Although D&D depicts tritons as fish people who emigrated from the plane of water, in mythology they were merfolk. Triton was a sea god, with the tritons as his followers. They were the satyrs of the sea. In later medieval bestiaries, tritons were described as monstrous mermen.
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| ©1998 Jonathan Hunt, Bestiary |
“Tritons were half-human, half-fish creatures with scales covering their torsos, fish-like tails, and sharp teeth and claws. They spent much of their time carousing, riding the wave tops, and blowing their conch shell trumpets. Tritons often changed their tails into legs so they could spend part of their long lives among humans.”
—Jonathan Hunt, Bestiary (1998)
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