, much the same as humans, from dark greens in forest areas to beiges and browns closer to the mountains. Most Amphibanauts avoid human civilisation, preferring to live in closely knit tribes in the wilderness. However, there are a few that live in towns and cities. This can lead to tension between the Amphibanauts and the humans who live in these towns. There have even been some recorded cases of violence against them, including one family of Amphibanauts in Musgrave, a town in Revenwold, that had their entire house burnt around them. There were no survivors.

In 'The Shadows Dance', Throttle is an Amphibanaut that has been a part of The Beggar's Guild for many years, acting as its muscle. He is a close friend of Silas, the current Guild Father, but few know where he came from before arriving in Forktown.