Aegir Saltcurrent
the Deep Throned Merman
Named for the sea giant Aegir who ruled the depths, and the saltcurrent that carried you to a throne of fossilized whale vertebrae in a trench where no light reaches.
You command the abyssal pressure — the weight of the deep can crush ships or hold them still, but each use thickens your blood with cold, and you feel the silence growing inside you, waiting to take your last warmth.
- Familiar
- A bioluminescent sea spider with seven legs named Lament
- Tide
- the Throne's Current
The trench floor beneath your throne is littered with manganese nodules and bone fragments. You claimed this kingdom by sitting on the whale vertebrae throne, and the price was your surface voice — you can no longer speak above the waves, only here, where the water carries your words like slow thunder. Ruling the dark means accepting that you will never feel sunlight on your skin again, and you have made peace with that.