Most are what you would expect: Long hair, scaly tails, and other worldly beauty.
The Sirens hang around stormy and rocky coasts, singing to sailors, luring them to their deaths by telling them visions of the future.
The Northern Mer are not seen as much, but thrive under the ice of the Artic Sea and are more wild than the Southern Mer.
The Southern Mer are peaceful, controlling the tides, watching humans with wonder and curiosity in warm and calm waters.
Most are about 5-6 feet long, from head to tail, and mind their own business, unconcerned with the rest of the world, living in coral reefs or underwater caves.
Then there are the ones completely unaware that humans exist at all.
Those are the Deep Mer, the ones used to the darkness of the Ocean's seafloor. Some have luminescent scales, needle-sharp teeth, and gigantic eyes. Others take after Giant Squids, or whales, or sharks, and are larger than than the rest. They do not possess the more human qualities of their cousins in the reefs, and are instead more... alien.
More Unnatural.
And much more Vicious, heavens forbid you meet one.
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Stories from Ti'ose: And Other Whimsical Tales
FantasyGather around, children, listen close. For I will tell you the tales I've heard from a place called Ti'ose. It's deep in the ocean, far deeper than you can swim, and no human is seen going out or in. The ones that do, however, have fins.
