Merian

Descended from the Elder God Meridian, the merians are the proudest of the races and have the richest history. It was the merian Gorob who discovered the secrets of becoming a Vernal God and indeed became the first Vernal God. It was the merians who were the first to uncover the outer planes, and subsequently founded the Holy Celestine Empire. Though merians can point to many great and notable achievements of their race, it must also be pointed out that the last emperor of the Celestine Empire, Emperor Ladantine VII, was a merian and responsible for the Taint. Merians are primarily ocean dwellers and the original race were decidedly aquatic looking. However, with the influx of humans and given their ability to interbreed with other races, many present day merians look astonishingly human-like, some even growing hair. Even so, all merians have bluish complexions (though ranging in hue) and the ability to breathe water. Despite interbreeding with humans, merians do not recognize half-breeds: either you are merian or are not, denoted by the ability to breathe water.

Perks

Perks
Level 1	2/4 resistance to cold damage and breathe underwater naturally
Level 25	Merians can DIVE. Merians who have DIVE from another skill set gain reduced balance time on SWIM while underwater.
Level 50	1/3 health and mana regen in flooded environments. Merians with the Sacraments specialisation gain a 1/10 bonus to divinus and electrical damage. Merians with the Aquamancy or Aquachemantics specialisation gain a 1/10 bonus to cold and aspyhxiation damage. Merians with the Starhymn specialisation gain 1/10 to both divinus and fire damage.
Demigod	Trait: Calculated Strike. Merians will get an extra chance every 15 sec to have a critical hit.
Demigod+	Merians who lead their own squads give all members a 5% bonus for critical hits. The Merian must be in the same room as their squad members for this to take effect.

Notable Denizens

• Meleris, Keeper of the Pool of Stars
• Naedaros Inalai, Steward of New Celest

Racial Emotes

Being an merian or wearing 'a seafoam-banded pin' (see ASHOP 782 INFO) grants access to these special emotes.

Merian Emotes

Emote	Pose	Targetted Pose
gillflare	?	?
merpolish	?	?
merblink	?	?
blowbubbles	?	?
gleam	?	?
finflare	?	?