@nohwear Thanks, I woke up and made some crazy tea stuff. It had like mint, lemon, thyme, and cinnamon i think. Worked real well.
A problem Ive run into though is choosing Aegir's class. In my mind's eye, I am seeing Aegir running along the length of the ship, fighting off boarders with his axe, and knocking them off the sides of the ship with torrents of seawater. Something along the lines of Battlemage, except he is drawing on the blessings of the Lords of the Deepdark. Which may make him more like a cleric, yet at the same time, he isn't gonna be healing anyone. Some "blessings" that I'm seeing him use are things like causing sudden waves to bash against enemy ships, gouts of water, stirring up strong gusts to carry the ship faster in times of pursuit, predicting storms, and even communing with sea monsters.
Also, I would like ur opinion on Aegir's religion. They don't have an official name, being something from distant mythology (in game). Im drawing very lightly from actual scandinavian history. In Norse mythology, Rán (Old Norse "sea" or "robber") is a sea goddess. According to tales from the period, she is married to Ægir (the king of the ocean, essentially Posiedon) and they have nine daughters together. This is where I spin things:
Rán proved herself unfaithful to her husband, by laying with his hated nemesis, the sorceror prince Loki, who loved her. As punishment, Ægir forced Rán to continue laying with Loki, until he was so far in love with her, he could not bear to lose her. When the time came, Ægir forced Rán to break Loki's heart. In return, Loki used forbidden Svartálfar (dark elf) black magic to curse Rán's nine daughters, turning them into cold hearted, souless monsters. Ægir, disgusted with what his daughters had become, yet unable to help or destroy them due to the black magics upon them, sent them to the deepest recesses of his domain, far far below the surface of the ocean.
The nine daughters, utterly transformed beyond gender, are much alike what we depict as krakenesque beasts. Each one is different in appearance, and each has a different domain over an aspect of the ocean. They are indeed very powerful, and beyond the control of any god or deity, aside from maybe the Svartálfar, the Dark Elves, who "supposedly" were wiped out by the prime gods thousands of years ago, though remnants of their power remain in the world, from underwater ruins, to onyx obelisks scattered across the land.
Anyway, the Nine Lords of the Deepdark, since the absence of the gods, reign supreme over the sea. They don't attack every ship, or every harbor, who doesnt pay them tribute or anything like that. But those sailors who spend enough time at sea, oftentimes come to revere them, and pay them tribute in various forms, so that they would grant them safe passage, and protect their vessel from weather and monsters.
Let meh know what you think, and also if you wanna expand on the Svartálfar any, lore-wise.
Or if you guys don't think Aegir fits into the whole theme of things, say so, and I might just go with Prottigr.
