Fintan Wreckglimmer
the Moonwrack Merman
Fintan, from the Irish 'fionn' for white and 'tine' for fire, and Wreckglimmer, a glint of light off a sunken hull. Named for the pale flash you saw the night a ship broke against the reef and the moon was full.
Reefcalling — you can pull the tide to lay bare a wreck, but the moon takes a fragment of your memory each time, and you have already forgotten the face of the one who gave you your name.
- Familiar
- A blind moonfish named Tarnish
- Tide
- the Glimmer Shoal
You keep a single ship's lantern, its glass still whole, pulled from a wreck no chart marks. The brass is crusted with barnacles, and when you shake it, it rattles with dried salt, not oil. You do not light it. You only hold it up to the moon and let her fill the glass with her cold, white attention, and then you wait for the tide to answer.