THE NACAC (1933)

SOURCES: "Into the Hydrosphere" (Amazing Stories, October 1933)

DESCRIPTION: “...From time to time, the Zoromes perceived strange, swimming creatures that resembled the Plekne. Their upper appendages were like those of the Plekne, with the exception of long, wavy fins which ran their length. In place of lower limbs, however, they possessed tails like a fish. These marine counterparts of the Plekne, who breathed through their skins, seemed to stay in the vicinity of the krelp city, often surprising the machine men by wriggling their way up through the kelp and into one of the municipal pools where the seaweed had been cut away.” (“Into the Hydrosphere” by Neil R. Jones)

NOTES: The Nacac are allies to the Plekne, living in and around their kelp cities. They are simple, trusting creatures who attempt to save the Zoromes from sinking to the deep waters of the sea bottom. The Nacac can swim deeper than the Plekne but not to the deepest parts of the ocean. Their speed allows them to avoid the giant fishes that swim the seas.

HISTORY: Mermen are as old as the myths of course. Jones's mermen are kind and simple-hearted.