Bastien

Social Connections

Neo - professional acquaintance
Demeter - friendly rival gator witch buddies. visit each other fairly often when they have time and always trying to one-up each other
Jello Boy - unfortunately

Species - Merphin

Merphins are a secretive race of merfolk hailing from Nephfei and aligned with water magic. They remain very private about their practices and technology and are rare to find on land, preferring to remain in their underwater trench cities away from the hubbub of the other three species. They seldom interact with spinxyn as it is, and don't have much patience for them, so in turn don't often grant them gifts.

Merphins can have all sorts of aquatic-inspired bodies, but are identifiable by their two sets of gills and particular fins; always sporting a pair that angle forward from their central waists. Like other nephians, they all have heart-shaped faces and clear eye markings.

World Context || Nephfei group <3

A modern fantasy world governed by magical gods, Nephfei is home to four sentient species - harpips, centicorns, merphins, and spinxyn. They live together in relative peace aside from some cultural clashes between locales of differing ideologies. The world has been imbued with magic, in all four species and in the earth itself, but spinxyn have none of their own; revoked by the gods, so they say, as an ancient punishment. With tangible deities, Nephfeism is a prevalent religion amongst the inhabitants, and some religious spinxyn see their situation as deserved punishment, while others deny the gods entirely and rally against this unfair treatment.

Nephfei has a good amount of modern-day technology, though its electricity is replaced by magic. Lighting, household appliances, television, games, and the internet at large all exist with relative similarity to the real world. Despite the societal advancements, though, a significant amount of the world's history and inner workings remain shrouded in mystery and magical secrets...

Stats
> none yet

Miscellany
> WIP trivia <3

Abilities
> none of note yet

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Primary Notes
> eyes and teeth are -not- #fff white
> very blunt talons - long and square
> green markings are a combination of just three (3) shapes; a u, a w, and a wiggly v (quadruple-u?) - stare for a sec and youll get it <3
> yellow is a gradient on their tail, ears, and elbows, and is actually three color steps on all other locations

> you may put any amount of twine, bones, and beads on them outfit-wise. also a fan of sheer black silk

Other Stuff
> if they had human legs they'd be on the tall side of average. fairly unremarkable weight and musculature but a slim waist
> middlemost limbs are a combination of shark fins and gator legs that functionally behave like pinniped flippers
> back leggies are long but otherwise normal gator legs
> they can float a little off the ground if desired, but mostly prefer to walk

Aloof and guarded; used to not being taken seriously and carries themself with confidence to counteract it