over on patreon Werejelly asked for some abyssal lifeforms and i found some sketches of my OC Dark t

over on patreon Werejelly asked for some abyssal lifeforms and i found some sketches of my OC Dark that i never cleaned up so i slapped some color on those bad boys. Dark is a poet, historian, sea witch, and former pirate captain who was captured along with her two husbands (the two moles you see on her side) when she was a young angler fish mermaid and hauled to the surface to be ‘processed’ (receive magical body modification against her will until she was 'more attractive’ to humans) and sold into the menagerie trade.  She has lived in Interesting Times ever since they pulled her out of the ocean and she’s honestly not a fan. After her husbands’ murder she stole a boat and fled to the sea with a few jailbroken mermaid friends and her child. Then there was piracy and Situations and a surprising amount of fire. Now she’s retired. Fun Facts:Being dragged to the surface, transformed, and brought into human society was so incredibly overstimulating for her at first that she would tear apart whatever room or enclosure she was in to make a diy sensory deprivation tank just so she could get some form of rest. Dark is the verbal name she chose for herself because she finds it very comforting.The initial spells they used on her fucked her up pretty bad in the long run. So much chronic illness. Also, it messed with her life span so she has no idea what that is anymore. She’s outlived all the friends she met during her piracy days and though she’ll have weird bouts of aging she’s had her current look for 30 years with no change. Her current body it the result of spell erosion over the years. She’s sloooowly reverting back to something like her true angler fish merm self, which is wild because most menagerie mermaids don’t live nearly long enough for this to happen. She’s also experimented with shapeshifting and doing body mod spellwork on herself. Has no idea what she looked like before being brought to the surface and changed. It’s not like girlfriend had a mirror around in the pitch black void of the ocean. Her 'human’ lips are mostly for expression and she can open them like a mouth but it is. Creepy. Always wears black. Skirts are long and flow in a way that hides whatever she has going on down there. Random Piece Of Driftwood? That’s a weird way to say Free Cane. Can speak just fine but prefers non-verbal communication when around close friends. This can mean signing, writing, or straight up telepathy if her company is down with that (it can be too weird for some but it’s how abyssal mermaids naturally 'speak’).Has written tomes of elaborate diss tracks for people who’ve wronged her. Just for funzies. She has definitely sent copies to these people and their descendants out of petty spiteful boredom. Can swim alright but can’t breathe underwater anymore. Very dim glow unless she’s really worked up/hungry. LOVES fire. -- source link

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