Quite the oxymoron, 'The Land of Water', but As-Kartel's inhabitants are as unlikely as its nickname. A large island to the West of the Continent, in 16 A.F. it was decided that As-Kartel could be accepted as the fourth country in the Continent.

In the waters surrounding the island, the Kriechen Sea, live the Myrr People. They look very much like the merpeople in the Overworld stories--fins, brightly colored scales, and human upper bodies. Only their eyes are slitted like a cat's, with vertical pupils. Their irises are mainly yellow, and sometimes red. Their teeth are pointed like a pyrhana's. Their nails are like the points of the lionfish, poinsoness and scathing. They are agressive, and unpredictable, the hunters of the sea in their areas. They secrete a bubble of mucus to cover themselves when they sleep, like the parrotfish. They can mimic voices using one of their three vocal chords, which is probably what was once mistaken for the beautiful singing of the Sirens. All in all, a livley bunch.

When you reach the shore, the beaches are inhabited by seven-foot high spiral shells. These are the homes of the Conchiglians, the Shell-hunters. They hunt in groups as well. They are merely humanoid, but devoted to the crab--catching of, hunting of. They use the larger shells as their shelter, and the meat as their food. They are moody and as unpredictable as the Myrr People. They have an odd attribute though--they are exceptionally strong. They have developed a way to use their muscles as the crab does its pincers, which is useful for opening the shell of one, to get at the soft meat inside. The women stay in groups near the shells, and in the evenings the whole tribe stays close together, reveling in the company of others.

Higher, there are many sharp cliffs that draw the abuse of the ocean storms, and the lightning of the hurricaines. The Aguillon live in the nooks of the cliffs that have been worn away. They are very secretive people, and do not stay out long in the day. They do not like to be observed, but like to do the observing--note the strategic cliff positioning. Another of their attributes--amazing strategy. The Aguillon are always planning and thinking ahead. They can win their way through the toughest situation, coming out as what appears to be 'on top'. They are not very well described, however. They mask their dealings from their island, and when a few make it off they separate their denomenation from their identity, masking themselves if you will. What researchers can gather, however, they are a winsome bunch, able to please if the situation calls for it. Do not interrupt their homes, though. They need their time apart. It seems that these groups use long whips with nails at the end, as if they were stingers. It is how they hunt.