Realistic or Modern The Black Pearl Bay - Character Thread

[ApfelSeine]

Human Profiles
Please create your human character with this general information:

Demographic Information (name/age/appearance/occupation)

General Knowledge (What is widely known about this character? Things like personality traits, hobbies, preferences, etc.)

Personal Knowledge (What is not widely known about this character? Please put this under a spoiler tab or send it directly to me through PM. This includes things like character backstory or things which the character keeps secret.)

Merfolk Profiles
Please create your merfolk character with this general information:

Demographic Information (name/age/appearance/occupation/species of merfolk)

General Knowledge (What is widely known about this character? Things like personality traits, hobbies, preferences, etc.)

Species Information (What does their merform look like? What size is their merform? Do they have any special abilities derived from the type of marine creature they are? Is this species known to travel in groups or alone? Anything else that feels applicable to their merform should be put here. Feel free to put this under a spoiler tab or PM me if there’s anything you want to keep secret)

Personal Knowledge (What is not widely known about this character? Please put this under a spoiler tab or send it directly to me through PM. This includes things like character backstory or things which the character keeps secret.)

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Human Characters:
Flynn Riegel
Sandy Riegel
Niles Riegel
Eden Leigh
Whitney Applegate
Douglas Dawson
Renee Higgins
Edward Reichbach
Marianne Odeletta Wintergreen

Merfolk Characters:
Jules/Juthis Finnegan
Eva Mishel
Yuri Toriumi
Aya Kintsugi
Camilla
Gary
Ryan
Zerhi
Topi
June
Maira Delmar
Lovage Tide

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*Note: I am happy to create a more conventional CS for those who would prefer a form to fill out.

 

[Vexumin]

Human identity

Name: Jules Finnegan

Age: 58 years old

Occupation: Bartending/Management

Appearance:



Detail:

Jules is a somewhat aged man. He has slightly tanned skin from his time in Black Pearl Bay and his hair has turned a messy grey with time. His hair is slightly receding but never seems to go beyond this point. It is also almost always tidy for his days at work unless he is caught unprepared on a day off. His lower body is somewhat thin, but his upper body has a little bit of muscle to it. Generally, Jules can be described as uninteresting yet unforgettable, as if something about him draws the eye; but just what that something is cannot be pointed out.

Personality:

Jules is a kind sort, but often a touch serious. His days as a barkeeper within Black Pearl Bay have given him some wisdom into the lives of others as well as being seen as a trustworthy face. Afterall, when people go to his pub to drink, he often hears out a lot of their dirty secrets, but he has always kept them to himself. Some residents of the bay have been seen going to him for advice or just someone to listen to them during tough times. He is always willing to be a shoulder for people to place their troubles upon for a while so that they can clear their minds.

Jules is also a very superstitious man. Residents of the bay would compare him to an old timey sailor, always looking to the sea and sometimes speaking of omens or offering the newer generation of fishermen advice as to where to go for good hauls for the day. He never really speaks of where he learned what he has. He simply says that where he comes from, his family worshipped the ocean. Looking upon it as a source of prosperity and something to always live beside or upon.

Background:

Spoiler

Jules Finnegan is the owner and bartender of the Sunken Trunk Pub. It has been many years since he rose to the position of owner. Jules arrived in the town one day seemingly out of the blue. He didn't have a place to stay or much money to his name, but he found a place for himself within Black Pearl Bay. He worked as the establishments bartender for many years until he inherited the property from the previous owner, a woman who had no one to pass on the pub to. Jules was reliable enough at the time and was given it before the passing of the previous owner.

Since then, Jules became a more official citizen of the bay. He purchased a house near the pub and he has become somewhat well known by the other people of the bay as well as frequent tourists that seek out his pub for it's attractions and interesting décor and good selection of drinks. When Jules is not working though, he is not often seen, usually staying within his home or simply not answering the door at all. Some think that he takes trips away from home when he is not working. Some believe that he takes a boat out to sea and enjoys time on the waves, reminiscing about the old days that others think are that of a sailors life long past. It's anyone's guess.

When he is seen on his breaks away from the pub, he is usually at the beach, walking shoeless along the sand and gathering up seashells. People that frequent his pub will find these shells elaborately decorated and settled beside a picture of the previous owner. The decorations on these shells are almost otherworldly, but Jules simply says that he's from very far away, and in that far away place, this is how the dead were honored.

Merfolk Identity

Name: Juthis

Age: 58

Occupation: Reef Shaman

Appearance:



Detail:

Jules, or Juthis which is his true given name, is a member of the Mahgin race of merfolk species. The race seems to take a shape similar to that of the ray family of underwater creatures, but it has similarities to other species as well. Some merfolk may speculate that the Mahgin are a rather ancient race of merfolk for this reason. Juthis bears markings upon his smooth skin that originate from his time amongst his people. They are white markings and line the entirety of the fins upon his back, traveling all the way down to the small of his tail.

His legs are simple and nothing impressive to look at for they were simply for traveling on land only when it is necessary. As opposed to his legs, his arms are thick and strong, armorlike upon the surface to protect his thin body. There is some jewelry upon his fins, dorsal fin and tentacle-like whiskers. He wears little for clothing when in his true form, but to show a bond shared with humans, despite the secrecy that must be maintained, he dresses nets along his body, neatly arranged to be purely for decoration.

Mahgin have the ability to use organs within them to call to fish from wherever they so wish depending on the frequency of the thrumming of said organs. Some call them the shaman of the sea for their ability to make great change with the aid of lesser aquatic species.

Personality:

Juthis does not try to hide his true self, even when on land. In his true form, he is still kind and does his best to share with his kin what little he often has to offer. It is thanks to his time on land that he is able to fend for himself, but beneath the waves, he brings fish and life to the reefs of Black Pearl Bay. Due to the locations abundant tourist flux at certain times of the year, Juthis does what he can to preserve the clarity of the water around the bay. He is rather protective of the waters in the area. Some merfolk may wonder why he lives as a human on land when he has such a beautiful connection to the sea. It would make more sense for him to be against the humans for their pollution of the oceans waters, but really so long as Juthis can protect his own territory of the sea from such a horrific fate, he can forgive himself for not trying to clean the entire world.

He is the epitome of sharing and cooperation with those that exist. All creatures have a place in the world and he would not fight human existence. He chooses to help them because he has hopes for them in the future.

Background:

Spoiler

Juthis cannot exactly remember just how long it has been since he last was with his tribe. He is Mahgin, and the Mahgin must travel; but he is what happens when a mahgin is separated from their people. While he cannot remember how long it's been since he was lost, he can still remember just how it all happened. The currents were not agreeing with his tribe as they tried to travel through them. It was rough, and Juthis could only hold on to the leg of his mother for so long. His grip torn from her, he went spiraling into distance waters, no break in the twisting of the path he was sent down. When he came too, there was nothing to be seen of his people. They were gone and they would not turn back on their path to look for him. Such was the way of the Mahgin.

This was usually the way new Mahgin tribes began, with the starting of a new branching path. The young and abandoned find their own way, merging with other tribes. Juthis however was never a brave youngling. He ended up at the reef of Black Pearl Bay and there made his home, learning of the sea that connected to its lands and forging a bond to the wonders beneath the waves. He chose not to leave and travel the world ever more as his nomadic kin would. As time passed, he grew a sightless bond with the humans that called the bay home, using his thrumming call into the deep to bring fish to the nets of the humans.

This relationship continued for a long time until a young adult Juthis made his way above the waves, finally deciding to see what he could of dry land. With the help of some local merfolk that he interacted with often, he was able to learn just how to shift his form to meet the requirements of air-breathing creatures. It was a marvel to him, watching as his slippery flesh mimicked that of the humans and the rest of his body followed. He wandered the surface, made use of discarded clothes and even made a life for himself there under the name Jules, which other merfolk began to call him. The last name of Finnegan came up as a joke for his large fins. It has stuck ever since.

