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In honor of #MerMay2023, and for an alternative event during Play May, Solaris is hosting a short "Under the Sea"-themed flash challenge. Are you writing something for the unofficial Under the Sea challenge? You've got three more days until submissions close, check out the countdown to make sure you get it in in time.

Lets share some love to the entries thus far! Check them out, leave a like, and lets show eachother how amazing the World Anvil community can be! We've gotten three deities, or deity-like figures. The very first entry was Jacqueline Yang's Tarvaar, god of darkness, fear and doubt. jandis introduced us to the impish Iofi, who's mood shifts as fast as the weather, and we've heard Chris L whisper about a celestial glutton deep, deep under the waves. I was expecting to see some awesome species, and you have not let me down thus far! JudasBrennan goes in-depth about the society and mysteries of the lovecraftian Tsuthar'Chor, and KajetanWrites introduces us to the sea-variant of his shadow monsters and an insight into how they tie into the history of the elves. Makenzie Turney evokes scylla and other monstrous sea-serpents with the Monsters of Lake Nicodes, and last but not least Dutrius gives us the intelligent but (unfortunately for them) delicious Pentasepia. What I didn't expect were condition articles, but they work so well. Maxwell Ferris got there first with Tarvana, an ominous condition contracted by repeated free diving, named after the mad ravings of the affected. Since then mirescosmo has followed with the Sea Hollowed a disturbing magical undeath, and Scalenex introduced the monstrous shark-like Karakhai Abberations. We've also seen some incredibly underwater locations, the most popular kind of entry thus far. They're incredibly diverse. Rain slowly unveils what has become of the Crashed Sky Citadel in a fascinating mix of fantasy and science fiction, and Blue Fairy 74 shows us an inventive use of the map feature when she introduces the unique Qimiori biome, an aquatic forest, and the cornerstone of it known as the knot-tree. Tanai Cuinsear writes about a classic underwater merfolk settlement, Earvaryosto, and weaves a rich history. hughpierre gives us tables galore in Thalatta, an underwater school of merfolk that weave the waters around them into a orb.

God #4 Tarvaar

Character | May 20, 2023

Freeman EBelt

Jacqueline Yang

Tsuthar'Chor

Generic article | May 20, 2023

Grandmaster JudasBrennan

Master Cyborg Starfish

Rain

Iofi

Character | Apr 15, 2024

Enneance goddess of the oceans, winds, storms, sailors, merchants, luck, and whimsy

Grandmaster jandis

Shadow Sea Monster

Species | May 22, 2023

Sea-dwelling counterparts of monsters from the Shadow Forest

Grandmaster KajetanWrites

Check out the worlds of Starhome and Magic Earth
If you are looking for my Worldember articles check Magic Earth or My Worldember Progress Page

Grandmaster Cape Broccoli

Maxwell Ferris

Check out the world of the Six-Globe and it's associated campaign; Frontier!

Qimiori - Water Forests

Geographic Location | Sep 25, 2025

... a protected ecosystem of Britl knot trees long the flat shores of the “Mìbi̋i̋milùqìì” islands of Uluriqi.

Grandmaster Blue Fairy 74

Stay imaginative and have fun exploring
Blue's World - Elaqitan - Naharin

Earvaryosto

Settlement | Jun 15, 2023

A merfolk settlement beneath the Irikant Sea.

Grandmaster Tanai

Tanai Cuinsear

Tambanokano

Character | Dec 2, 2023

Tambanokano is one of the Seven Celestial Gluttons. The star-eating crab sits at the bottom of the deepest trench in the ocean, eating anything that comes within reach of its greedy claws.