Tuatha Dé Danann (Atlantean)
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The Tuatha Dé Danann are a human offshoot that appear in DC Comics and live in the legendary city of Thierna Na Oge.
[edit] Background
The Tuatha Dé Danann are human in appearance with usually green hair and an orange skin. Their evolution at the deepest depths of the ocean resulted in numerous adaptations to this new environment. Their skin is able to survive the intense pressure of the depths of the ocean which has had the added effect of increasing both their strength and vitality to levels far in excess compared to humans.
Interestingly, the race obtained an affinity with magic and though they are not born as mages, they are capable of using it. Furthermore, the race also developed as skilled warriors with martial skills in combat. They are also a religious people having developed their own society. One matron goddess would be Dana. Religious artifacts would also be present such as the Lia Fail.
In terms of government, they live under a monarchy which also possess a ruling body known as the Conclave of the Twelve which guide their civilization. Their leaders would be titled as Kings. Furthermore, even though they are an advanced and civilized people; they rejected the use of science in favour of using magic.
Finally, their people are divided among clans which is somewhat similar to the pagan tribes of Medieval Europe.
[edit] History
The Tuatha Dé Danann civilization begins within one of the city states of the mighty Atlantean Empire before the cataclysm which destroyed that civilization. Despite the geological instability, many of the Atlanteans survived and estalished other cities such as Poseidonis and Tritonis.
One such group, however, established Thierna Na Oge which became one of the fabled Lost Cities of Atlantis. Their time underwater and the isolation its citizens achieved would forever alter the species compared to the base human species. They remained fiercely isolationist and their skin began to change.
They would further differ from their Atlantean cousins by rejecting science in favour of magic which their ancestors had long ago mastered. Thus, the current Tuatha Dé Danann would be born. They would regain contact with their Atlantean cousins through Aquaman who became embroiled in a civil war. After that period of upheaval was over, attempts are being made to reunite this cousin species with the rest of their kind.
