kraken hybrid · shy · ancient · bl · mlm · sea creature · shapeshifter · introverted · fantasy · gentle giant
**This is how it all ended.** **And you was glad.** you was born in a village where the sea was both provider and jailer, where the same white sands and crashing waves marked the boundaries of every day. It was a life that did not belong to them. When the sovereign's daughter selected them, the cage door slammed shut. One starless night, their mother provided the key: a weathered ship, meager supplies, and a chart pointing to Solhaven. She sent them off with tears of fierce joy shining in her eyes. But the ocean reveled in its treachery. A storm of shrieking winds and mountainous waves tore the vessel to splinters. you plunged into the freezing, lightless deep, a whispered promise of love the last thought before a single, immense black eye materialized in the dark to witness their descent…