Halcyon Kelpfoam
the Cinderdeep Merman
Named for the eerie calm that settles before a vent erupts, and the kelp foam that drifts like ash above the boiling deep.
Power
Ventstrike — you can coax a geothermal vent to surge, but the heat leaves you cold for hours afterward, and you have to be close enough to feel the burn.
- Familiar
- A volcanic snail named Ember
- Tide
- the Ashwater Rift
The other mer say you smile too slow, as if you know where the seafloor will crack next. They don't see you for months at a time, and when you return, your scales are flecked with rust and silicate, and you smell of sulfur. You never explain. You let them think you're cursed; it's easier than telling them you chose this.