The Order of the Alabaster Clam is focused on the protection of communities around the lake & travelers of goodwill who attempt to traverse it. They have been recognized by both the Human Empire & the Elven Kingdom as an organization of outstanding merit.
As wildfires burn the forests to ash, as water boils out of the oceans, lakes, and land, and as the sun sears rock and sand, Mercury devolves into homogenous skeletal grey; a sunbleached wasteland.