Melusine Yokai

**Melusine Yokai** are a variation of the Lamia Yokai and Dragon Yokai who has the upper body of a human, lower body of a snake and a pair of dragon wings.

## Physical Appearance

Melusine takes the appearance of a young woman from the waist up. The lower body is that of a snake. Making them related to the Lamia Yokai. But they have a pair of dragon wings that is attached to their backs.

## Description

Melusine are a lamia subspecies with dragon wings on their backs. Due to this, they share characteristics with Dragonewts. Known for being excellent swimmers, Melusine are more similar to sea snakes and prefer to live by the shore near oceans, lakes or rivers, as the sole aquatic serpentine species. The wings on their backs are used more for swimming then flying. The main reason is their lower halves are too heavy to lift off from the ground. Thus they use it to aid them in swimming through the subterreanean sea of the Hidden World.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Melusine Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Water Manipulation

* Hydrokinetic Constructs
* Hydro-Telekinesis
	+ Hydrokinetic Flight
	+ Hydrokinetic Surfing
* Manipulate the properties of water.
	+ Supernatural Properties Manipulation
	+ Viscosity Manipulation
* Tidal Wave Generation
* Water Attacks
* Water Detection
* Water Generation
	+ Flood Creation
* Water Pressure Generation
* Water Purification
* Water Mimicry
* Water Separation
* Water Solidification
* Healing Water
* Water Walking
* Whirlpool Generation

### Techniques

* Aquatic Adaptation
* Drowning
* Healing Water
* Hydrokinetic Combat
* Hydrokinetic Invisibility
* Hydrokinetic Regeneration
* Hydromancy
* Hydroportation
* Liquid Surveillance Communication
* Motor-Skill Manipulation by manipulating the water contents (about 70%) within body.
	+ Blood Manipulation
		- Internal Rupturing
* Pressurized Water Manipulation
* Water Absorption
	+ Dehydration
* Water Augmentation
* Water Aura
* Water Defense
* Water Empowerment
* Water Negation
* Water Portal Creation
* Water Transformation
* Water Transmutation

### Associations

* Acid Manipulation
* Alcohol Manipulation
* Blood Manipulation
* Brain Manipulation by manipulating the water contents (about 75%) within brain.
* Chaos Manipulation connected to primal Chaos in mythologies.
* Electricity Generation
* Elemental Manipulation
* Erosion Manipulation
* Flow Manipulation
* Hydrogen Manipulation
* Hydroscience
* Lake/River Manipulation
* Liquid Manipulation
* Lunar Manipulation may increase the power of this ability.
* Magnesium Manipulation
* Nigh-Omniscience towards everything related to water.
* Ocean Manipulation
* Oil Manipulation
* Oxygen Manipulation
* Phosphorus Manipulation
* Plant Manipulation
* Salt Manipulation
* Sodium Manipulation
* Sound Amplification sound travels faster underwater than in open air.
* Surface Tension Manipulation
* Thermal Manipulation - hot/cold water
	+ Freezing through frigid water.
	+ Scald Generation
* Vibration Emission in/on water, *including* inside someone.
* Water Boundary
* Water Form Manipulation
* Water Weaponry
	+ Water Artillery
* Weather Manipulation

As one of the classical Elements, Water is associated with:

* Emotion Manipulation
* Fertility Inducement
* Intuitive Aptitude
* Subconscious Manipulation
* Transmutation
* Winter Manipulation

## Pop Culture

Melusine doesn't appear much in forms of media like cartoons for example. Though a species of Melusine had appeared in Monster Musume as being a subspecies of the Lamia.

## Variations

### Lamia Yokai

Melusines (メリュジーヌ, Meryujīnu) are a lamia subspecies with dragon wings on their backs. Due to this, they share characteristics with Dragonewts. Excellent swimmers, in contrast to other lamia subspecies, who share traits with terrestrial snakes, Melusines are more similar to sea snakes and prefer to live by the shore near oceans, lakes or rivers, as the sole aquatic serpentine species. A Melusine's wings are not strong enough to lift their bodies into the air and are used to aid in swimming instead of flight.

### Dragon Yokai

In one story, Raymond of Poitou came across Melusine in a forest of Coulombiers in Poitou in France, and proposed marriage. Just as her mother had done, she laid a condition: that he must never enter her chamber on a Saturday. He broke the promise and saw her in the form of a part-woman, part-serpent, but she forgave him. When, during a disagreement, he called her a "serpent" in front of his court, she assumed the form of a dragon, provided him with two magic rings, and flew off, never to return. Which is the reason why Melusine Yokai has a pair of dragon wings despite only using it for swimming.

## Life in the Hidden World

Melusine lives by the shore near oceans, lakes or rivers in the Hidden World. They're one of the fastest swimmers along with other Sea Yokai such as the Merfolk Yokai. This is thanks in part of their dragon wings which are useless for flying because of their heavy lower bodies. As a culture they place high value on pleasure and sensuality and have earned a reputation as having the highest libidos amongst the Lamia subspecies. Their unrepentant pursuit and knowledge of sexuality and their unabashed interest and desire in all forms and functions of sex is infamous even amongst the already sexually-free lamia species.

## Symbolism

The twin- tailed mermaid is also a heraldic emblem and alchemical symbol, where it represents the union of earth and water and may be a symbol of the unification of opposites, enlightenment, and of the world soul: that is the anima mundi, the totality of the energies of nature.