[Sombre]

Well blood magic is useless underwater, yes. But then I want the nation to be able to clamber out of the water too, using the Ichtyids. Blood isn't a part of the Triton / Amber system at all, it's purely used by the Ichtyids they are manipulating and they are destined for amphibious land warfare, after all. It also makes LA Oceania, as an underwater blood using (but not blood economy) nation, very different from everyone else. I'm thinking Ichtyid shamans with H1 B1 and a 110% random of DBW and Ichtyid robed cultists as a secondary sacred troop type (the primary sacreds will obviously be Tritons).

I'll give them some underwater blood summons (Sharks!) new national spells and whatnot, but I'm not keen on giving them void creatures. I don't see LA Oceania as having a void based religion - even with the rather corrupt ambers leading them they still hate what Ryleh has done to their entire world and would like to 'fix' it and possibly close the portals to the void.

So far the races in the nation are:
Amber Tritons (upper class)
Oceanian Tritons (middle class)
Common Tritons (low class)
Mermen/Coastal atlantian slaves (lowest)
Ichtyids (regarded with distaste, but generally a seperate class)

When I said the ambers set about rebuilding ruins I don't mean Ryleh ruins, I mean the ooooooold leftovers of EA Oceania. That's why when the Oceanian tritons turned up there on a last ditch crusade looking for the promised land the Ambers were able to pretend they'd always been there (living the dream, since they're obsessed with racial purity and the past) and quickly assume control of the Oceanians. They claim that in ages past it was THEM not the Triton kings that ruled over the glory of Oceania (they may even believe this themselves).