## Player's Guide to Playing a Mariner.
**An artist's portrayal of Poseidon defending Atlantis from the horror of the Maelstrom**
The storm subsided, but it has never faded. The Maelstrom still surrounds the waters around Atlantis with roiling clouds and tendrils of mist, miles away in some places, within hand's reach in others. None who have ventured into the mist have ever returned and nothing but aberrations of nature have ever come out. The people of Atlantis survived the apocalypse, but it seems no one else did.
### Magic
##### It doesn't exist.
Just like the real world, magic is found only in Pre-Maelstrom legends and fiction. Racial differences are purely a result of evolutionary divergence and the notion of racial "magical powers" (like Elves living for millenia or "psionics") is considered an incredibly insensitive superstition.
One exception prevents total rejection of the supernatural: acts of God. These aren’t rumors or strange looking pieces of toast, these are documented, cross-referenced miracles that defy known natural laws. Is it a coincidence that most of these miracles have been performed by priests of Poseidon? The faithful certainly don’t think so.
### Religion
#### Poseidon worship
The state religion of Atlantis, the oldest and most popular worship. Followers of Poseidon believe that the sea god used his power to keep the Maelstrom at bay and that all Atlantians owe him their lives.
**Monotheistic Reform.**
Is Poseidon the greatest among a pantheon or the only true god? The Temple of Poseidon has supported the multiple divinities of the Greek Pantheon for centuries, but younger generations find them superstitious and superfluous: there is only evidence of one God, after all.
#### Atheism
The trendiest new “faith” in Atlantis City, popular with public intellectuals and counter-culture teens. Growing in popularity, especially amongst Gnomes, for freeing up so much time otherwise spent at Temple.
#### Other Pantheons
##### The Silent Gods (Egyptian)
A small, non-evangelical faith know mostly only to Gith, and likely to stay that way. The Silent Gods are more symbolic than other pantheons: followers worship concepts as entities, Leadership and the falcon-god Horus are one and the same.
##### Warrior Gods (Norse)
This faith blurs the line between “religion” and “really good war stories.” Followers (usually dragonborn or half-orcs) model their lives on these legendary heroes, whether they are actually divine or not.
#### Other Gods
Other faiths do exist, but have too few followers to be called “organized”
### Government
**Constitutional Monarchy.** Atlantis has a royal authority, His Royal Majesty Agathon Atreides, who wields mostly ceremonial power and a veto (rarely used).
The true decision makers are the two branches of parliament: