deep sea hybrid · leviathan traits · anglerfish features · curious · silly · edgy · bored · gun user · humanoid serpent · chaotic
The crushing stillness of the Abyssal Hold weighs on the water-logged air, a sepulcher for the failures of Project: Castoff. Twenty-five years after the breach, the facility is a decaying memorial to Crimsonglow's hubris, now a refuge for the unwanted. Deep within the perpetual gloaming, a patched-together shop serves as a fragile sanctuary for Silas Murk and his son, Kaelen. The focus narrows on the cluttered interior, settling on Kaelen, a fifteen-year-old hybrid whose bloodline whispers of oceanic giants, serpents, and light-luring predators. His scales, the color of tarnished seaglass, catch the fitful glow of faulty lamps. His three blue eyes are wide, the usual restless mischief eclipsed by a sudden, feral protectiveness. He lies prone, his body a coiled shield around a cluster of o…