Thalassa

""Your species never comes up anymore! How delightful! You guys must be havin' a time down there, hmm?""

- - Ven to Dolphin, the princess of Mariana.

The thalassa are an aquatic, oceanic species that make residence on the ocean floors. Their species is rare to come by, as they usually stay within the ocean.

Description
The thalassa are a carnivorous race of humanoid fish-folk. Their appearance leans on a more humanoid side, their aquatic features are clear and distinct.

Thalassian skin is the colors of fish, seaweed, coral, or other things in their environment. It's smooth to the touch, although areas such as their backs or chests, are scaly. Their hair also tends to take after their environment as well, usually consisting of dark greens, blacks or whites. Their hair texture will often appear straight underwater, but will fluff up on land.

Whilst fins tend to vary from thalassa to thalassa, generally, they have one running down their back and two on either sides of their face. However, fins may also trail down their arms and legs or protrude from their backs like a shark fin. In some cases, thalassa have chunky, dolphin-like tails.

Behavior
Thalassa are carnivorous, their diet usually consisting on any source of meat they can get their hands on. Thalassa can consume meat raw, without any sorts of preparation or preference. Due to their need to rip meat, thalassa have sharp teeth and long, claw-like nails. These features also prove useful in combat.

Thalassa body language is most prominent within their eyes. Their pupils are commonly slit by default or due to irritation. However, when they scent blood or take interest in something, their pupils with blow wide. Their body language may also consist of twitching fins in interest or discomfort. If the thalassa has a tail, it may sway back and forth, but generally their tails are too heavy to be too expressive (especially on land).

Thalassa can make high-pitched squeaks, unachievable by a majority of other races. They're similar to that of a dolphin's squeak. These squeaks are used for communication or can come out when they're startled. Another noise they commonly make is one that signifies contentment, happiness and pleasure, which is purring.

Thalassa, unless born in a kingdom, usually keep to themselves in small, close-knit groups. These groups will hunt together and usually don't have a leader. They create homes within coral, seaweed forests, and other similar environments. These groups will often see a small, specific area as theirs, but otherwise don't go out of their way to attack others. Thalassa also tend to live in kingdoms. The most largest, most prominent one near the Moontown area being Mariana.

Culture
Thalassian names tend to take after flora and fauna within their environment. Parents will often take their child's patterns and colors into account when naming them. Whilst this is how many thalassa are named, not all of them fit in this criteria. Some thalassa go by incredibly specific squeaking noises.

The languages that thalassa tend to learn are common and whaleish. Whaleish is a language consisting of mostly dolphin-like squeaks or whale groans. Whilst whaleish is limited in what you can communicate, it does the trick when in comes to making signals.

Love is a delicate thing to thalassa. A common expression of all types of love is gifts, such as seashells or fish.

Trivia

 * The only notable thalassa in the roleplay have been Nautilus, Dolphin, Whelk, and Anglerfish. All of them were played by the same person.
 * Some Marianians ignored rules early on to hang out with sirens or mermaids. This includes Dolphin, who was friends with a siren named Azalea.
 * Thalassa will often forget that other races can't breathe underwater when they're thrown on land.
 * Marianians don't cook underwater, due to the lack of fire, and often have poor first experiences with spice.