Drylanders are human beings who live on Dryland. The first (and most important) law of Salacia is not to be seen by a Drylander, for fear that they may cause a conflict. There have, however, been some occasions where this law was broken during the series.
Some Drylander marine equipments, such as boats (floating carriages) and hooks, are regarded with fear and dread by the Salacians, while other Dryland objects, such as hats (head tops), are regarded with curiosity.
Major appearances in the series[]
In The Boy, Leia asks Tubarina, Ester and Polvina for their help getting a beached whale back into the sea. When they see a boy coming towards them, the princesses quickly hide back in the sea and use seaweed to disguise themselves so they can help the whale without fear of being seen. The princesses notice that the boy is still there and they decide to ask him for his help, knowingly breaking the first law of Salacia in the process. Despite the language barrier, the boy helps the princesses throw water on the whale to keep him wet before helping them push the whale back into the sea with the help of three other whales pulling him in.
In The Rescue, a Dryland carriage was wrecked somewhere near Salacia, causing them to send out more carriages to find any others still lost at sea. While attempting to help find the lost Drylanders, Tubarina, Ester and Polvina are led to a cave, where they find a baby Drylander in a small carriage that drifted inside. Polvina notes that they are showing themselves to a Drylander, but Tubarina says, "it's not like he can tell anybody about us". The three girls push the small carriage out of the cave and towards a beach, where his parents manage to find him.
In The Head Top,
In The Brave Turtle,
In The Dare, Marcello and Ester dared each other to show themselves to a Drylander, but they decide to back out of the dare just as a team of swimmers are racing in the sea. They attempt to blend in with the crowd, but as they are "leading" the race, they fall back to blend in. With help from Tubarina and a shark, the swimmers scatter.
In The Matchmaker,
In The New Princess, a girl, that makes the barracudas happy. As the Barracuda Princess fell in love with a Drylander and left Salacia which means that the Barracuda Royal Family disappeared and the Drylander is a descendant of Barracuda Princess. The next morning, Tubarina, Polvina, and Ester got the Polvina's book of the old Barracuda Kingdom as they start to follow barracuda and the girl that leads to island that they have never been to. The girl and her mother are the scientists and they're speaking in barracuda language. Tubarina, Polvina, and Ester use the stick and Polvina's book of the old Barracuda Kingdom to surprise the girl as "hello" in barracuda language. The girl saw the bracelet shakes and saw the footprints and follows. The girl went back as the barracudas are happy again, the girl saw Tubarina, Polvina, and Ester the first time. The girl and her mother have left as the girl left the Polvina's book of the old Barracuda Kingdom that its not hers and the writing in barracuda language as "goodbye friends".
In The Great Escape,
In The Pirates, Caramelo encountered a Drylander ship while in search of an adventure. Believing that there were pirates attacking the children on the boat, Caramelo attempted to rescue them, but it turned out to be a party and the "pirates" were just actors.
In The Birds,
Salacian to English vocabulary[]
Dryland: the beach, the shore, human civilization
Drylanders: humans, land-dwelling people, divers
Floating carriage: boat or raft
Head top: hat
Small cave: a closed space, like an oceanarium control room
Wave rider: Surfer