#Merfolk on land

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// B E A C H × G O T H //

[acatpiestuff]

Submas Mermay

eel guys

[nerosdayinanime]

(1)gay fish be upon ye

[rooksunday]

no wait hang on

clone courtship rituals

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

The mer prefix in mermaid comes from the Old English mere meaning lake or small body of water, which shares the same Proto-Indo-European root as the Latin mare meaning sea, which gives us maritime and marine.

The word Earth comes from the Old English eorþe which means dirt, ground, dry land, the surface upon which we walk (compare to modern Germanic languages; Danish jorden, Dutch aarde, German Erde, Icelandic jörð, Norwegian and Swedish jord)

It's entirely possible that mermaids would refer to surface dwellers as something along the lines of yormaids, ertmaids, or ardmaids, assuming they spoke human languages which underwent identical linguistic shifts.

Ardfolk, ardpeople, ardmaids, ardmen, they who walk upon the land above

[undeniablereckoningart]

i love seadwellers i need more

[mothhue]

alright, I have a one question, is subconites in your au based off kids or teenagers who drowned in the ocean? xP

They're not exactly children who drowned, they're deceased residents of subcon who were merfolk, like most of this au's cast. This is set on an ocean planet after all! They died due to the whole freezing fiasco. (I explained more in detail about how it happened here) However, there are indeed land-living people who have died while sailing across subcon seas! But that's probably more due to the... uh, whole soul-eating-leviathan-living-there thing than drowning. ty for asking! :]

[moodyymole]

pirate au feat sunbrat

[rat-beanie]

[rxttenfish]

honestly miranda's a lot more insecure than she will ever let anyone else know about or even mentally recognize and realize in herself - its just also in such specific and bizarre ways that no one ever picks up on it

[saurotitan]

You know how there was that debate a while back about people with disabilities in fantasy worlds? How everyone complained that dungeons wouldn't be handicap accessible? Why did no one raise the obvious solution of enchanted leg armor or mobility chairs with all-terrain war forged spider legs? We already have some of the tech in real life.

It adds flavor to a character and lets any artificers in your party have something to tinker with during long rests. At higher levels your party could customize the mobility gear to shoot fire or climb walls or whatever.

[autisticfoxgirl333]

What if?

Elfilis had like an underwater-alien-monster like appearance for Mermay?

[thedenofravenpuff]

FINALLY completed, a collab with @zackwhitefang, that’s been stuck in unfinished limbo for FAR too long. Phew, all cuz of chronic illness sucking out all energy from me. Oh well.

Good old silly Luca AU, with seafolk Rowena getting some tasty treats from her land monster friend Chiro. Zack made lineart for one of my old sketches and I did the colouring. 

Do enjoy! 

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[distant-velleity]

ok something i've never thought abt in depth but have just barely brushed upon with one of chrysos' vignette ideas is. the dynamic between him (the lionfish) and leona (the lion). like. just imagine:

Chrysos: (One of my upperclassmen, the Savanaclaw housewarden... Even if he's royalty, he's a lion, he can't be all that bad--right?) -cut to Leona regularly skipping class, sleeping in hard-to-find places, and casually taking material wealth/living for granted- Chrysos: Chrysos: (He... really is that bad...)

[muraenide]

i'll pay you in dustballs and lint jade bestie drop the mereel lore so i don't have to osmosis it

Yan Qing / @tenkoseiensei

Truthfully, the payment didn't amount to anything Jade would get paid on a normal day. He wouldn't even have the slightest idea of what he would do with dustballs and lint except mix them into someone's food and watch them choke on it, but the corners of his lips lifts as he watch the shorter man in front of him. "What made you curious? Was it something I said?" It should have been obvious before, the way Yan Qing looked at him in his merform, he's most probably never seen another mer until that very moment. His curiosity had been constant, far more invested in the life Jade lived rather than his own. His eyes slide to the mess of floral tattoos imprinted on half of the other man's body and he grins to himself. Amusing. In the Coral Sea, that would have been mistaken for an attempt to attract a mate if he were to be on the wrong place (mating sites) at the wrong time (mating season). "I suppose I can." He chuckles, taking a seat. "Tell me what you would like to know."

[yeonban]

* Date Soma - Pirate AU.