 

[Flaming Raccoon]

𝒵𝐸𝑅𝐻𝐼​

(Zehr-hee)
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| ✩┊𝐆ender ⇢ | Female
| ✩┊𝐀ge ⇢ | 19, or around that. She isn’t quite sure of her birthday.
| ✩┊𝐎ccupation⇢ | N/A, she’s a loner.
| ✩┊𝐒pecies ⇢ | Your typical Merren(Siren-mermaid)
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| ✩┊𝐀ppearance ⇢ |
A dark-skinned woman with the tail of a Viperfish. To expand on this, she has broad shoulders and short, messy purple hair. She’s built with a rather muscular body, having been birthed in the midnight zone of the ocean, where it was common sense to gain some sort of muscle if you wanted to survive. Her eyes, while not often seen due to her hair purposefully covering them, are a light green. Her nails are black and sharp, much like a siren’s would be. Her fingers are also webbed, making her generally better at swimming due to the extra help. A band made of fleshy material holds some of her hair in place, though it isn’t doing a good job. It’s all still very wild.

Her fins are ragged and torn, their color being a faint translucent blue. Her viperfish scales are much like the fish’s own, being a darker blue at the top, a lighter one in the middle, and her underbelly being a light beach-y color. Bordering her sides and underbelly are two rows of bioluminescent scales that she has full control of. Like a viperfish, her lower jaw is pushed forwards a bit in a slight underbite, her lower teeth being much sharper than their upper counterparts. Two, her canines, stick out from her bottom lip like a stereotypical bulldog. Her tailfin is ripped from encounters with other merfolk and the occasional run-in with a rock or fish mistaking her for food.
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| ✩┊𝐏ersonality ⇢ |
Zerhi is a very lonely person. She isn’t aware of social cues and is very uncomfortable with social interaction. She just doesn’t understand it. She prefers being alone in her high-pressure home, watching Bigfinsquid scoot past and anglerfish lure in their meals. Yeah, it gets a bit boring from time to time, but being alone is better than being with another merperson who’d get annoyed with everything you do. Right? Zerhi is also quite the silent type. Speaking when you’re basically at the bottom of the ocean isn’t useful for survival, nor is it something that would help her get better at hunting. She would rather let the ambience of the water around her speak for her instead. Onto the less monotone parts of her, should one find themselves into her good side, she would be much calmer around them than other merfolk. While she wouldn't trust them enough to let them touch her, she wouldn't feel threatened if they swam over to her. Zerhi To summarize, Zerhi is a very untrusting yet quiet loner.

Being a gal who mostly lurks and listens to the occasional fish go by, she doesn’t have many hobbies. While I suppose you could say fish-watching is a hobby, she only does it because when she isn’t eating, there’s nothing else to do. A real hobby of hers is seeing how long she can burp for if she charges as fast as she can into less-pressurized water. Her biggest record is ten seconds.

She prefers eating Yeti crabs over anything else, but Bigfin squid are also pretty great. She prefers the utter darkness where she can actually see instead of the sunlight zone, where she is basically blind.

One of her goals in life is to tame one of the beasts of the water.. A giant squid. She thinks it’d be fun to order a giant squid to chase someone if they annoyed her.

She does seem to have a soft spot for a bark blue eel that clings around her often. She calls him Weka, and he acts as a sort of guide dog for her since she can't see in higher waters that well. It's clear that he can be very annoying at times, though.
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A viperfish is a tropical species, which is where I got the idea for her to be dark-skinned from. Her merform is that of a bulky, flat-chested woman with the tail of a battle-scarred Viperfish.

Since the species of fish she is can grow to like 2 feet, she’s pretty average height. Like, 5’6.

Much like a Viperfish, she’s capable of absorbing the shock of running into something with certain vertebrae behind her head. She’s also pretty fast, the fish being believed to swim around two body lengths per second. Or somewhere around that. A final not-well-known ability of hers is that her scales, while seemingly normal, are covered in some unknown substance. If one were to touch them it would be obvious, but it’s not something that Zerhi would go around telling other merfolk.

While there isn’t much info about it, I’m pretty sure they’re solitary due to living pretty far down.

Anything else that I feel should be included will be PMed.
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| ✩┊𝐈mage ⇢ |

Yes I did draw her tail wrong lmao​

 

[idalie]

Edward

Reichbach

"With sloping masts and dipping prow, as who pursued with yell and blow still treads the shadow of his foe and forward bends his head, the ship drove fast, loud roared the blast and southward aye we fled. And now there came both mist and snow, and it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, as green as emerald. And through the drifts the snowy clifts did send a dismal sheen: Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken— the ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, like noises in a swound!" - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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basic information

name

Edward Reichbach

nickname

Ed, Bach

gender

Male

sexuality

Heterosexual

age

Twenty-Nine

date of birth

3rd May, 1991

occupation

Fisherman

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appearance

height

6'5"

hair

Dark Brown

eyes

Dark Brown

A broad, barrel-chested man of intimidating stature, Edward has worked trawlers and riggers since his first steps. Thick muscle spans powerful shoulders; heavy hands the texture of sandpaper, worn well into rope and bitten by salt air, outline the sailor as a workhorse on deck and dutiful labourer. Swarthy skinned, freckles and sunburn brown Ed’s complexion in the summer though vanish over winter months to a pale, ruddy hue - blush tickling tops of high cheekbones.

Dark eyes and low brow provide a cimmerian glare of haunting quality, mistaken as gloomy and sullen without intention. Crows' feet begin to deepen at the corners of his eyes, punctuating every genuine smile with a twinkle to the dimples of his bearded cheeks. Of all his appearance, nevertheless, it’s most frightening addition may as well be the scar spanning left across Edward’s face, courtesy of a childhood injury.

Dressed for work and comfort, the fisherman is a great fan of high-necked jumpers, work trousers, and a flat cap which may as well be glued to his head.

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personality

A steely-faced fellow often left on his lonesome; Edward has a sour resting face betraying his true demeanour. Partial to socialisation, he proves himself to be a friendly, laid-back character with bountiful stories to tell and a paternal essence. Often found at the docks repairing nets or nursing a pint of beer down the pub, he surrounds himself with fellow fishermen on the trawlers though maintains a helpful reputation. Known locally for his intimidating figure yet mellow attitude, Reichbach is a gentle giant with a talent for getting people to talk. Around the sailing crews and naval workers in town, however, he’s a heavy drinker with rough gait and a penchant for ending fights.

Straight-laced and a hardworking, law-abiding citizen, Ed doesn’t like getting mixed up in trouble unless it requires stopping it head-on. His moral code has little grey when it comes to breaking the rules and the idea of purposefully hurting or stealing comes across to him as the lowest of the low. Extremely loyal to his friends, he’s always had faith in others to do the right things, rushing to their aid at the drop of a hat if needed and to break his trust is irreparable. There’s not many second chances he’s willing to give out on a whim. Nevertheless, he hates being proven wrong which is all the better to parade in his face.

Big on family and community, his free time is filled with doing good turns when he can and offering favours - whether it’s helping someone move out with his old pickup truck or spending an evening volunteering at the town hall, even sharing a hot cup of joe with one of the old fellers, it all makes it worth the stories told.

During his slow business months, you'll find him taking up cargo jobs and dock work to make up for a little extra Christmas pay or helping out on the knitting charity events. Ed knows more than half the knitting circles in Black Pearl Bay.

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backstory

The Reichbach's have been in Black Pearl Bay for over five generations following a legacy of sailors and fishermen alike. A business which has passed through the hands of fathers and sons, from one to the next, surviving hard winters and rich springs. Edward's upbringing was usual of his working status, returning home from school to repair nets and ready the trawlers for the next day's haul - emphasising physical labour over intellectual pursuits.

