Selkie

Introduction
The Selkie are a race of aquatic humanoids commonly mistaken for Fish-men. They hail from mostly isolated settlements within partially sunken cave-systems.

Appearance
The Selkies are all scales and fins with fins where you would expect their ears to be, on their wrists, forearms, ankles and calves. they can be rather colorful, but their orb like eyes are seen as rather off putting.

Culture
Selkie culture is very socialistic and isolated. To hurt one is to hurt them all (at least to members of the same group) which leads to minor squabbles turning into major conflict.

In most Selkie culture, there is no upper class, there is no selfishness, and to display any notions of such is grounds for execution.

They subsist on water and fish and carve out their caves with their special hydrokenisis technique.

The community in this culture is a strong one and rarely do you find exceptions except in the case of sole survivors of human raids or of those few small time outlaws who run rather than face their death by execution- Such Selkie do not tend to last long, A Selkie without a family, without some group for which to care is a fish out of water.

Strengths
The Selkie's main strength is their hydrokenisis, but their abilities to both breathe underwater and swim at a speed that rivals most ships are nothing to overlook. They can see in the depths of the ocean as if it were bright mid-day. They also have relatively long lifespans, regenerative abilities so long as their spinal column is intact and can survive in the most extreme temperatures so long as their supply of water is not compromised.

Weaknesses
They have a need for water. If they spend too long without water they can become severely dehydrated and even die; however, they are able to absorb water before making their way to land which allows them to go about most daily activities with ease.

Overuse of hydrokenisis without an external water source can cause them to dehydrate and they dehydrate faster in hot dry climates.

They do face the same racism as the fishmen.

Furthermore, if a Selkie kisses a mate during the rainy season a sample of her saliva may be taken knowingly, intentionally or otherwise and shortly thereafter the male will vomit an egg cluster. It is unknown if Selkie can reproduce in any other way due to their lacking of traditional genitals of any kind.

This Species is sexually non-dymophic.