Gods of the Unterzee

The Zee is full of things men and women can barely even comprehend. On the Surface sailors were always superstitious people with tall tales of supernatural entities helping or hindering them on their travels. On the Zee it's no different, but they may actually hold some truth.

The Zee Three; Salt, Stone, and Storm

The city folk and islanders can worship whatever silly god they please, but to the Zee-captains and their crew only three matter most, as these have made a legitimate impact on the travels of those who enter their domain. 

Salt

"We will sail East, and the islands will fall behind. The zee will be troubled by greater waves. The false-stars will pale, until the Neath-roof grows invisible above. New scents will prickle the air: something like spice and something like pine." The flowing currents of time and memory are Salt's domains. He is the embodiment of the Zee itself; his origin is unknown, though it is believed he may exist far to the east, farther than anyone dares to go.

Salt's influence affects all travelers of the Zee. If you manage to gain his attention, he may reward you with sudden revelations. But if you dare to defy this being, be warned: his curse can affect you in the most devastating of ways. He can undo past achievements, take your loved ones, and even alter your past. Be watchful of Salt's messenger, the White Bat, as if it is watching you, HE is watching.

Storm

"Now and then, rocky fragments fall from the roof of the Neath. The decks of older ships are pocked with scars. The sound is one no land-lubber knows, and no zailor will ever forget. This one has smashed the glass of a deck-binnacle. "Ill omen!" one sailor cries. "The god in the roof! Storm is angry!" An ancient anger, Storm's wrath is unending and punishing to those who gain his attention. Storm is the embodiment of the air, the weather, and the sky... well, its Neathy equivalent, at least. He is the punishment, the judgement, of all beings who sail the Zee.

Storm is a god whose favor cannot be won entirely. His attention often fuels humans' rage. Some captains who gain his attention find one of their crew attacking the others with insane bloodlust after an encounter with the roof of the Zee affects the ship. Other times, however, gazing out to Zee, the captain will find new strength and vision from his guidance. Be wary of Storm's dispeasure, as his curse is as relentless as the weather bearing his name: it literally brings an increase in storms and fog.

Stone

"It's very far away; but perhaps it's watching you." Stone is the illicit daughter of the Sun and the Bazaar, though most know her as the protector of all the islands on the Zee. She resides deep within the Elder Continent, as the Mountain of Light.

Stone influences the lives of nearly all who inhabit the Neath. The unnatural, unexplainable vitality she emits is what makes death in this realm mostly impermanent, the normally inanimate denizens of Polythreme live so much they scream, and the citizens of the Elder Continent have particularly long lives. She is also the mother of one of the Zee's most fearsome beasts, the wandering Mt. Nomad.

Gaining Stone's attention may make you healthier and more agile, but it seems like her curse does nothing. Perhaps it's that some forms of death are permanent. It could be the fact that those who live outside the Elder Continent can never enter, not without their souls burning away and their entire crew dying. Or maybe it simply works in a way we cannot understand, or we have yet to see the full repercussions of the curse. No matter what her curse does, Stone is perhaps the most impactful and influential Zee-god. Be wary of surprise bits of stone and even diamond showing up unaccounted for on the ship, it may mean Stone is watching you from her glowing, ever-living mountain home.