Mermaids

**Merpeople**, or **merfolk**, are consistent of (pl. merfolk, or specifically mermaids and merman) is a legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of human and the scaly tail and fins of fish.

## Description

Despite their stunning beauty, mermaids are extremely dangerous and they have the power to decide the fate of any ship they come across.

Merfolk are related to the sirens and are very similar. In most myths, merfolk use the combined power of their beauty and voice to lure men into the sea, either to bring them down to live in the merfolk realm to quell their loneliness or to drown them out of humour or spite.

Some merfolk are benevolent and have been known to rescue drowning humans, while others are monstrous and have a taste for human flesh and blood. Sometimes a mermaid will fall in love with a human. However, the land and sea are two different worlds. Tales of mermaids who tried to overcome this great divide usually end in sadness and heartbreak. Known examples are *The Little Mermaid*, *Pania of the Reef* and *Ondine*.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Superhuman Strength** – Mermaids are considerably stronger than a muscular grown man due to living at such great depths. Humans are generally powerless when attacked by a mermaid. However, their upper body strength is nothing compared to the power of their tails which, with a few hits can break a metal door or break through a wall of ice. One hit from a mermaid's tail fin can knock out a military frogman.
* **Limited Shapeshifting** – Mermaids can transform into humans so that they can walk and breathe on land. Mermaids can stay human for many days, weeks, months or even years. If a mermaid gets wet when in human form, her legs will transform back into a tail.
* **Agelessness** – Mermaids can live forever in a state of eternal youth, never age and are immune to all normal and supernatural diseases and cannot get injured easily nor is killing them an easy feat.
* **Fish/Cetacean Physiology** – Because mermaids are part fish, they can breathe underwater for as long as they wish and dive to depths no human could withstand. They can also adapt like migrating sea creatures so they can thrive in any aquatic environment; from the Arctic to the Caribbean, from vast oceans to streams and lakes.
	+ **Speed Swimming** – A mermaid's powerful and streamlined tail and huge flukes can propel her through the roughest waters with incredible speed, grace and agility. They can swim at taspeed of 600 km/h. Merfolk can engulf their bodies in bubbles and use them as a jetstream to swim even faster. Like a dolphin, their fins can propel them high out of the water.
* **Claws and Fangs** - Some merfolk can grow claws and fangs due to being a predatory race.
* **Telepathy** – Mermaids can call and communicate with aquatic creatures telepathically. This is also how they communicate with each other underwater.
* **Enchantment** – Mermaids have an ability similar to a glamour but they do not have to try to use. It just flows out of them, enhancing their beauty and making them irresistible and alluring. Even in human form, people can sense there is something special about the mermaid and when she appears, all eyes turn to stare at her. A glance from a mermaid can make even the gruffest, toughest pirate's heart flutter faster than a hummingbird's wings. Sailors have drowned in an attempt to gaze upon a mermaid.
* **Water Manipulation** – Mermaids have unlimited power over all liquids. This power can be used to help or harm. They could even be used to pull ambient moisture out of the air to form water, withstanding great water pressure, or even raise water to send it at foes in the form of tidal waves, whirlpools, water geysers, orbs and water surges or any other form they wish. One mermaid is capable of sinking a ship with one tidal wave. Anger enhances this power and when enraged, mermaids can destroy entire coastal settlements and fleets with the forces of wind and water. As well as controlling natural disasters, merfolk can prevent them. A mermaid can calm the roughest seas when calm. They can mold water like clay and make it form any shape they desire, from simple orbs, triangles ,and squares to a mermaid figure to a huge six-headed snake. Mermaids can also boil, freeze and transform water into a gelatinous or glass-like substance. A mermaid can grant protection from water to objects and people. They can grant humans the ability to breathe underwater and charm ships so that they never sink.
* Siren Song – Merpeople can vocally emit a beautiful song that entrances men and subliminally compels them to either follow any predetermined orders given by the user in the song, or to try to reach the source of the song, no matter what dangerous obstacles are in the way of the path. Their voices have a lighter side. While someone listens to the mermaid's song, they forget their pain, their sorrow and rage until the singing ceases. Their songs are capable of empowering the listener, as well as weakenethem, or occasionally put them to sleep.
* **Sonic Scream** - A merpeople's voice can also be used as a sonic weapon, capable of stunning or outright killing anyone or anything that threatens them.
* **Weather Manipulation** – Just as a mirror shows reflections, the weather, according to mythology, mirrors a merpeople's emotions, particularly anger or frustration. Merpeople can control the weather and summon storms which can range in severity from a shower of rain to terrible tempests, typhoons and hurricanes capable of destroying entire coastlines. Due to their affinity with water, merfolk can control water-related weather like snowstorms, hail ,and snow. A mermaid's storm can defy the laws of nature and they can conjure miniature tempests in concealed environments like a house, cavern or even a bottle. A merpeople's weather powers grant her limited control over its various aspects, including wind, thunder, snow, sleet ,and lightning. merfolk can also have many other powers.

## Weaknesses

* **Dehydration**
	+ **Fire**
	+ **Sunlight** – If exposed to the sun for too long, a merpeople can dehydrate and burn up.
* Magic - Merpeople are susceptible to the powers of magic.
* **Ambergris** – According to mythology, if someone uses ambergris and gestures towards a merpeople, she will fall under a love spell for as long as the scent of ambergris remains.
* **Sonar** - Merpeople have the same range of hearing as dolphins and whales. Sounds that can harm cetaceans will harm merfolk. Depending on the strength of the sound, artificial sonar can knock a mermaid out cold.

## External Links

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