Holidays neither gave him the rest and respite he wanted as a child, for as soon as he turned thirteen he'd spend every summer aboard the ships as an extra unpaid pair of hands. Out there in all weather, all seasons, the only day he could recall of consistent breaks was Sundays. He guarded his sleep-ins, hoarded free time to make models of aeroplanes or occasionally, meet up with his friends to go swimming. Although his father continued to act a stern figure of iron fist - raising his son the way he had been, Ed was thankful for it. You couldn't ask for a more honest upbringing, even came at the expense of higher education. Never the time for homework nor study made it harder to keep up and in the end, he dropped out at sixteen into an apprenticeship under the family company. His sisters moved on to bigger and better things than a fishing town, with the youngest only just moving on to a university scholarship.

Working for his father’s company, he doesn’t own a cent of it yet and is still being walked through fire to prove himself for the inheritance. Ihabiting a small cabin near the docks with what he can afford on the wages, in the winter he burns driftwood on a cast iron fire and in the summers, rests in long shadows to cool off.

With an unconventional dose of sailors superstitions which ranged from his grandfather confessing he'd met mermaids to his father being absolutely convinced that a fish had read his future. It has even been said that his great, great grandfather conceived a child with a mermaid, granting the Reichbach lineage ties to the sea that in turn, helped them become exceptional navigators and sailors. Edward has some inkling the ocean is filled oddities beyond comprehension - yet in the modern age of technology, he's not so sure he believes it anymore. But you can't bleed out a lifetime of uncertainty and you'll still find him insisting on sea-faring traditions ... just in case.

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skills

Dead Reckoning - Due to the Reichbach’s mermaid ancestry, they’ve garnered the innate ability for dead reckoning, navigation, and inherent luck out on the sea. The waves know the call of their blood and no matter where you may roam, it’ll always bring you back to the coast.

Brawn & Boxing - A big man of apparent brawn, Edward has been brawling since he had his first drink. Hauling cargo, nets, and engaging the fisherman’s trade has only benefitted the big man with a big appetite.

Jack of All Trades - Being able to knit, fix basic mechanical systems, guess his way around electrics and plumbing, there’s a little bit of everything in his head.

Coastal Local - From unknown caves and smaller bays to local history and legend, Edward hasn’t been far from home in all his years.

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last words

Artwork by Ron Koza (2020)

Listens to radio dramas often while working, builds aeroplane models even now, and knits.

code by @Nano

 

[Flaming Raccoon]

𝓣𝓸𝓹𝓲
(toe-pee)
(hehe)
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| ✩┊𝐆ender ⇢ | Male(He/They)
| ✩┊𝐀ge ⇢ | Around 15.
| ✩┊𝐎ccupation⇢ | N/A
| ✩┊𝐒pecies ⇢ | Siren
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A dark-skinned boy with little scales placed along his body like freckles. His face is extended a bit, not enough to be too obvious but enough to be noticeable from the side. His hands have big, sharp black claws. They change back into normal ones in his human form. His fingers aren’t webbed, but by GOD is this man built to be fast. His hair is black with two streaks of red and blue, and his eyes are oddly.. Colorless. Even in his human form, his eyes aren’t brown. They’re black. His face has more little grey scales much like freckles around his cheeks and nose. In his human form, they change into regular freckles.

Unlike most merfolk, he doesn’t have fins. In fact, he isn’t even half fish. His lower torso is that of a marine Iguana’s. His lizardy legs are a striking red, his spines being a lichen-y green. He has stripes running along his body, which are black, and his tail is thick while being mostly black. While this makes him incapable of breathing under water, he can walk on land perfectly fine.(Albeit awkwardly)He may not have any scars, but there is a bit of wear and tear on his body.

His human form doesn’t change much aside from the lack of lizard limbs and lack of scales. He wears shorts with pockets filled to the brim with objects that he picked up and forgot about. Topi also wears no shoes. He doesn’t like shoes.
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Before he came to The Black Pearl Bay, Topi was second in line to lead a clan of merfolk that lived around a remote island. He has no idea what a human IS or the dangers they pose. He has a fondness for rules, his former home being stocked to the brim with them. In fact, he is often hesitant to do certain things because they clash with what he was taught growing up. This makes him seem stubborn. Due to his lack of general knowledge about things, he can tend to be rather naïve, wandering into danger or into something he shouldn’t be in. Like oil. Yeah he isn't that smart, really. Due to being raised in a very.. Not child-friendly area, his trauma appears in his manner of stance. He cowers from anyone who isn’t shorter than him. To summarize, he is a stubborn yet naïve authoritarian-esque dude. The worst thing about him would be that he’s a vegan.(I joke, I joke lmao)

He wasn’t allowed to have any other hobbies besides battle training and preparing for his brother’s possible death in which he would become heir to his clan’s throne. He-- is very boring, really.

He enjoys the taste of coconut and basking in the sun. Well, he prefers warmth over the cool waters most of the time, anyway.

One of his goals in life is to ride a boat. He’s only heard of them in tales from his father, who only said that they could be dangerous. But.. there wasn’t a RULE about not riding boats. So he’s going to ride a boat.


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Due to being partially marine iguana, he is able to eat mildly poisonous substances without much of a struggle. He would, though, have a massive sneezing fit afterwards.

He, like all lizards, isn’t capable of regulating his body temperature and doesn’t often stay on the colder areas of water for long. He prefers basking in the sun on rocks far out from shore.

He can raise the crest on his lower body to threaten another, but he won’t. Too scared to.
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Anything else that I feel should be here will be PMed​

 

[BELIAL.]

June

art by gretlusky

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  Name: June
  Nicknames: Red, Junie, June Schooner (as a human alias)
  Age: 25
  Gender: Cis Female
  Birthdate: June 15
  Sexuality: Pansexual
  Occupation: Sophomore College Student / Aquarium attendant & Impossible bottle craftswoman (bottles with objects in them that wouldn't fit otherwise, such as ships and habitats).
  

  
  
  
  
  

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  Hair: Deep red, with odd streaks of orangey-blonde
  Eye colour: Blue, but with bits of brown and yellow (that tend to take over whilst in merform)
  Skin: Ivory, with notable freckles and flushes of red dependent on body temperature.
  Height: 5'8"
  Notable characteristics: Slightly pointed ears, always painted nails (usually turquoise or pink), wears one golden monocle for her impossible bottle building.
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  June is all legs, with wild arms and piano-length fingers that she tends to wiggle for emphasis when speaking. Her thick, red hair is often tied back in some lazy bun or half-controlled in an undone ponytail (usually rooted into place with odd, homemade hair gadgets). Her blue eyes are right and wide, ever curious and wrinkled at the corners when she smiles. June is good for smiling, with an infectious laugh that she usually infects herself with. Her nose scrunches in agreement, though notably she bites her lip when she does not agree.
  
  She dresses rather modestly, though maintaining fun and feminine elements. June wears coveralls or overalls for sake of ease, but she owns one sweeping white skirt and blouse that she'll bring out for a finer evening out.
  
  Transformed, her eyes take on more of a yellow sheen, and the blushed patches of skin on her body erupt in scales, golden red in appearance not unlike her hair. Her tail is wide and large, heavier than other merfolk perhaps but with one hell of a slap. Her tail is much more of a pink-red, with streaks of orange and gold, with the odd sweeping paintbrush stroke of whiter patterns. Her long fingers grow thinner, the webs between them reattaching for swimming. Since she's been more acquainted with human life, on instinct June will wear some sort of top (despite at one point having no insecurities against it).
  

  
  
  
  
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  Positive traits: Lively, Empathetic, Adaptable, Curious, Passionate
  Negative traits: Childish, Resentful, Controlling, Flippant
  
  June is a ravenous intellectual, always craving knowledge. She loves learning, and considers most interactions to be learning moments. While she normally prefers to lead conversations, and small groups, if she witnesses one displaying their own leadership or some behaviour she can learn from, she will relent. In other times she may hold back out of spite, or because she doesn't want to waste her talent or energy. Not quite in a selfish way, but in the way that one often feels their self is used more than mutually shared in a group. Social loafing is June's least favourite trait of people, because she knows she will jump to attention first.
  
