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Deep under the surface of ocean strange and mysterious creatures move through the water silently. Among the eels, squids, sharks, and other denizens of the deep lie the Crab Men, a race of sentient humanoids named after the shared coloring and characteristics with common crabs. These nomadic people live simple lives and are fairly benign to those who do not aggress upon them as they move from reefs to coral coves deep underwater.

Live and Let Live

Crab Men live peaceful and isolated lives from the surface world roaming along the sandy dunes of the sea bed in small pods of 20-30 Crab Men. Encounters with the Crab Men are rare but not unheard of and are largely uneventful. The majority of time however Crab Men roam in depths to deep for most to venture leaving much of their culture and way of life unknown to the dwellers of the surface.

Crab Woman?

Despite the name, not all Crab Men are male; but the lack of any traditional female features has led to the name Crab Men sticking with female Crab Men having minute physical differences that are visible.

Crab Culture

Crab Men spend most of their lives travelling along the seabed with their pod. There is little structure or authority in these pods with most decisions being made unanimously. Crab Men get along well especially with other Crab Men resulting in decision making being usually unanimous and drama free. Conflict between Crab Men is unheard of and they typically only resort to violence in self-defense or in the pursuit of an important goal. Throughout a Crab Man's life they will very rarely engage in anything beyond a laid back approach to life though it is unknown if this amicable stance is biological or cultural.

Peaceful but Powerful

While Crab Men are peaceful, other denizens of the ocean are not. Years of underwater life has left the Crab Men with both physical strength and durability that are rivaled by few.





















Food or Friend?

Crab Men have an extremely diversified diet by necessity to survive in the harsh underwater environment. Different kinds of Seaweed, Kelp, and even smaller non sentient ocean creatures like fish and oysters are all scrounged and scavenged for on the Crab Men's nomad journey across the seabed. On occasion Crab Men may band together in hunting parties to take down larger beasts such as killer whales or even Aboleths.

Crabkind

Crab Men usually stay in pods of 20 to 30 roaming the deep on their own and occasionally meeting other pods in their travels sharing food, stories and even weapons. On very rare occasions however Crab Men gather from numerous different pods to embark on a great task or journey critical to all of them. Crab Men will only embark on such a task when faced with a mounting danger to all Crabkind or similar event such as an aggressive Kraken or evolving war between two underwater factions. When these great meetings to happen pods will quickly gather at ancient meeting grounds known only to Crab Men as they all converge on a single point. It is believed that this point changes depending on the nature of the danger but the true nature is unknown. Upon the arrival of all or nearly all known Pods the Crab Men spend most of their time readying themselves, discussions on how to proceed are undertaken by representatives of each pod but are extremely short with most Crab Men all reaching the same conclusions much in the same way that pods reach decisions with unanimous consent. The massive army of pods will then move to complete the task whatever it may be , once complete the pods will quickly discuss any actions needed to be taken in the aftermath before once again dispersing and returning to their isolated nomad life style.