Citizens of an ancient empire that sank beneath the ocean, the aventi adapted to their new home and now adventure both at sea and on land. A proud people who hold personal honor in high regard, the aventi can be found anywhere from the human-settled coasts to the deepest trenches of the ocean floor.

Aventi are little different from humans in appearance. Aventi usually stand from 5 feet to little over 6 feet in height and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds, with men noticeably taller and heavier than women. Aventi coloration tends towards a very pale, almost bluish skin to a lighter tan, with blue and green eyes and hair that ranges between a light brown to a very pale blond. The calves and forearms of Aventi feature small swimming fins that fold almost flat when the Aventi leave the water.

Aventi dress is very plain and sparse--most wear just enough to maintain their modesty and some wear less than that. They are fond of pearls and soft metals that can be worked without heat such as gold. Aventi, like humans, reach adulthood at about age 15 and rarely live more than a century.

It is believed that the Aventi originated from the landmass that sank to become the grouping of islands now known as the Silver Rain Republic. How they managed this is a subject of speculation. Did their landwalking ancestors enter a pact with some seapower? Or were the Aboliths responsible? No matter how it happened, these latecomers to the undersea community were treated with hospitality at first by the merfolk, but as time went on, they began to see the Aventi as a threat to their own civilisation and started treating them as second class citizens and, in many places, slaves. Even though the Aventi won back there freedom and laws have been put in place to preserve their rights, many merfolk still see the Aventi as lower class citizens and some even blame them for the sins and abuses that the surface dwelling humans had bestowed on the merfolk, mostly through ignorance.

It is only with the guidance of the forward thinking current ruler of the Mer Kingdom that the aventi have found a home there.