  Otherwise she is a bubble of energy and happiness, with wide smiles and physical manifestations of her excitement. June loves to talk, so don't get her going unless you never want to hear the end of it. Her mind moves quickly, and her body struggles to catch on. She can be quite clumsy, especially while talking or distracted. This is why when she's in her working zone, she tends to make sure she holds all the authority and to keep her space sacred and silent. Background music is imperative to maintaining stillness and concentration, and she will lash out if someone disrespects her personal space.
  
  She is very protective of other merfolk, and though she knows better than to go out on a limb for someone who may not repay, she will do it without a thought. If there's any notion of compromised identities, June will go out of her way to remedy the situation. Her apartment and couch are always a safe space for any merfolk who may feel afraid or worried about the more dangerous ones, or the humans.
  
  June dreams of becoming a great scientist, perhaps an aquatic biologist... but knowing that she'd be the target of research herself, she'd settle with becoming a veterinary technician (land animals fascinate her).
  
  Skills/Abilities:
  + Impossible bottle building (mentioned above, bottles with ships/small habitats/objects in them that wouldn't otherwise fit)
  + With her heavy tail, she may swim slower, but swims longer distances.
  + Haggler/Bargainer (always the best deals)
  + Naturally charismatic
  + Full of fun facts (mostly useless, fair few actually useful... but the useless ones are more fun).
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

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  Species: Mermaid
  Sub-species: Red Snapper
  Habitat: Western Atlantic Ocean / Saltwater
  Status: Vulnerable
  
  Red Snappers, as fish, are sought out widely as catch and food. After a few near incidents, these small tribes of Snapper merfolk did their best to keep numbers small and away from most fishing locations to avoid being caught as well. These tribes are spread out along the east coast of North America, seeing no more than two other tribes usually in their lifetime. Meetings are rare and few, and only in dire circumstances. Like their full fish counterparts, juveniles migrate and continue to over their lifetime. However, in the last few decades or so, the tribes have kept numbers low and tight for good reason. Few juveniles leave their tribe, and the only time adults may leave is due to some dangerous transgression, ordained by the tribe leader.
  
  These mermaids are often seen as prey, though their bodies are larger and not as unassuming as smaller species may be. Nevertheless, they tend to travel within their tribes (unless situations as explained above).
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  Species related abilities
  + Innate ability to seek and find things (hiding places, ships, shipwrecks), and the skill is heightened from teachings of elders.
  + Is it luck or... something special to these creatures? Where swarms of bad luck may come, one or two offspring are gifted with a supernatural and uncanny ability to... survive. June is such a child.
  

  
  
  
  
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  June is forward with the fact that she's the only one of her personal tribe alive. Though she is not known to go into detail, if feeling in the mood or close enough to a person, she will open up a tad. Otherwise she is not often found talking about herself, as it's always facts about other species or other people. She loves to learn, but would never be the one to teach on herself.
  
  June's been in Bayside Harbor for some time, about ten years now, and has considered herself somewhat of a townsperson. She knows the residents, she works at the Aquarium and has led a few teaching expeditions for the local kids, and all in all loves the place as if it was her first home. Getting into school had proven to be difficult at first, but she had been graciously taken in by a merperson who had been living secretly in the town for a long time since, and gave June the hints and tips of navigating human life whilst managing her own private one. With a few forged papers and a year spent curled up in the reading nook with books and books of human history and school related materials supplied by her friend. Maggie, her name was, and she was old when June met her.
  
  They formed a relationship not unlike a mother and a daughter, with Maggie teaching June about human life and the nuances of things. She spent the first couple of years there, learning about being human. Considering what she'd just survived, she almost preferred human life to her actual one. Once she accumulated some forms that proved she was a resident (even getting to choose her own last name!), she slipped right into regular life. June was drawn to the aquarium, spending some summers working there and some odd jobs, capitalizing on the summer tourist destination that Bayside Harbor is.
  
  It only took a year and a half for her to decide she wanted to go to school. A real school. It was one thing to learn this information privately, and to slowly adapt from interacting, but higher learning called June like the ocean called her at night. She worked herself to the bone to be able to afford and get a place, with some of Maggie's help of course, and finally began to settle into the busy hustle and bustle of college life.
  
  Maggie passed not too long after this, leaving a small estate's worth of money to June. It wasn't a lot, but the fact that Maggie considered June like family was worth more to her than any sum. To cope, June began to build Impossible bottles. They started off as hobbies, making little ecosystems inside of them, or crafting odd bobbles from gathering by the beaches, and then once she learned how to create entire ships... She knew she could make good money off of them (as well as fund her own obsession with bottled ships).
  
  She's kept mostly in this busy life lull, having no notable moments where she felt she almost compromised her or the other merfolk's identities. She's readily available to provide support to the others, being reasonably integrated into human life. Part of her wonders what it would take to be fully human (surgery? Mermaid magic? Brainwashing?), or if she should seek to reacquaint herself with the sea world.
  

  
  
  
  
  

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  On more than one occasion did they almost get caught, or trapped within netting. They were always unlucky together, June noted, which only made her parents more and more unlikely to take her out as she grew up. Being one or two and able to clutch onto her mother's torso was one thing, but having to swim by herself next to them seemed too much a liability.
  
  Daring and five years old, June traveled out on her own. She knew the way, she knew what to avoid, and nothing went wrong. She observed ships galore, in awe of their sheer gigantic size, and far more compelled with their structure than the little ant-sized people walking on it. Once her parents found out, however, they were less than happy. Even though she hadn't inherited their bad luck, they didn't want to risk anything happening to June.
  
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  One group migration south and they ran into trouble. There was an ensuing fight, some vicious sharks pressing on the tribe, and June was the sole survivor. She'd found a hole in the cliffside, struggled in with her mother's help, and told to stay until one of them returned. It was nearly a day that passed before June stuck her head out, just an adolescent, and saw not a soul in sight.
  
  She had to survive on her own after that, traveling solo for some time. She nearly starved multiple times, but always found food before she'd go completely hungry. No trouble found her, but neither did any help. She saw no other Snapper tribes, but it was only when she found herself in Black Pearl Bay did she see someone skipping rocks out at evening. The person seemed to see her, knowing right away what June was. The woman introduced herself as Maggie, and the two were acquainted.
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
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  Likes: Red candies, fresh fruit and vegetables, history lessons, folk tales, thrift shops, lavender or orange scents
  Dislikes: Being in the rain, fire, sharks, being ridiculed, being questioned, coffee
  
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  Finding shipwrecks and treasures beneath the surface is a niche interest of June's, and she prefers to have a friend or two with her.
  
