Sereneties

Sereneties are a subculture of Mercian Merfolk that began to rebel against the worship of Saint Mercius and the Church of Saint Mercius and the reliance on bowing to his needs to appease him. They speak to desire a world without fealty to a god. Without cowering in fear to an unloving diety and that instead the people, the Merian people themselves should bear the burden of change and reclaim the right to restore their lands. Outlined in their foundational manifesto the Song of the Sereneties, which was penned by the movement's leader Anna-Alexandra Abyssalweaver, the Sereneties outline their plight and why they are campaigning for change. .

Sereneties bear their subculture's name from the idea that without cowering in fear in the face of an unloving god, a person can achieve peace and serenity, and forge their own salvation and survival. The Sereneties movement came about after a period of great strife and turmoil had ruined half of the City of Mercia, the capital of the merfolk, and in the art of rebuilding many turned away from a god that did not seem to care for their devotion, and towards ideals that spoke of innovation and technology proving the saviour they had been waiting for.