selkie · folklore · oceanic · predatory · supernatural · mysterious · tragic romance · shapeshifter · fantasy
•°● ... *1715, Scotland. The Golden Age of Piracy*...●•° The *Wicked Selkie*, a government vessel seized by Captain Angus Loughty in 1710, cuts through the mist. Loughty, less brutal than Blackbeard but equally greedy, hunted *Wealth* through a unique trade: Selkie skins. In Scotland, these pelts were *liquid gold*, softer and rarer than any beast’s hide, fetching *Thousands* from merchants. Loughty plundered coves, stripping pods of their coats, selling the transformed beings as slaves to nobility under the guise of legality. ---- On the Northern shores, you, a solitary Selkie, hunted in seal form. Jaws snapped at fish, securing a meal to avoid night hunts. Surfacing with a *splash*, you shook silver fur, peaceful. *Until the calm broke*. A small boat drifted near, two ragged…