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  Name: Marianne Odeletta Wintergreen
  Nickname: Mari (anyone is welcome to give her a nickname)
  Gender: Female
  Sexuality: Heterosexual
  Age: 28
  Date of birth: January 30
  Occupation: Baker
  Appearance: Stands about 5’6, with a curvy hourglass body. Dark skinned with a tiny birthmark on her left cheek that resembles a star. Deep chocolate brown almond-shaped eyes. Long, full, and very curly dark chocolate brown hair. She as well wears golden-rimmed glasses (she is nearsighted). She wears bright and happy colors, sticking mainly to dresses and skirts when it comes to clothing, along with the many array of jumpers that she has started to collect.
  Personality: Marianne is a friendly, caring, and a nurturing person. Always trying her best to look on the positive side of things, keeping a smile on her face, although at times she is crying on the inside. She is the type of person that will try her best no matter what and won't give up, to which she can be quite stubborn. Helping out others around her even if it means negating herself. She is a huge believer in not judging someone by their cover. Though she does love to be around others and can be talkative at times, she as well enjoys time off on her own. To be curled up in a warm blanket reading a book, as she occasionally loves to do on rainy days as she stares out the window.
  History: Marianne was born in Europe to where she lived until she was seven (still has a British accent). After losing her parents at a young age she moved to Black Pearl Bay to live with her grandparents. Were her grandparents own and ran the bakery and cafe shop in the lovely beach town. Now Marianne has inherited her grandparent’s shop the lovely Larimar Cove Cafe. Where she loves baking and creating many lovely treats for the people of Black Pearl Bay. The Larimar Cove Cafe has sitting inside and outside, light and airy along with many plants, flowers, and paintings throughout the shop. Her cafe is located at the end of the boardwalk towards one of the cliffs of the island, making the outside sitting area have one of the most wonderful views of the ocean.
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  Other: Marianne is quite artisticly skilled. Be it creating beautiful cakes, painting or creating delicate hand embroidery. She has quite a few hobbies as she always loves to keep herself busy. When she isn't baking or cooking she enjoys painting, sewing, and embroidery. But she as well adores the sea, when ever she can she will go swimming and even stand-up paddleboarding during clam sea days.
  She loves the color lilac and yellow, cute things, sweets, flowers, animals, being creative, reading, nature, and the rain. She really dislikes celery, mean people/bullies, extremely hot weather, pitch darkness and mistreatment of animals and people. She owns and drives a light blue 1963 Volkswagon beetle and lives on top of her shop in her two-bedroom home.
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  Name: Maira Delmar
  Nickname: (anyone is welcome to give her a nickname)
  Gender: Female
  Sexuality: Unsure
  Age: 20 (looks 13)
  Date of birth: December 03
  Species: Mermaid
  Subspecies: Whale Shark
  Occupation: A student at the local college. No job but looking, does enjoy helping out in odd jobs and errands.
  Appearance: Maira as a human is light-skinned covered in freckles and large bright ocean blue eyes. Has very long (down to her knees), wavy ombre gray-blue hair. For some reason when in her human form, Maira is quite short, just under 5 feet in height. Her being so short along with her soft round, chubby face makes her look more like a child then a young adult. Maira adores wearing anything fun and cute. While in her mermaid form Maira is very tall, standing at just about 33 feet, towering over her other clan members. She keeps her facial features, hair, and eye color from her human form. Although her skin is slightly darker. Her tail is blue-gray in color covered in white spots. The underside of her tail fades from blue-gray to white. Her back, shoulders, and across her cheeks are covered in blue-gray freckles that start off from her tail.
  Personality: Bubbly, very friendly, and quite trusting of others, sometimes too much that it gets her into trouble. Always trying her best to befriend everyone be it merfolk, humans, and just about any type of creature. She is someone that will do her best to please and help out her fellow clan members. Maira can be a bit naive as she tries to always see the best in others. She might seem a bit childish the way she acts, but she is determined, a bit stubborn, and does know when to be serious...well sometimes.
  History: Born and lived most of her life with a large open ocean clan. However, after a massive storm, Maira was found washed up on shore by the clan of mermaids living at Black Pearl Bay. The girl was unconscious and injured to which the clan took her in and nursed back to health. After the incident, she had lost most of her past memories, and feeling extremely grateful for the clan's help and kindness, the short girl decided to stay. This being her third year since she had decided to live with the clan of mermaids of Black Pearl Bay.
  
  Other: Maira loves quite a few things, her clan members, the water, animals (from the scary sharks down to the tiniest sea slug, she thinks they are all cute), the rain, starry nights, and overall cute and fluffy things. Likes making new friends, talking with the different migrating whales (although not a whale), and overall collecting strange small and shiny things.
  Maira dislikes liars, cruelty towards anyone (especially towards animals), feeling sad, cold weather, bitter and sour foods (prefers salty and sweet foods). Maira as well is claustrophobic and is fearful of large thunder and lightning storms.

 

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  Unnatural Form: Lovage, in her two-legged form, stands at about 5'5". Her eyes are large and almond-shaped, framed by thick lashes and a quiet shade of burnt umber. Her mouth is wide and her lips are full. Her hair takes form in a wild, unruly mass of white waves (2B waves). Despite her white hair, her eyebrows and eyelashes are a deep taupe color. Her complexion is a pearl-like shade of white with cool undertones. Despite prolonged exposure to the sun, it seems incapable of darkening or burning. Overall, her colors seem quite muted.
  
  Physically, Lovage's body somewhat resembles that of a gymnast, but with a bit more fat. Her thighs are large and muscular, and her lower legs follow suit. Her arms and shoulders are shapely and firm, evidence of a history of hard work. She has a soft layer of pudge shaping out her delicate curves and covering her otherwise strong abdomen.
  
  Four, white-colored scars sit tucked into the soft flesh below her left jaw bone. The first of the four begins within the submental triangle, the next two extend up the mid-jugular chin area, and the fourth exists just below her left ear, within the upper jugular chin area.
  
  Natural Form: Lovage is a species of merfolk that is closely related to Selkies. Instead of a full transformation into a seal, her subspecies of Selkie referred to as the Northern Selkie, are able to take the shape of a half-human, half-seal hybrid and share many characteristics with their animal compatriots.
  
  While her white, wavy mane remains consistent between both forms, nearly all other facial features differ. Her eyes grow larger and more round. Her iris and pupil expand so greatly that her sclera becomes almost completely obstructed. A cluster of long thickly stalked black whiskers, or vibrissae, sprout from each of her eyebrows. Her nose flattens almost completely to her face, leaving only two contractable, horizontal slits in its absence. Her pale complexion forms a silver hue. Similar to her nose, her ears become two contractible slits on either side of her head. Webbing forms between the digits of each hand. Her fingernails become black claws.
  
  Her dental structure reassembles into that of a strict carnivore. There are no carnassial teeth present within this form at all. Instead, her teeth shift and grow until they are fully adapted to shear and tear. The canines strengthen into longer, sharper, more robust fangs. The incisors become caniniform, and the tricuspid postcanine teeth, which are closely set and interdigitate, develop into a krill sieve.
  
  The entirety of her back, including the back of her neck, shoulders and the exterior of her arms become patterned with splotches and speckles of all shades of greys and blacks. The darkest colors accumulate near the center of her spine and soften as they move outwards. The same speckled patterns decorate her cheeks, under eyes, and follow around her hairline. The region around both of her eyes is colored a mild grey.
  
  The pattern continues down the back of her tail, which begins seamlessly at the hips and dips just below the belly. Her tail is thick and round, made of muscle and insulating blubber. Instead of scales, her tail is covered in tough, silver skin and very thin fur. Her tail ends in two clawed flippers that propel her through the water.
  
  In this form, Lovage is approximately 8'3". The average female height for her species is 7-8 feet in length. The males of her species are much larger than the females, ranging from 11-15 feet in length. It is not uncommon to see individuals much larger or smaller than the average, as race plays an important part in an individual's size. For example, grey seal selkie will most likely never be as large as elephant seal selkie.
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Lovage originates from a ferocious species of merfolk that values aggression and strength. These values are ingrained into her clan's youth and continue to shape them into adulthood. Having spent most of her life with her clan, Lovage has been raised to channel her ferocity and embrace it. Life with humans posed a unique challenge to Lovage. Humans learn that aggression and hostility are negative feelings that must be repressed, an ideal that completely contradicted their culture. Despite this, Lovage has been able to adapt to human life. Her abrasive nature is a happy medium between both Human and Selkie values.
  
  Lovage is much more approachable below the waves but still seems to be pulling herself back. Once a respectful foundation is established, Lovage treats her fellows fairly and with compassion, speaking to them with patience and a general willingness to make them feel at ease despite her size and strength. Selkies differ greatly from fishfolk, and Lovage forgives those who hesitate to interact with her for this reason.
  
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  -Her whiskers, also known as vibrissae, each move independently and are extremely sensitive to smallest vibrations. This helps her in both navigation and locating prey/predators. Her vibrissae help her navigate efficiently in low visibility conditions.
  
  -Along with their increase in length and width, in Lovage’s true form her eye lenses become enlarged and round significantly. Along with a well-developed tapetum lucidum, Lovage is able to see better in both dark and murky water by focusing on light that is refracted upon hitting the water. A downside to this is that, while in this form, her eyesight is quite poor above water. Beneath the water, Lovage's hearing is improved as well. While the average hearing range for humans is 0.02 to 20 kHz, Lovage responds to sounds from 1 to 22.5 kHz.
  
