Tarian Marlinsurge
the Coralfire Merman
Named for the shield-bright blaze of a marlin's fin as it breaches a coral-reef current at twilight.
Power
Volcanic Coral-bloom — you can cause the coral beneath your touch to heat and flare with ember-light, but each use leaves a calcified scar on your skin that never fades.
- Familiar
- a spiny pufferfish named Ember
- Tide
- the Ember Shoal
The first thing you remember is the taste of salt and ash. You woke in a tide-pool ringed with black coral that still smoked, and you have never needed to breathe since. The reef accepted you because it had no choice—you are what fire leaves when it learns to live underwater.