Submission (#2557) Approved

There’s a lot of aspects of Ealei that would pique Marco’s curiosity. While the cities in the trees are definitely interesting and noteworthy, that’s not the other thing that would pull Marco’s attention and draw him into checking it out. The cities are high up in the trees, only because of the salty water below. After checking out what’s going on in the cities and trees above, the kitten would then have to check out the mangroves below.

In his home region of Bellmoril, and in most regions Marco imagines, plants grow from sturdy soily ground with the help of fresh air and water. In Ealei though, the need for soil is still there, but despite all the salty water covering the land plants still manage to sprout and reach for the sky for air and sunlight. Not only small plants and flowers have managed to grow out of the water here, but also the large trees that the residents of Ealei have built their homes on. Tree roots of some of the trees are visible unlike their brethren on the land, thrusting out of the water before diving back in search of ground to latch into. This has created wooden humps that elnin can use to hop around on to get closer to the water. The roots have also created small caves underneath the trees, which aren’t suitable for elnin to live in but make great homes for plants who don’t need as much light as they do water, or small aquatic critters. Marco would be interested in getting close to the bottom of the large trees and either hop around on the wooden roots above the water or diving in to swim around. He’s grown used to knowing how to deal with dangerous animals on land, but if Marco saw something spooky lurking in a tree-made cave or in the water he would quickly climb out of the water ( then be embarrassed when the creature was just a regular fish! ).