In trying to find a way for the humans of Haulani to spend more time beneath the waves - without the wholesale slaughter of cloud mantas - the Mer King's search had brought him back to the Greatwood. Rumor had it that there was a type of algae here that might solve his problem, and as he swam through the sunken forest he contemplated the air-filled spheres that gathered beneath the roots.
But he had no way to test them himself.
Plucking one from its perch, he rose to the surface to look around, hoping to spot one of the Fae. His skin was dark as he lifted himself partway out of the water, contrasting with the metallic steely glint of his long, bound-back hair. His torso was muscular and crossed with scars that had been tattooed over with gold ink that spidered across his body like living kintsugi. Emerald eyes peered across the Stonesong as he moved slowly towards one of the shores. Across his back was slung a trident with tines of starlight, though his brow was marked only with a silvered headband set with an emerald jewel the same shade as his eyes.
Lilitu
But he had no way to test them himself.
Plucking one from its perch, he rose to the surface to look around, hoping to spot one of the Fae. His skin was dark as he lifted himself partway out of the water, contrasting with the metallic steely glint of his long, bound-back hair. His torso was muscular and crossed with scars that had been tattooed over with gold ink that spidered across his body like living kintsugi. Emerald eyes peered across the Stonesong as he moved slowly towards one of the shores. Across his back was slung a trident with tines of starlight, though his brow was marked only with a silvered headband set with an emerald jewel the same shade as his eyes.
