Sites of Intrest of the Sea of Statues

Torso: This settlement is a small town formed in the roof of a hollow in the chest of a collapsed statue. The buildings here are carved out of the stone ceiling of the hollow and are connected via an intricate system of bridges and walkways. The residents of Torso are skilled fungi farmers and the lower half of their cavern is covered in vast mushroom fields which they grow for use for almost everything, from food, to clothes, and to medicine. While only having just over 150 permanent residents Torso is the center of the Glowshroom harvesting industry. A large hole, where the statues neck used to be connects Torso to the rest of the sea, and is one of the safest harbors in all of the Gray Seas.

Cat’s Paw: This small settlement is based on one of the few non-humanoid statues in this sea; that of a great sphinx. It has a population of about 50, mostly Catties and other demi-humans. They survive mostly on fishing and hunting Eisenjagers, and are the only group to have successfully eke out (non-fungal) crops on the statues. The residents sell these fresh fruits and vegetables all across the Sea of Statues and to passing ships for exorbitant prices.

The Cranial Abyss: A set of thirteen heads that look into a blue hole that is believed to be bottomless. Strange currents pull things towards the blue hole, and it is believed that ships that cross it will sink before the end of the year.

The Forest of Fingers: Thickets of fingers jut from the water here like limbless stone trees. Hundreds of hands lie just below the waterline, the palms and wrists of which emerge only during low tides. The submerged statues pose an hazard to ships, and a colony of saughin makes the area even more dangerous. Unfortunately many of the Mistways that feed in and out of the Sea of Statues are located near the Forest of Fingers.

The Scales: This fortress-monastery-prison of The Justices, a vigilante organization dedicated to stopping piracy is based off of a set of scales held afloat by an arm that pokes out of the water. Just a dozen of Justices can be found here at any given time, most are out on patrols in other parts of the Gray Sea.

Flora and Fauna of the Sea of Statues

Stonelouses: Large territorial wingless bugs that infest many of the statues and bore large holes throughout the colossi.

Iouns: A creature or a group of creatures that look like a flying school of fish but are made of shards of crystals that dart rapidly from statue to statue and preform strange mesmerizing dances before embedding themselves into the rocks to rest.

Steinjagers: Large gray cat like creatures with a head like a leech that stalk the ruins for prey. Their coats at a distance look like shiny fur, however; close inspection shows that they are made of very thin and hard crystals. Incredibly hard and very beautiful, their pelts go for high prices in the Known Seas.

Chamelion Bats: Small winged creatures similar to bats in the Known Seas but with horns and can change the color of their fur to best match their roosting stones. They hunt Stonelouses, large fish, and the occasional person in large swarms.

Flintbergs: Large iceberg like creatures that appear to be made of interlocking boulders that extremely territorial. They are thankful slow. They communicate with one another with loud cracks and rumbles that sound like avalanches.

Visage Eels: Muddy green docile eels with baby like human faces. While edible, consuming or even touching the creatures is considered taboo by most.

Glowshrooms: While are found in many other seas, grow here in great number. It is not clear why the Glowshrooms grow so well here but speculation is that the abundance of god metals in the statues plays a part.

Sauhagin: The shark like fish-folk, have mutations that set them apart from their cousins in other seas and that make them particularly dangerous. Their scales are a dark gray which allow them to remain nearly unseen is the crevices and are covered in poisonous spines. They are mostly concentrated in the Forest of Fingers.

The Sea of Statues

The Sea of Statues

Thousands of massive vaguely humanoid stone statues in various states of collapse are the defining feature of this Pocket Sea. Time, wind, and salt have all taken a toll on the colossal figures and very few remain intact or even upright. The few that do remain upright are often missing parts, arms and heads in particular, and are heavy eroded. All of the statues in this sea show heavy erosion and any symbols or tool marks that might have identified the stonemasons that make these colossi have been long lost. Most of the statues are humanoid and are either semi-nude or robed. Some appear to have at one time held objects or weapons but most of these are now lost. The statues are all made of the same stone, a light blue-gray stone, and have large white stripes of efflorescence running down them in many places

The stone that makes up the statues is unique to this sea. This ‘statue stone’ is virtually blast resistant making it an important material for fort construction for the Major Powers outside of the Gray Sea. Unfortunately, when removed from the Gray Sea this stone degrades fast when exposed to sunlight, and any structure made from it needs to be replaced every few years. The statues hold another great resource inside, rich veins of the god metals, Adamantium and Mithril as well as pockets of gemstones. While the statue stone is hard to mine, and extended habitation in this sea is difficult due to lack of supplies, many small mining camps have popped up on many of the ruins. While some are legitimate business or part of an established government there are many more still that are operated by slavers and pirates.

The waters here are dark and green allowing little light to penetrate the water beyond the first few meters. This murky water along with the assortment of stone body parts jutting out of the water makes this one of the most dangerous Pocket Sea for captains to navigate. Despite the verdant waters, there is little aquatic life in this sea. Most of the fish that are caught here are strange and misshapen with spongy flesh and odd lumps. Eels are common in this sea and can be seen swimming throughout many of the ruins. Unlike eels in the Known Seas the eels in the Sea of Statues have human like visages and are very unsettling to look at. Coral and urchins are common in this sea as well and most are venomous or poisonous in some way.

Outside of the waters very little grows in this sea, due mostly to the lack of soil. Patches of moss and fungus draping off of the ruins are the closest thing one will see to verdant fields and forests. Glowshrooms grow all across this sea and foraging for them can be almost as profitable as mining the statues themselves.