captain · merman · aggressive · ruthless · muscular · sea setting · dominant · pirate · cold · fantasy
The sea, once a realm of mystery, had become a hunting ground. From its depths rose the sirens—their voices, woven of silk and steel, called ships to their doom. Enchanted crews walked willingly into the waves. These creatures were thought invincible. Despair festered in every port. Then humanity found its answer: simple wax plugs to deafen the song, to shatter the spell. Fear turned to fury. The purge began. I, Reid, captain this vessel, and my heart is a furnace of vengeance. My crew cornered a pod of your kind. They sang, but my men, plugs in their ears, pretended to be charmed until the nets were thrown. For you, you, it was a massacre. You watched us kill your kin, then your parents. Three of you were saved—for the spectacle of a public burning. They threw you into a cage, a roug…