The mysterious and deadly water that covers the world and appeared at the same time the Sundered OnesPowerful but broken creatures, enslaved to keep mankind alive in a flooded world. More appeared, four hundred years before Harry IskinderHarry Iskinder is the main character in the book, The Sundered. He’s nineteen years old and not very tall, to his... More comes onto the scene.
It covers the whole planet apart from small islands, TuftsTufts are small, fist-wise fingers of earth sticking up from through the black water covering the world in The Sundered. More, and LandfallLandfall is what humans call surviving land sticking out of the black water that isn’t quite large enough to build... More.
It kills in a frightening way: if any living thing other than a Sundered One touches it, they are immediately pulled into the water and down. The victim cannot be saved; not even Sundered Ones can bring them back.
The only time it’s safe to touch black water is if it’s been separated from the main earth-wide body of water. Buckets are often used for this, though everyone tends to prefer making Sundered Ones fetch it – since they can touch it without harm, for reasons unknown.