Fathom Nautilsound
the Stormbeard Merman
Named for the depth a man can hold his breath before the pressure cracks his ribs, and for the spiral song of the nautilus that echoes in his ears when he finally surfaces.
Power
You can call a wave out of flat water with a single drumbeat of your tail, but the wave will take something from the shore it was meant for, and you cannot choose what.
- Familiar
- a storm-chasing cormorant named Keel
- Tide
- the Stormvein Current
You were mending a net on an ordinary Tuesday when the sky went green and the water stood up like a wall. You did not run. You put your hand out and the wave stopped, and you have been trying to explain that your whole life since—mostly to yourself.