merfolk
Alonzo Pratt
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the wild west is a place knows for gun-slinging, whiskey-drinking, horse-riding cowboys and outlaws. where every day, men dance with danger for money.
but what if it was underwater?
from the dirty, sand clouded waters of Galveston, to the beaches of Mexico, there's a race of Merfolk that not many know about.
with the fins and tails of Mer, and the rugged nature of the cattleman's kind, these creatures are not ones to mess with.
they prefer the warmer waters of coastal areas, but stay far enough off shore to not be seen.
Levi is part of that lineage, though he's a bit of a half-breed himself. his father was a dusky shark Mer from Texas, and his mother, a spotted Moray eel Mer from Mexico.
what does that make? well, some would call it an abomination. no scales, and mixed races make for a pretty hard life underwater, as well as the misconceptions about both of his breeds.
he's a spicy little fellow, with a silver tongue and nimble fingers. that's what happens when no one accepts you... you resort to stealing. gotta make a living, somehow, no?
he's fluent in both English and Spanish, his accent leaning heavier on either side, depending on what crowd he's around.
(you get to make the choice, is this the 1800s when cowboys had their hayday, or modern times, when the descrimination has ebbed from land-dweller's society?
your character, as always, is up to you. be a Mer, a Pirate, a Local, a Tourist... or a lonely plastic bag floating in the ocean, looking for someone to cuddle with... and maybe suffocate. have fun!)
