Nautin Nacrewave
the Sunfleck Merman
Named for the flash of light off a wave's crest and the iridescent shell you hatched from, a swirl of orange and pearl.
Power
Embercoral — you can coax coral to glow and smolder with a touch, turning reefs into lanterns, but each bloom steals a moment of daylight from your memory and you have forgotten the color of morning.
- Familiar
- A pygmy seahorse named Pip
- Tide
- the Ember Shoal
Every dusk you swim to the shallow ridge and light the coral staghorns one by one, a routine you have kept so long you cannot recall if you started it or if it started you. The fish gather, watching the slow burn spread like a secret fire underwater, and you hum a tune that makes the heat shimmer.