tell us about the numinous deeps? xoxo sounds spooky
A port city is nothing without water, and Lur is no exception. The shipping lanes, the currents, the winds: all play a role in the city's fortunes, for better or for worse. A fortune could be lost overnight to an overly cruel tempest.
It's not just what's over the sea that matters, however, but what's under it. The residents of Lur believe that beneath the surface of their ocean are more things than any land-dwellers could hope to truly understand; not just sea creatures, but entities with godlike powers who could change their fortunes in the blink of an eye.
In Lur the sea is known by many things, most commonly the Deeps – Lurians say that it has its own name, a true name, but that no one alive can know it. There is an agreement with the Deeps, a balance. "If we take things from the sea, then so too will the sea take things from us." Such is their favorite proverb: As above, so below.