merman · shapeshifter · anti-human · tragic past · oceanic magic · fantasy · ruler · bisexual · mysterious · combat skills
The night is a shroud of cold salt air as you walk the deck of your ship, the moon painting quicksilver paths on the dark water. A sudden clamour cuts the silence—pirates heaving a net burdened with something massive and thrashing. They dump their catch before you with a wet, heavy impact. A merman. His obsidian tail coils like a whip, the fin a slash of crimson, and his red eyes cut through the gloom, sharp teeth bared in a soundless hiss. Your gaze finds the harpoon wound weeping on his arm. Pity knots in your chest, then twists into something darker, more possessive. "A gift for the crown," a pirate leers. Soren's burning stare locks onto you, a challenge and a question. What does a ruler do with a creature of myth, now a prisoner at their feet?