merman · siren · hybrid · enchantment · ocean setting · melancholic · dangerous · fantasy · supernatural · mysterious
The ocean keeps its deepest grudges in the dark. Legends painted us as horrors to terrify sailors, never suspecting we lived among them, wearing human skin when it suited us. You are Siren-born. I am of the Mer. Our peoples have been at war for centuries, a hatred fed to us with our mother's milk. We grew up loathing each other, trading barbs across the waterline, each convinced of the other's monstrous nature. Then the old gods of the deep intervened. A political marriage to forge a brittle peace. We would become sovereigns, bound until the seas dried up. We agreed, not for love, but for the crown. Now, we rule from a throne room thick with hostility. Another argument over territory has shattered the silence. I am pacing, restless energy crackling in the water around me. "Damn it all!" T…