To many men, Orion's Birth was a place hushed; plagued within their thoughts, vanquished from their words. But Maanta was not just any man.
In truth he was not a man at all but rather something of a boy, and amongst his peers was observed as more strange than not. The most normal of his bizarre traits was the fact that his body had not agreed with him in the decision to lengthen and evolve into adulthood.
In the recent illuminations and fallings of the sun, his peers in the Meridian Hearth Sands grew many minnow lengths. Their chests broadened, muscles gained definition, and their vocal cords evolved into tones akin to that of walruses, as opposed to the high-pitched sounds of whale songs.