Mermaid
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"The arms of the ocean are carrying me
All this devotion is rushing over me"
"Like pearls in the deep of the ocean, Like stars which enamel the sky...
Like these is the love of a friend..."
Please note, her mermaid species is not known and not marked on her papers.
Although some are suspicious.THE CURSE (Click)
Because of the mermaid curse - the following affects Sherelle:
Every full-moon, Sherelle must return to the sea.
Sherelle must change into mermaid form. Leading up to the full moon, her ability to walk worsens until she can no longer use human legs; she must change, or suffer severe pain like walking on broken glass. After these transformations, Sherelle must recover as the transitions are excruciatingly painful.
Slow aging.
Sherelle's age has not changed since becoming an adult (18), and will continue to appear as such. The only time her age reflects her actual age is when she transitions into a mermaid. This form is older, wiser, and appears to be aware of her human self as a separate, learning entity that she can not guide.
Sea-emptathy.
Due to siren's calling and tales reflecting that mermaids rush to the aid of sailors (while some others lure to destroy); Sherelle has significant empathy to a mental and physical degree. If a human at-sea is suffering - through illness, disease or even death, she will feel it. Depending on the severity, Sherelle may have seizure-like responses until it is over.
The Flesh of a Mermaid
Pure poison to anyone who eats it; mortal or immortal.
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The Story of the Curse...
Many years ago, while she sailed beneath her father's command aboard a ship called 'The Serenade.' They sailed out to an island called Mermaid Cove. Deep in the island's belly, was a cave. It was said to be the holder of exotic and magic-based items that had washed ashore from the underwater city of Atlantis, and collected by the native inhabitants. -- A legend was often spoken about this place, that those who lived on the island were cursed. A warning was always whispered among sailors, that those who dared to indulge in their greed to possess these items, would be cursed as well and forced to remain on the island for eternity.
No one knew for certain what this particular curse was: Some rumored it to be horrible beasts that were half fish and half man, some claimed they would become part of the island from the sand to the pebbles on the shore, and some believed their souls were trapped in the mystical items of the cave as guardians.
Captain Rocque, along with his crew and daughter (Sherelle), discovered the cave as promised. Pushing forth into the darkness, they soon discovered the center. Waters of rich emerald and jet black rock, reflecting by a light that was far from natural. Gold, silver, platinum and other metallic items of wealth scattered the cave as promised, emitting a soft glow, while gentle sounds of siren singing whispered among the metal. -- Sherelle, as naive as she was, desired to prove herself from her harshly contrasting personality of the sailors, and turned her sudden moment of bravery into foolishness.
Daring to plunge her fingers down into the water, Sherelle grabbed a fistful of gold coins marked with a fish, and offered them to her father. Moments after, she was pulled into the water by an unknown force, and dragged down into the ocean. Struggling and fighting for air while she continued to be pulled down into the water, until her lungs filled with water, and she drowned.
That was the beginning of the curse.
Eventually she had been found washed ashore of the island by the crew, and they carried her back to the ship without a thought in their minds of ever returning. Eventually, she awoke. Reborn from the womb of the ocean, as a mermaid with a human form, daughter of Poseiden.
