Triton

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Triton
Triton
(Creature)

Type
Outsider
(native, water)
CR
Varies
Environment
Any oceans
Alignment
Source: Blood of the Sea, pg(s). 14

Tritons are a benevolent aquatic ancestry found in oceans across the world. Though they originated on the Plane of Water, they long ago migrated to Golarion and are now native to that plane.1

Appearance

Tritons are comparable in appearance to merfolk, but with two scaly finned legs instead of a fish tail. They are athletic in build and covered in silvery scales that shimmer blue and green in the light. Their hair is white, blue, or green. Most tritons are the same size as humans.1

Habitat and society

Tritons can walk on land, but they are slow and clumsy and vastly prefer the mobility granted by their native salt-water environments. They are self-appointed watchers of the sea who patrol the waves with the help of dolphins and other aquatic beasts. Tritons hate evil sea monsters, particularly alghollthus and krakens, and have waged many wars against such creatures.1

Tritons live in underwater cities, usually built around volcanic vents for the heat and abundant food. Their homes are sculpted from stone or grown from living coral. They are distrustful of outsiders, especially surface-dwellers, but usually have a few dry, airtight buildings set aside for visitors.2[citation needed]

Due to Tritons' frequent conflicts with evil beings, many form strong aquatic cavalry units to patrol against their enemies. They also build relationships with other aquatic societies, such as tidepool dragons,3 and aquatic storm giants,4 toward the mutual defense of the sea.

Though they regard surface-dwellers as trespassers beneath the waves, tritons are quick to change their opinions if they witness an air-breather performing acts of courage and welcome such heroes with open arms.2[citation needed] They are known to manufacture specialized magical items, such as the powerful horn of the tritons, to assist them in the defense of their territories.5

On Golarion

Although tritons live in nearly all of Golarion's oceans, they are particularly common in the Arcadian, Embaral, and Okaiyo oceans, as well as the Inner, Shining, and Songil seas. They are also minority populations in the semi-aquatic River Kingdom of Outsea, where they were staunch allies of the merfolk against sedacthys,67 as well as in the aquatic nation of Xidao in Tian Xia.8

They prefer to live near shorelines and in the shallows of these waters, disliking the dark depths. Triton communities often form alliances with local athamarus9 and merfolk, but remain bitter rivals of alghollthus and their former ulat-kini, kraken, and sedacthy servants.6

Though most of their kind migrated to the Universe, small kingdoms of tritons still exist on the Plane of Water.10

Notable tritons

See also: Horn of the tritons and Category:Triton/Inhabitants

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Amber E. Scott. Tritons” in Blood of the Sea, 14. Paizo Inc., 2017
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jason Bulmahn, et al. “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary 2, 270. Paizo Inc., 2010
  3. Robin D. Laws. Pathfinder's Journal: The Treasure of Far Thallai 1 of 6” in The Wormwood Mutiny, 83. Paizo Inc., 2012
  4. Jason Nelson. Storm Giant” in Giants Revisited, 55. Paizo Inc., 2012
  5. Neil Spicer. “Shull & Shackles Treasures” in Island of Empty Eyes, 60. Paizo Inc., 2012
  6. 6.0 6.1 Adam Daigle, et al. “Oceans of Golarion” in Raiders of the Fever Sea, 63. Paizo Inc., 2012
  7. Paizo referred to sedachtys as sahuagins and sea devils until the publication of Monster Core.
  8. James Jacobs, et al. “Regions of the Dragon Empires” in Dragon Empires Gazetteer, 44. Paizo Inc., 2011
  9. Paizo referred to athamarus as locathahs until the publication of Rage of Elements.
  10. James Jacobs, et al. “The Great Beyond” in The Inner Sea World Guide, 241. Paizo Inc., 2011
  11. Sean K Reynolds. Gozreh” in Racing to Ruin, 71. Paizo Inc., 2010