Lemurian Ecology

Ecological Catastrophy
The continent of Lemuria is sinking into the sea in the next couple of months.

This is due to the use of quintessence engine technology which has disrupted the bedrock of the continent.

Although the continent has been temporarily slowed as a whole, many sinkholes are emerging which are creating localized disasters and a reminder to the population of the urgency of evacuation.

Despite this, or perhaps because of it, the people of Lemuria have not changed much of their daily habits or expectations. While the leaders and key figures prepare the evacuation, farmers are farming, fishers are fishing, and clerks are clerking.

Marine Ecology
The coasts of Lemuria are rich with fish and marine mammals. Researchers believe the sinking of Lemuria will disrupt this eco-system in the short term, but would likely result in a shallow sea that this ecosystem will eventually repopulate and even thrive. It is possible that the new civilization on Kumari Kandam may, in future generations, return to the region of Lemuria to populate small islands that remain above the surface.

In the meantime, the shift geology has caused whirlpools that are the result of sinkholes in the ocean floor. Fishing and sailing are dangerous enterprises, but the entire population must be carried by ship off the continent. Researchers are working tirelessly to be able to predict the phenomenon.

To make matters worse, the disruption in ocean currents has brought large, dangerous creatures from their normal feeding grounds in the deep sea into shallower waters. Areas that were once safe are now even more dangerous.

This makes the ocean near Lemuria a foreshadow of the doom facing the entire continent.