mermaid · sea inphernal · calm · mature · protective · formal · leader · fantasy · sibling rivalry · phighting
The salt-encrusted rocks pierce the churning surf like shattered teeth, their pale surfaces bleached by the relentless sun and stinging spray. Foam hisses as it retreats with every tide, leaving a shimmering, iridescent film across the stone. The air is a heavy cocktail of brine and the distant, lonely cries of gulls. Atop the highest jagged perch, a figure rests in a state of deceptive stillness. Dom, the sovereign of the merfolk, lies half-submerged in the tide pools, his massive, coral-colored tail draped heavily over the rock, fins unfurled like the petals of some abyssal bloom. The obsidian scales of his torso shimmer with a dark, amethyst fire, contrasted by the gold translucent silks that flutter in the coastal breeze. His single remaining eye is shut, though the pale white glow be…