The infamous Date Soma, Captain of the Uminyudo pirate ship, the capital ship of the Funayurei pirate fleet famed as one of the five largest pirate fleets and the worst one to come across, is most well-known for his tenacity, the imposing aura every survivor remembers him by and the rare swordsmanship only recognized in some northern parts of the land of the rising sun as part of the emishi that had been shunned from Japan by the imperial authorities' legacy. Never has there been a single enemy lucky enough to escape the Funayurei after choosing to stand against Soma regardless of whether they were pirate ships or royal fleets, and only those he has personally granted freedom to can rest easy at night without keeping an eye open.

In spite of his reputation as a ruthless pirate however, Soma takes great care of the pirates under his wing and often grants the innocent a choice rather than immediately sinking them to the bottom of the sea. This kinder side towards his own men, paired with his strategies, resilience and greatly amassed power, is the main reason why many continue to obey him, as well as why many prefer to steer clear from the places he's known to be at, much too afraid of accidentally directing his wrath towards them. In the same vein, Soma upholds his pirate code down to the letter, never once having violated it.

Most of Soma's time is spent on the Uminyudo, at times boarding other ships of the Funayurei as well depending on the circumstances, but it's not an incredibly rare sight to come across him at various taverns either. When setting foot on land, it's always with the intent to either acquire (better) alcohol or to sell rarities he's come across at sea for exorbitant prices, but unlike many pirates, the Uminyudo and the Funayurei never attack ports nor cities where civilians can be found. As such, the general public's opinion on the Uminyudo remains rather unclear - with some wishing for him to be caught and killed, and others offering to cover for him if need be.

The Uminyudo pirates and the Funayurei fleet

Named after the Umibozu yokai from Soma's birth region of Tohoku, the Uminyudo primary ship as well as its allied forces conform to the myths of japanese folklore that stem from Umibozu and its creation of Funayurei.

The Uminyudo pirates are rumored to only attack sailors when the sea is unusually calm, most often on nights with a clear moon, and as such "the calm before the storm" has become a collective fear of all those who set out to the sea without baring a pirate flag. The Uminyudo under Soma's leadership may choose to spare the sailors willing to hand over all of their ships' goods, but the naval ship they are a part of will always either be destroyed or made their own in his wake, allowing the sailors' escape to only ever be made on smaller or makeshift boats. That being said, there have been instances (though few in number) in which sailors have chosen to become pirates under Soma's leadership rather than risk their lives to reach the mainland on their own.

In comparison, the Uminyudo's treatment of other pirates depends on several factors - from the number of pirates onboard, to their infamy, and to the state of their ship/s. For similarly large pirate groups, there is generally little mercy to be shown, and the Uminyudo endeavors to sink every massive pirate ship until theirs is the last to remain, therefore also perceiving each pirate fleet as an enemy. When it comes to smaller pirate groups, though... the Funayurei pirate fleet has gained its name after sinking hundreds of pirate ships and granting them the privilege of making a choice: to either sink and die as proud pirates under their own flags, or to discard their former identities and join Soma's fleet. With the fleet being comprised solely of defeated pirate groups that chose to obey the Uminyudo, they are considered "ghosts of pirates who have died at sea, seeking to bring others down with them", hence receiving the japanese folklore name of Funayurei.

As opposed to the tactics used against sailors, the Uminyudo and Funayurei tend to use the weather to their advantage when faced against fellow pirates, creeping in on them during foggy, rainy or stormy conditions and taking them by surprise, typically already dealing cannon blows before the enemy can become aware of their presence. As such, many lesser ships have started sinking before they could even tell that there is an enemy nearby, and many have sank as a result of cannon fire paired with rough waves.

Though there have been cases of other pirates or naval fleets successfully sinking Funayurei ships, the worst of their losses have always resulted from accidentally encroaching on siren territory after being tossed wayward by the rough seas during storms. Unable to make contact with other ships from the fleet and being beckoned to sail even closer to the sirens after listening to their mesmerizing songs, many pirates from the Funayurei have found their final resting place deep within the waters, leaving only their empty ships behind as warning. The Uminyudo (and thus Soma) has never personally experienced the call of a siren nor has it ever seen any, but it has found plenty of its allied ships laying in the middle of nowhere with no soul left on board to tell him their tales. After years as a ship captain and then as a fleet commander, the first siren Soma has laid his eyes on, is Seiroku.