  -Unlike most merfolk, Lovage does not have gills. Instead, her internal structure adapts to accommodate her aquatic lifestyle. Lovage has about 30x as much myoglobin, an oxygen-binding protein, as an average human. Most of her oxygen is stored in both her muscles and blood instead of her lungs. Her heart rate is much slower when underwater. Her heart rate accelerates rapidly for a few moments after resurfacing. She can stay submerged for about three hours before having to resurface. In a single breath, she is able to exchange 80% of the air in her lungs.
  
  -Selkies are native to icy waters. To accommodate for this, they have developed several thermally regulative adaptations. Her core temperature is around 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but her skin stays about one degree above the temperate of the water. Her metabolism is much faster than the average merfolk, allowing her to produce more heat. Blubber, a natural energy reserve, and insulator line the inside of her tail.
  
  -Claws and sharp teeth give Lovage a permanent advantage in self-defense and physical attacks. They are hard, sharp, and always there. Selkies are very physically combative and have a natural instinct to defend themselves using their natural assets.
  
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[ApfelSeine]

Eva Mishel
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Freelance IT consultant
Freshwater Mermaid - Brown Bullhead Catfish

She is short and slender in stature with light brown hair and tanned skin. Her eyes are a bright emerald green. She keeps her hair cut in a short messy bob with bangs, preferring to keep it out of her way. She generally wears whatever is comfortable, no matter how mismatched, though she is rarely without her bookbag where she keeps many of her belongings.

First impressions of Eva leave most people thinking she’s grouchy, reclusive, and rather full of herself. She tends to lack patience with others, and can become frustrated when she has to explain herself more than once. Eva lives by her own rules and has a tendency to act first and forgo asking permission when she wants to do something. While she is not initially the most friendly of people, Eva will help others when she’s asked, and her usual antisocial demeanor can be worn down over time. As a result, she has a handful of people who she gets along well with, and avoids approaching new people without reason.

In her free time, Eva spends much of her time at the library studying human culture and technology. She is particularly tech savvy, having lived most of her life near humans with frequent visits to land even from a young age. One of her most treasured possessions is a waterproof digital watch, which is one of the first pieces of human technology she was able to acquire.

Eva often acts as a guide for newer merfolk, helping to acclimate them to human society. Despite her usual impatience, she has a passion for the human world and enjoys sharing what she knows with others. For those who want to get on her good side, she is known to like sweet things, books, items with cat decorations, and all sorts of fascinating gizmos that humans make. On the flip side, she is not a fan of salt water, or things with a fishy taste or smell. She tends to avoid the beach as much as possible, and does not often go swimming.

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In her merform, Eva’s skin darkens a bit and she forms protective layers of greenish fish skin from her neck down, ending in a darker colored fish tail. Her arms maintain a similar complexion to her face, but are speckled with green and brown spots and she grows greenish whiskers from her cheeks and forehead. Her fish skin can darken from greenish to a muddy brown color depending upon the environment she enters, offering effective camouflage in rivers and more polluted waters. She is slightly taller than her usual human size, with her tail adding a small amount of height.

Bullhead catfish are sensitive to changes in water currents, allowing Eva to sense changes in river currents and approaching boats or swimmers when she is underwater. She is a strong swimmer in less than ideal conditions, swimming best in muddy or dirty areas. Her fish form and practice with transformation allows Eva to be particularly good with camouflage in areas with heavy amounts of plant life or mud, even for her species. Unlike most of her kind, she migrated fairly far downstream to be closer to Bayside Harbor, and tends to spend most of her time on land rather than hiding in the muck of a riverbed.

 

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Niles Riegel
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Police Chief

He is tall and muscular, with short silver hair and dark bluish eyes. He has tanned skin with a notable scar on his jaw. When he isn’t in uniform, he often wears a navy tracksuit or comfortable athleisure clothes.

It’s common to see a friendly grin on Niles’ face, and he’s known around town as an all around good guy. There isn’t much in the way of crime in Bayside Harbor, but when there is, Niles takes a tough but fair approach, often letting first offenders off with a warning. Despite his position he is a laid back sort of person, preferring to talk things out and encourage others to be good to each other. He is a bit of a jokester, and the story of how he got his scar changes every time he tells it.

Niles is a family man, and is very protective of his family as a result. He wants the best for them, so he works hard at his job and does all he can to provide financially and emotionally. As a single father, this often proves challenging, but he tackles every obstacle with an optimistic attitude. He has a soft spot for kids, and is known to make his fair share of dad jokes.

He likes to spend his evenings in the pub to take a load off after work. Most of his hobbies involve sports and he often goes out swimming in the early mornings. He can get a bit restless when there isn’t anything to do, so he is known to patrol the town whenever there’s a slow day at the station.

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25
Part Time College Student/Lifeguard

He is on the taller side with a thin but somewhat athletic build. His hair is golden blond, short but often fairly messy despite his best efforts. He has bright blue eyes and a light sun tan from all the time he spends outdoors. He tends to dress on the preppier side, with button downs, vests, jackets and ties. When he’s out at the beach, he dresses more casually, but his preference is a sharp, well dressed look.

Flynn is charismatic and outgoing, always looking to make friends with others and lend a helping hand where he can. He is studious and can be a bit of a stick in the mud at times, being particularly reluctant to break any rules. Still, he manages to balance being both bookish and athletic. Those who know him well find him to have a bit of a geeky charm, getting excited about things that seem mundane to others. He’s a bit of a neat freak and can be uptight, but he always means well and wants to be a good friend to others.

It is a bit of a struggle for Flynn to balance looking after his family on top of his academic and social obligations, but he rarely complains and does his best to make things work. He likes to volunteer his time where he can and is unable to resist helping others when it seems like they could use his help. Flynn is notoriously bad at putting himself first, and while he is a bit of a hothead at times when he thinks something is unfair or unjust for others, he never seems to notice when he is overdoing things or being too hard on himself.

Flynn is an animal lover and enjoys reading and writing stories. He has a preference for strong flavors, and is a bit of a wild card when it comes to cooking as a result. At times he can be a bit oblivious, so he often offers to cook, but others do their best to avoid letting him do so at all costs. He enjoys the beach most when it’s peaceful, and likes to take walks and look out to sea.

Sandy Riegel
14
Junior High Student

She is on the shorter side and skinny but with a young round looking face. Her hair is a light blond and her eyes are an ocean blue color. She keeps her hair long, often tied in twin braids or a ponytail. Her usual wardrobe is to wear short sleeves and shorts or a skirt, preferring to dress cutely with bright colors or in navy for a more nautical look. She often wears a neckerchief around her neck.

Sandy is a child of the sea, and loves the local legends about pirates and merfolk. She enjoys spending her time around the older generation, hooked on the stories they tell, be it of the fish that got away or old town lore. She is an energetic sort and endears herself to most who meet her with a confidence rarely seen in those her age. Sandy has the tendency to act a bit childish at times, but has an air of wisdom about her when it comes time to be serious.

She almost always has a smile on her face, and is quick to encourage others when they’re feeling down. It is rare to see her upset, as she is resilient in all manner of situations. Sandy is an adventurous teen and she always bounces back when things get tough for her, quick to set off on her next adventure around town. She adores sailing and fishing, being particularly fond of seafood. Sandy is an excellent cook, and typically cooks for her family.

Spoiler: Personal Information

The Riegel Family is an adoptive one, with Flynn being adopted by Niles as a teen and Sandy being adopted when she was a child. Niles lost his family in an accident, but he adopted Flynn after Flynn’s parents both passed. Flynn’s parents were family friends, and Niles was happy to have the company. A short time later, he adopted Sandy after fostering her for a year. Flynn and Sandy are close and get along, though they don’t see themselves as a direct family and tend to refer to each other as their cousin.

