THE FISH WARS
No one really knows how the Fish Wars began. Some feesh say it started over a bloodworm, whilst othrts blame a deranged shrimp from space. A feesh cult has told us that the moon declared the war, though we’re not sure how that would even work, seeing as the moon can’t exactly speak or declare wars…
The fighting dragged on for… well, a while. Depending on who you ask, it lasted three weeks or several hundred years. Time has never been easy for folks to follow underwater, though.
The shrimp made up most of the opposing forces, though some feesh stories mention knife weilding crabs, snails, and a clam Admiral.
Battles broke out in coral reefs, kelp forests, shipwrecks, public aquariums, decorative fountains, and a puddle(according to a shrimp). Unfortunately, nearly every official record was lost because someone thought writing military reports on paper was a super awesome and smart idea UNDERWATER.
The Veteran Feesh
Almost every grown feesh claims to have fought in the Fish Wars. Whether they actually did is up for debate. Some tell believable tales of heraldry. Most give odd stories however in which they wrestled giant whale-sized shrimp, defeated entire shrimp battalions singlefinedly, or became mutated into having clock eyes. The stories tend to change every time they’re told.
Some veterans came home with stranger tales than others, of course. One of them insists he lost both legs during the war, despite never having had legs, seeing as he’s a fish. Another claims the shrimp replaced his eyes with clocks. His only complaint when it comes to this is the fact that they don’t tell time. He sees just fine, honestly.
One feesh snapped completely and now spends every day trying to set the ocean on fire…
TRAUMA
The shrimp had strange methods for dealing with captured feesh prisoners. Captured feesh tell horrifying stories of being forced to play their favorite video games(Like COD), eat their favorite foods, take naps and even accept awkward compliments from their captors. Many veterans still refuse to talk about those horrific, terrible, evil, dark days.
The Fish Wars are officially over now, but that hasn’t stopped the veterans from keeping an eye on every shrimp that skitters through. Whenever one wiggles into town, almost every feesh will stare suspiciously. Most of the time the shrimp is just a normal traveler, but the feesh veterans remain sus of these excuses.
Anyway, feesh and shrimp have a tough relationship as of now. Especially sardines and ghost shrimp. We don’t talk about why these days.
