VIOLA, merperson

merperson

FEMALE - 32 - UNKNOWN – NOVEMBER 14

n/a

+ practical
+ decisive
+ gregarious
+ convivial
+ tough

- overemotional
- vain
- overcritical
- possessive
- impatient

During a stormy night, in the middle of the sea somewhere far away, Viola was born to a pair of noble merfolk. While they weren't servants or employed by the court, they were distant cousins of the great merking, Poseidon.

The birth went as smoothly as any other, but there was a disturbance in the waters that made the celebration of the new life cut short. A cargo ship was sailing around the area, but was hit by lightning the moment they were passing right above the birthing party's heads.

The contents of the ship dropped into the sea as the ship started burning and eventually began sinking. It happened so quickly and so close to the birth that no one managed to get away before the shipload crashed around them.

The situation despaired into chaos and soon enough the mother was separated from her newly born child, which was in the immediate care of the uncle, the brother. In the midst of the disarray, the uncle feared for the child's and his own life, so he swam a great distance away to assure they weren't being hunted.

When they were safe away from the clattering sounds and noises from the shipload hitting the bottom of the ocean, the uncle realised that they were lost. He had swam too far and too fast, and he didn't know the way to return. For a while they swam around aimlessly, hoping to find some sort of relief along the coral reef, but there was none.

After some time, the uncle finally found a light in their dark tunnel. A small community that he sensed wasn't afraid of intruders. Believing that this was their best chance of survival, he settled himself and the child there, who was now starting to grow into a fine young mermaid.

There were several of the local young men who became the child's suitors, though as she grew up and got to know more and more about her family and her heritage, Viola, the child, aged into an overcritical and vain mermaid. The suitors all got rejected, one by one, and once she was of age and could travel by herself, she decided to try and find her way back to mommy and daddy dearest.

She had no idea where to go, however, and ended up swimming in a different direction than what would have made her road to court. So instead of heading to the place she wanted to go, she came upon the strange peninsula that was Sepalum. Being too tired to carry on any further, Viola decided to settle there for some time, until she determined it was time to leave again. She's currently just roaming around the islands, passing time, because she doesn't know anything else.