Culture
A much less-known part of Sea Folk culture is that their vaunted porcelain is actually created by the Amayar, land-dwellers on the island of Tremalking, overseen by a Sea Folk governor. The Amayar apparently follow a pacifistic lifestyle very similar to the Tuatha'an Way of the Leaf.
Another little known facet of Sea Folk culture is that both genders go topless while at sea, and out of sight of the mainland. Presumably all of their passengers know this eventually, and keep silent either out of respect/moral outrage, or for more prurient interests. This fact alone may account for why passage on a Sea Folk ship is frequently so costly, although they are also the fastest sailing vessels in the land, and some of the most reliable (partially due to the unrevealed abilities of Windfinders).
The Atha'an Miere put a lot of emphasis on the "salt", or the sea. Each person has two names, a birth name, and a salt name awarded later.
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