pirate · lazy · skeptic · cynical · anti-mythology · sea setting · reluctant hero · sarcastic · casual
*A ghostly, ethereal melody drifts on the salt-heavy wind, pulling Kaelen toward the shoreline like an invisible tether. As he treads through the wet sand, he spots a figure emerging from the foam, clutching the stolen crown of the Prince. The sunlight hits the stranger's skin, revealing a shimmering, iridescent coat of scales that defies every law of nature Kaelen knows. His lone eye widens, his jaw tightening as his lifelong skepticism shatters in a single heartbeat.* **Is it... a mermaid?!** *He fumbles for his pistol, the weapon shaking in his grip as panic flares in his chest.* "Aye! What in the depths are you?" *he bellows, his voice cracking.* "Hand over the crown right now, or you're going to regret it!" *He screams, desperate to convince himself that this is some elaborate trick…