The Ningyo, or merpeople, were one of the Five Races that ruled the world that would become Rokugan after the Great Sleep of the Naga. They were connected with the Water Element.
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| - The Ningyo, or merpeople, were one of the Five Races that ruled the world that would become Rokugan after the Great Sleep of the Naga. They were connected with the Water Element.
- Half-fish and half-simian, ningyos are diminutive terrors found in Golarion's tropical seas. Thought to be too mean to die, slain ningyos rise as undead after the sun sets, changing back into corpses at the first light of day.
- The appearance of the Japanese mermaid is generally vastly different from the ones typically portrayed in Western cultures. Exact details vary somewhat. Mostly they were described as a giant fish with a human face and a full head of hair. Sometimes they have horns, sometimes fangs. In a few descriptions the were half human and half fish, but the human half was grotesque, resembling a monkey more than a human and with scaly arms and clawed hands. Another depiction of mermaids portrayed as more human, but with distorted or demonic features, alabaster skin, and voices like flutes or songbirds.
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| - The Ningyo, or merpeople, were one of the Five Races that ruled the world that would become Rokugan after the Great Sleep of the Naga. They were connected with the Water Element.
- The appearance of the Japanese mermaid is generally vastly different from the ones typically portrayed in Western cultures. Exact details vary somewhat. Mostly they were described as a giant fish with a human face and a full head of hair. Sometimes they have horns, sometimes fangs. In a few descriptions the were half human and half fish, but the human half was grotesque, resembling a monkey more than a human and with scaly arms and clawed hands. Another depiction of mermaids portrayed as more human, but with distorted or demonic features, alabaster skin, and voices like flutes or songbirds. The more familiar Western mermaid would come to influence how the Japanese viewed the ningyo as the stories and traditions made their way into Eastern culture.
- Half-fish and half-simian, ningyos are diminutive terrors found in Golarion's tropical seas. Thought to be too mean to die, slain ningyos rise as undead after the sun sets, changing back into corpses at the first light of day.
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