Lir Ripplesurge
the Vent-Kindled Merman
Named for Lir, the old sea-god of the deep, and the ripple-surge of molten brine that rises from the earth's vents.
Power
Ventfire — you draw a ribbon of superheated water from the seafloor; it burns cold at first, then white-hot, but each flare strips a layer of your own scales, and you have mended yourself more times than you can count.
- Familiar
- a scaly-foot gastropod named Rust
- Tide
- the Black Smoker Current
You were tending a garden of tube worms when the vent beneath you shuddered and split open. The heat came up through your soles, and you did not flee. You sang to it, and the fire answered — and then you knew you were no longer just a keeper of the old vents, but their voice.