Nerissa Lagoonveil
the Embercoral Siren
Named for the light that burns within the coral of her drowned kingdom, and the veil of warm water that hides it from air.
Pyrocoralline Lure — you can make the corals in your veins pulse with heat, drawing the warmth from the water around you into a dazzling red light that mesmerizes anything that looks too long; but the light comes from your own bloodheat, and each use leaves you shivering, fevered, and a little more cold-blooded.
- Familiar
- a spiny fire urchin named Cinder
- Tide
- the Ember Lagoon Tide
The first thing you remember is the feel of warm silt shifting under your palms as you pulled yourself from the mouth of a volcanic vent. The water was thick with minerals, and your skin was the color of embers cooling. You keep the heat of your kingdom's heart in a locket of blackened coral around your neck — it used to be larger, but you gave pieces of it to those who earned your trust. There are six left.