Niles raised both adoptive children as a single father, with Flynn stepping up to help support the family as best he could when Sandy was hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury. Sandy was comatose for some time and was left with large gaps in her memory and a tracheostomy scar on her neck. Although Sandy made a miraculous recovery under the circumstances, finances were tight for some time and Flynn dropped out to work full time. He was able to return after several years, but has kept his involvement in school at part time out of concern that his family may need him to do more to support them.

Only a few know of the difficult times that the Riegel Family went through, since they tend to keep it to themselves. It is a sensitive topic and each member of the family does their best to try to compensate for all that has happened in their own way.

 

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Yuri Toriumi
25
Handyman/Gofer
Saltwater Merman - Wolf Eel

He is fairly tall with a lean build. His hair is black and very long, reaching down to his waist. He has fair skin and dark gray eyes. Generally he leaves his hair loose or in a low ponytail, but he will tie it up when he’s working. His sense of fashion is fairly eclectic, and though he often wears comfy clothes that are gray or black, he is also known to wear whatever he thinks is interesting. This can include obnoxiously bright colors and mismatched outfits like pairing sweaters and shorts. He tends to put on whatever he can find in the morning.

Yuri is a magnet for trouble, often acting recklessly and coming into conflict with authority. He makes a big show of not caring and doing whatever he wants, but he can never turn down someone who asks him for a favor. Without meaning to, he often ends up in an older brother role for those younger than him, and although he can be blunt he is also very caring for others. He likes to make himself useful by doing odd jobs, preferring to keep busy when he can.

He is very reliable, though he’d be hard pressed to admit that he tries hard on anything. Yuri has a lot of useful survival skills acquired from years of travelling. He can scavenge and hunt, cook his own food, fight off hostile sea creatures, and tend his own wounds. He is not great with book knowledge or learning from spoken explanations, but he learns quickly when he can observe something being done or try it out himself.

When it comes to food, Yuri has a strong preference for sweets. Those who ask him for favors often pay him back by buying him baked goods or alcohol, since he doesn’t usually have much use for money. Yuri has been on the move for most of his life, so he speaks a handful of languages well enough to get by. He doesn’t have many personal effects, since it is cumbersome to travel with things. It was only fairly recently that he settled at Black Pearl Bay, and he remains poised to resume his travels if he can’t find what he’s looking for.

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Yuri’s merform is largely human from his waist up, with the exception of a set of gills on his neck. He has a strong jaw, capable of crushing shells in his teeth. His tail is very long and flexible, similar to that of an eel, although the species is not technically an eel. It is a bluish gray in color with dark spots. The scales on his tail and fins are very small and it feels leathery, somewhat similar to a shark’s skin. He has to swim continuously to stay buoyant.

Wolf eel merfolk typically pair off for life, though Yuri has lived and traveled on his own for the majority of his life. Since Yuri is largely human functionally, he uses a machete to fight off hostile sea creatures, preferring that to the usual method of biting to hunt and scare off opponents. He has lived a lot of his time on land, though has traveled long distances by sea.

Spoiler: Personal Information

Yuri is looking for his long lost childhood friend, who he bonded with when he was young. Because of his predisposition towards bonding with a single individual, Yuri has been unable to let go of his devotion towards this person. Although he tries to act aloof and uncaring, he feels very strongly about what he needs to do.

 

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Eden Leigh
20
College Student

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She is slender and an average height, with fair skin, green eyes and bubblegum pink hair. She often ties her hair back in a high ponytail, which otherwise falls just below her shoulders. Her preferred style is girly and preppy, often wearing long skirts and cardigans. She is often seen carrying whatever novel is her current fixation.

Eden is a sweet, friendly young woman who has a passion for history and fantasy. She majors in Literature at the local Bayside Harbor college. Although she is a bit sheltered and always assumes the best of others, she is very booksmart. She is functionally a walking encyclopedia on topics she has studied in books. Eden loves to talk about fantastical legends, which is what drew her to the Black Pearl Bay area.

Compassionate in nature, Eden spends a lot of her free time volunteering through the local library and with her fellow students. She can be a bit nosey at times, and always tries to get involved in other peoples’ personal problems when she’s made aware of them. Fortunately, she means well and always does her best to be supportive, even if her approach can be overbearing. Eden is also a romantic at heart, and is eager to play matchmaker, though she herself has had no romantic experience outside of novels.

Eden loves to try new things, wanting to gain as many new experiences as she can while out in the world. She also is completely convinced that the local legends are true, and will often inquire eagerly about them when the topic arises.

 

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Whiney Applegate
22
Marine Biologist

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She is short with round features, with light brown hair cut in a short fluffy bob. Her skin is fair, but on the darker side in tone. She has hazel eyes and wears glasses with a bright green frame. She generally wears comfortable and practical clothes with a lab coat while she is in the lab. She has a necklace with an apple charm.

Whitney is a serious, no nonsense type of person. She takes her work very seriously and is passionate about studying the local marine flora and fauna. Typically she keeps to herself, but works well with others when the situation calls for it. She’s a stickler for rules and passionate about environmental protection and preservation.

As a recent college graduate, she is one of the younger lab members at the Marine Science Institute in Bay Harbor. She grew up locally and has always had a passion for science, landing her in the field of marine biology. She spends a lot of time at the library when she isn’t at work. Most of her time is spent at the lab, with some days involving field research in the local bay area. She does not do many active activities, but will occasionally go swimming or snorkeling.

 

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Douglas Dawson
57
Town Alderman

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He is an average height with a somewhat stocky build. He stands out with his bright red hair and facial hair, which he keeps well groomed. His skin is fairly pale and his wrinkles are deeply set. He has green eyes and wears spectacles. HIs disposition is friendly but professional, so he usually wears light or medium colored suits during his workdays and business casual on his off days.

As part of the Bayside Harbor council, Douglas is well known around town. He is a likable sort of guy and is always striving to do right by the town. He is chatty and friendly, making a point to get to know the locals as best he can. Even among those he dislikes he maintains a respectful attitude and keeps his more controversial opinions to himself. He strives to make positive changes around town.

One of the big things Douglas is known for is his push for nautical themed holidays and events, attracting many tourists to the area by promoting the town as a history rich town with many exciting stories. He knows a lot about the town and its history, being born and raised in Bayside Harbor. Douglas does his best to do everything locally and support the various businesses around town.

 

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Renée Higgins
43
Harbormaster

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She is somewhat tall with broad shoulders and a study build. Her skin is a dark brown, as are her eyes. She has close cropped, curly hair, and her face has soft features but sharp eyes. Her style of dress is sharp, and she is often in her uniform. When she is not, she still takes care to always dress smartly with a well maintained professional wardrobe.

Renée is known for her punctuality and capability. She does her job well and takes pride in it, overseeing the harbor and enforcing the rules for boats and other watercrafts in the Black Pearl Bay area. She is generally very agreeable, but strict with those who break the rules. She can be a bit of a perfectionist, and maintains careful records of the comings and goings at the port.

Most of her time is spent at her office at the port, though she enjoys sailing and patrolling the local waters. In her free time she enjoys fishing and boating, getting along best with the locals and having limited patience for those from out of town.

 

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Aya Kintsugi
23
Animal Shelter Volunteer
Huntress
Freshwater Mermaid - Asian Arowana

She is tall with a curvy but athletic build. She has fair skin and sharp features. Her eyes are a deep amber color. She has long, indigo colored hair with bangs that she often ties back in a high ponytail or bun. Her style is flirty and fashionable, liking to wear short skirts and shorts and tops that show off her figure. She enjoys wearing heels and wedges and her nails are carefully manicured with a dark color.

Aya appears very put together and confident. She maintains a cheerful disposition to the point that it can be disconcerting at times. In general she remains a bit of a mystery to those who are first meeting her. Those who know her better become quickly aware that she’s a bit of an instigator and enjoys starting fights. She is both witty and bloodthirsty, happy to take down whoever opposes her through words or, her preferred method, physical confrontations.

