Question about the Raen

[YianKutku]

- Seriously, magic that is capable of changing our respiratory system so much that we can breathe water as easily as air? Why does this secretly sound like a primal's influence to me?

I was about to say I doubt even a Primal could give us that water-breathing blessing so easily, but then I'm reminded of the gasps and shock when we did Sastasha Hard, and saw how Leviathan corrupted his followers.

[Kyran-Varlsen]

More likely than not, the Raen came to the Ruby Sea, befriended the Kojin, learned the needed magics and basically just kept using it among themselves ever since. It's likely that the first settlement, Sui-no-Sato, was a combined effort between the two peoples and the later Royal Temple was a construction by later Raen for the ascendant Royal Family.

All Rae of Sui-no-Sato are blessed with the water breathing magic. This allows their hunters and gatherers to go out and get new supplies from the surrounding reefs. One Raen woman we encounter is found floating in the water and presumed dead by a Confederate who spotted her, but when we get to her she gets up as if everything is fine and says she was stung by jellyfish and went into a state of shock. She was gathering clams underwater when this happened, but since she didn't have to worry about breathing she did not drown while she floated to the surface. The surrounding bubble areas where we see snails may have been created early on as places to try and grow crop or to mine rocks and ore before being given up as places where animals might be found and hunted.

I always wondered why the Royal family of Sui-no-Sato had their Palace built on the other-side of the bay and so far from the village. Space would be at a premium down there, but maybe it doubles as a military headquarters as well? Shisui of the Violet Tides is quite large, much more so than the village. The entire setup seems very idyllic, if a tad constrained at times.