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Please enter a description:<i>[Not widely known beyond those familiar with Gateway Worlds.]</i> <p> On the water-planet of Ashtoreth, Sinaian and Abaddonian explorers through the Gateway have encountered a species of "mer-cats" -- feline-like sapients with lower bodies resembling those of porpoises or dolphins, with sleek and streamlined bodies and stringy "head hair" (sometimes shaved off -- in the case of warriors -- for less resistance when going through the water). They come in a wide variety of colors, marked with tiger stripes, spots, rosettes and other traditional "wild cat" markings, and a few more bizarre examples. <p> Mariners have their own language that has some similarities in structure and word choices to Khattan, though many Mariner words are unpronuncable by most off-worlders. (Eeee can make a fairly close approximation, though.) In the years since initial contact with this species, many Mariners from a region known as the Abyss have learned to speak Khattan and Bosch, though only a few know Rephidim Standard or other Sinaian languages. (These particular Mariners are known as "Abyssinian Mariners" or just "Abyssinians".) <p> Mariners are mammals with considerable lung capacity, living near the few islands that dot the surface of Ashtoreth's planet-covering ocean, or else living in underwater areas that -- for one reason or another -- have oxygen supplies.
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