Skippers

Skippers are small cetacean mammals found in lakes, rivers and around coastlines of the Civilised Worldplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCivilised World

The Civilised World refers to the known regions of human civilisation, notably the continent of Anásthias, the Natorn Archipelago and surrounding islands.

Gastrinimer's 3rd century BME Map of the World, showing Anásthias and the Natorn Isles. Note: old maps place north to the right.AnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthias. Their playful nature and habit of following alongside ships lends the myth that skippers guide ships safely towards ports.

They have a bulbous fish-like profile with a pointed snout, but the many subspecies have evolved and adapted to different environments, from the muddy waters of the estuaries and large rivers like the River Wiyel, to the open waters of the Natorn Sea.

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Munatan [Moo-Nah-Tahn] is the southernmost region of Anásthias, south of the Dun Trisan mountains. The name possibly derives from a ancient Thalsic, meaning “Land of One Sun”, since the daystar is not visible in the southern hemisphere. Or it may be a reference to the Manthi people who were once the majority population of western Munatan. The term is an OrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHartheraOrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHarthera, the Natorn Archipelago and the Iskean Sea, where they are protected and revered by folkloreplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFolklore

Folklore

This is in a series of articles about oral traditions, tales, folk practices, and folklore.

topics cult1. They are found in lakes throughout Harthera and Otekahré and were once common in the River Wiyel, though hunting and heavy traffic on the river severely reduced their numbers.