Her eagerness to fight others can often take others by surprise, since her initial impression can be that she’s a flirt who would hate to dirty her hands. Still, she happily takes on any challenge presented to her, especially if it involves a brawl. She is skilled in streetfighting and enjoys it quite a bit. Her other hobbies are fashion, taking care of animals, and dancing. She drinks like a fish on days that she goes out and enjoys partying. Still, although her sociability can sometimes make others forget, she is a bit of a dangerous person to be around. If she herself is not the source of danger, she is quick to coax others into doing dangerous things because she enjoys watching it.

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In her merform, Aya maintains a largely human appearance from her waist up. Her eyes become a bright yellow color and fins emerge from her hair. She has a long tail that is a rare blue color with hints of gold around the edges of her large, sturdy scales. She also gains a similar gold color as highlights in her hair. Aya also wears some pieces of gold jewelry that she had received from her family.

As a species, the Asian Arowana merfolk are rare, having been a popular target in ancient times due to the entrancing beauty of their tails. They typically live in secluded areas in southeast Asia and keep very much to themselves, being wary of any outsiders even among other merfolk. They are known to be typically very strong swimmers and very territorial. Aya differs from her kind in that she is openly hostile and seeks out confrontations. Knowing that her more reckless disposition may put her home clan at risk, Aya decided to venture far away to the Black Pearl Bay where she has made her home. Although this is similar to many merfolk who live in the bay, Aya chooses to live on her own, and keeps her life on land and her life in the water separate, so there are few who know that she numbers among the merfolk in the Black Pearl Bay.

Spoiler: Personal Information

Aya is particularly good at communicating with wild animals, both on land and sea. She also is distinct from her species in her fighting skill, and this ability takes many off guard when they first encounter her.

 

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Camilla
30
Huntress
Saltwater Mermaid - Mimic Octopus

She stands at an average height and has a slender build with delicate features. Her hair is a deep magenta with loose curls frame her face. Her skin tone has a warm tan and her eyes are a reddish brown. She typically wears loose, comfortable clothing.

There is not much known about her, as she is a fairly new arrival to the area and does not spend much time on land. She generally has a friendly look on her face, though she does not often approach humans directly.

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Her merform covers from her torso down, layers acting like a flowy dress with short loose sleeves. A magenta pattern appears on her face, which generally maintains her usual skin tone. Her fish layers are white with dark brownish purple stripes, running horizontally from her neck down to the end of her tentacles. She is able to subtly adjust the color of her skin and tentacles in color, though retains the trademark stripes even as she does so.

Mimic Octopus merfolk are known for their ability to shapeshift by contorting their bodies. Depending upon the situation, they change form to mimic other marine creatures. They are powerful swimmers and very elusive. Unlike most of her kind, Camilla tends to live in deeper waters away from the shoreline. Most do not know that she has made her way to the bay area.

 

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Gary
19
Hunter/Guard
Saltwater Merman - European Green Crab

He is short with messy dark hair that has a greenish tone. His skin is lightly tanned and he has dark green eyes. He is athletic but has a fairly slender build. He does not spend much time around on the surface, but when he does he wears a lot of t-shirts and cargo shorts with sandals. Since he often ends up discarding the clothes he’s wearing in emergencies, he does not like to spend a lot on clothing.

Gary gives off the impression of being fairly surly, though he mainly has a grumpy face. He’s feisty and protective of the individuals in the bay clan. His role is mainly to help protect people who travel into the more dangerous waters, as well as helping to fight off any potential hostile creatures and merfolk.

He can be easily flustered at times, and does not like to admit that he cares a lot about other people. He puts on a tough guy attitude and tries to look intimidating. It can be difficult for him to look scary with his small stature, but when he is angered it can be rather frightening to see.

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His merform transforms his lower body into the shell of a crab, with six legs that help stabilize him. His hands transform into claws, which is primarily what he uses to fight. They are sturdy and able to crush tough shells. His shoulders have what appear to be an armored pad with the same material as his shell. His crab features are green, with a yellowish color on the bottom of his crab shell.

European Green Crab merfolk are able to shrink in size, allowing them to infiltrate small crevices. They scuttle around on the seafloor, typically residing as small merfolk in shallow waters and taking on their larger form in deep waters. They are particularly good at hiding and very aggressive when provoked or startled.

 

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Ryan
22
Community Center Volunteer
Hunter/Guard
Mixed Waters Merman - Barramundi

He is somewhat tall with a lean athletic build. He has dark brown skin, brown eyes and black hair. He keeps his hair tied back in a messy knot that keeps it in a high ponytail. He likes to wear loose t-shirts with bold patterns, usually pairing this with jeans or shorts. He has a preference for bright colors.

Ryan is a long time resident of the Black Peal Bay. He works as a protector for the local merfolk and makes sure to keep them safe. He is close friends with Gary, and the two often work together. He is the friendlier of the two, with a more welcoming personality. Ryan is intelligent and good at organization. He is very familiar with the merfolk who have made their way to the area, and is always trying to help strengthen the bonds between them.

He has a friendly personality, but is on the more soft spoken side. His goal is to see people getting along, so he always does his best to help acclimate newcomers and take care of those who have made the Black Pearl Bay their home. Ryan is intimately familiar with the local waters, having grown up in the area. Most of his time is spent in the water, which he prefers to living on land, but he is still doing his best to learn about humans so that he knows how to best live among them.

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Ryan’s merman form consists of his human upper body and a long silver tail with reddish brown fins. He functions well in both salt and freshwater.

Barramundi are a native merspecies for the area, but there are not many of them in the Black Pearl Bay. Most of them live further inland in a more mountainous region near the head of the rivers. They tend to live in groups, but Ryan is one of the few who traveled downstream to explore the area. He became fascinated by the diversity of both the humans and local merfolk who made their homes in the bay area, and decided to settle down there when he was a young teen.

 

[Flaming Raccoon]

NAME ↦ Corrode​

NAME MEANING ↦ To destroy or damage. Given because she is a parasite.
NICKNAMES ↦ Twig
ASSOCIATION ↦ Corrode, being a self-sufficient being, has no clan. If they get something out of it then they might join one, though.

SPECIES OF MERFOLK ↦ Not quite a mermaid as they are an anthropomorphic fish thing.
SPECIES INFORMATION ↦ They are a Giant Sea spider, and having most of their organs in their legs means that they can take blows to the rest of their body without much worry other than bleeding out. They don’t have much blood, anyway. They are an active parasite. They take an anthropomorphic form when out of the water and whilst in water, they appear as a typical Sea spider.

AGE ↦ Roughly 16 in human age.
GENDER ↦ Demigirl, They/Her pronouns.
SEXUALITY ↦ Pansexual/romantic.

APPEARANCE ↦

MER-FORM
(Drawn image to be added whenever I get around to it)

GIANT ENEMY SPIDER..
They are a crustacean with their body being the size of a dinner plate and legs longer than a housecat. They have deep maroon stripes running along their mostly white body and large, bulging eyes that look like a bugs’ own. They don’t move very fast, but they also.. Don’t.. Breathe traditionally. They just don’t. They take in air from their legs, since that’s where the majority of their organs lie.

HUMANOID FORM
(Drawn image to be added whenever I get around to it)

’’She’s a runner, she’s a track star..’’
They are so fucking tall it’s a wonder nobody’s kicked their shins and found out what they are yet. 7’8 to be exact. They are skinny but wear baggy clothes to assume at least some kind of human proportion. They use cotton to pad out the area around their body since there’s basically nothing there. If they ran after a car going 30 mph, they would catch up VERY quickly. Their shoes have very good traction.

PERSONALITY ↦

As things are learned about them in roleplay, this will be expanded upon.(Also an excuse to make them seem less,, cutout lmao)

PERSONALITY TRAITS

Negative
Leech-y
Irresponsible
Wasteful

Neutral
Determined
Curious
Intimidating

Positive
They’re uhm.. Polite when stealing from you ig
Self-sufficient
Humorous