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The city of Sul sits beside a great salt-water lake of the same name, and includes several small islands close to the shore.

The lake provides the people with all that they need. Plentiful fish, shell-fish, seals, and water-foul, as well as several varieties of edible seaweed which the locals cultivate in the shallows near to shore in great sunken gardens. Lately the locals have taken to using pearls gathered from the lakes numerous oysters as currency, although barter is still common on the streets of Sul.

The goddess of Sul is the great Sulak who lives in the lake and never comes to shore. She takes the form of a giant seal with the clear blue eyes of a beautiful woman, but she is also said to take the shape of a serpent or a strong wind.

Fishermen who drown and boats that sink are considered sacrifices to Sulak, and are not mourned because they guarantee the bounty of the lake.

But sometimes she gives the people an even greater gift. Some who drown (mostly handsome young men and beautiful virgins) spend but one day and night in Sulak's underwater kingdom and are washed ashore, alive, but with only scant memories of their experiences or of their past lives. Such people are considered lucky, however and are thought to be proof against drowning.

*In GURPS terms Sulak grants one Extra Life to a drowning victim, after which they have Breath Holding 1 and Destiny (Will not die from drowning) with Partial Amnesia.