Editing Genasi (section)

====Slavery and the Amethyst Sea====
Though genasi don't like to talk about it, most genasi in the [[Elemental Chaos]] are slaves; their resistance to the elemental attributes of that [[plane]] make them highly valuable to [[giant]]s and [[genie]]s in comparison to their relatively perishable [[human]] ancestors. So, of course, many adventuring genasi are either fleeing slavery, seeing to free their fellow slaves, or both. It's so common that one of the genasi's "Winning Races" articles in [[Dragon Magazine]] was all about a genasi anti-slavery ring; the Amethyst Sea.

The Amethyst Sea is a secret underground society dedicated to freeing its people and shuttling them to the comparative safety of the mortal world. It takes its name from its founder, a female genasi named Ameth. That does not make them shiny paladins, however. The Amethyst Sea is outnumbered, outfinanced and outmatched by their many enemies - especially the efreeti and the dao. Thusly, they fight smart, not hard, and are willing to commit what some might see as dubious acts for the greater good of the genasi. This organization utilizes deception as its greatest weapon, preferring to infiltrate slave trafficking bands or slaveholder's domiciles to get the information they need to sneak slaves away.

Perhaps the strongest example of their viewpoints is this: the headquarters of the Amethyst Sea contains a two-way portal between the Elemental Chaos and the mortal world. In the Chaos, it's very easy to open. In the mortal world, it's sealed and locked. The risks of it being used for an elemental incursion are unimportant to the Amethyst Sea; what matters is that this makes it impossible for a pursuer who follows a runaway slave through the portal to just grab their victim and haul them right back.

Known allies of this band include the Starfall Picks, dwarves who seek to honor their ancestors and their own fight to freedom by freeing the genasi, the enigmatic elf & eladrin alliance known as the Summer Hounds, and a thieves guild called the Lost Sock whose interest is pragmatic - helping smuggle ex-slaves to their world is rewarded by being helped in expanding to the Elemental Chaos. Though the possibility exists that at least some members of that group do enjoy feeling like heroes for helping to free the slaves.

The Amethyst Sea does not discriminate; all genasi are welcomed and aided, even those who bear corrupt manifestations. Indeed, causticsouls, cindersouls and plaguesouls all have great potential in aiding their work.