Ngaroa

Known in primordial as the City of Life, Ngaroa long served as an isolated community of Tritons safe along the edges of the coastal drop off. A beautiful city of reef communities within a planar vortex to the Plane of Water. With the devastation of the Incursion, much of Ngaroa was lost in undersea earthquakes and volcanic events. Those remaining sought respite on the surface and began to build a new community there. As word spread of their plight, many Tritons spread across the globe began to travel to rebuild. Sea elves, water genasi, and other planetouched races began to make their way to the city as well seeking a new life after surviving the war.   Through a few generations of growth and work the community has been rebuilt on the new coastal shelf. Ingenuity and powerful magic have allowed the new denizens to create a hospitable environment for even those who cannot breath, imbuing breath within enchanted shells that can be carried for breath. On the topside, a thriving coastal town has arisen and accepts trade both aboard ships and from their sister city within the waves.  

Undertow

Population Triton (46%), Sea Elf (29%), Tortle (11%), Locatha (7%), Other (7%)

  The wonder beneath the waves, Undertow is a vibrant expanse of beautiful siltbrick and coral architecture, built among and above the teeming life and energy of the Ngaroa-sana Reef. The freedom of the sea and the weightless traversal has allowed Undertow to build anywhere and everywhere with the help of a few powerful druids. Elite merfolk soldiers known as the Tidesworn protect the city from lurking dangers both natural and unnatural. The Society of White Sand serves as the masters of commerce for the city, ensuring that their resources are used but not abused in their trade with surface dwellers. Few visitors to Undertow can make much progress in any direction without the House of Open Breath. Between welcoming visitors and maintaining the cities protections, the druids of the House of Open Breath are a vital part of the safety of Undertow. The Curtains are the most famous district of the city, serving as home for all the underwater denizens of Undertow. Beautiful structures stacked and built into the coastal shelf, descending down into the beginning of the ocean darkness. Sitting in the heart of the planar vortex brings power and life where otherwise would be cold and near inhospitable. But in the Curtains, beautiful deep ocean reefs have formed, glowing with soft light from luminescent plants and coral.  

Sandpiper

Population: Triton (31%), Human (20%), Sea Elf (13%), Planetouched (11%), Other (27%)

Topside, Sunside, and Portside are all knicknames given to Port Sandpiper. The sun dappled other half of Ngaroa is a vibrant weave of warm and humid city streets, commerce and freedom in concert to create an unsleeping crossover between the land and sea. Not the largest port in this part of the continent, but Port Sandpiper has made a name for itself for its variety in people, goods, and strange circumstances. Some in the Sunside have a poor opinion of their undersea brethren, few spouting tales of old treachery rising in with the tides.