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♂ Kauri/Νερείδα (Nereída) • Candyfloss  • 11 EYO (33)
Created by tenshilove on May 7th 2020

Nereida Shee'ihld is the elegant leader of the Rho Clan. Ever since she was young she has had a yearning to explore. She heard the stories of her ancestors and dreamt of being a  great knight set out on expeditions to conquer the sea like they had. As a guppyfloss she would often drag her twin brother Neiza from the palace and swim off with him without their body guards, to see what they could find on their own. Seeing her rambunctious spirit her mother wished she would be more mild mannered like her brother and tried to lock her away to protect her and teach her better, but her father, seeing the passion she had for adventure, instead decided to teach her to defend herself and to avoid danger. With his instruction Nereida became a great fighter and skilled with trident warfare. At the age of 5 CYO she was already fighting off  great squids and whale sharks at the border of her kingdom alongside her knights.
 
Her people feared her spirit, claiming she was not long for this world, and even the royal teachers were prepping her brother to some day have to take the throne in her place against his will. Some thought she was brave like Queen Cordelia before her, but others thought she was mad. Nereida never liked the comparison to  the Queen, however. She saw Queen Cordelia as a figure of grace and beauty and humble love for all beings. She sought out to help others,  and that was admirable, but Nereida felt that it was not a correct comparison. Though she did love her neighbor and wished no one harm,  Nereida’s yearning was one of excitement, discovery and battle, not of  charity. She wanted to be a knight, not a Queen. As she grew older she  began taking her adventures outside of the safety barrier, hiding and  escaping her guards and taking to the open seas.

On the day she was meant to be crowned as Queen, Nereida was at odds with herself, she fought with her brother and snuck away on one of her escapes to think. As she ventured out she came  across a strange creature, floating alongside an injured mother  Falanero. Kauri Louloudi, the leader of Lambda had been swept away to  sea. Seeing this strange fin-less person Nereida was confused but most  of all intrigued. After discovering the lack of gills on the floss  Nerieda decided to fill his lungs with air, and suddenly he began to  stir! Nereida was delighted by her discovery and took the strange man  back to her palace where he could recover. Her discovery of the  struggling Kauri, and the reveal of a world above the surface of the  water gave Nereida an idea. She hid the man away from her family and her  people, with only her most trusted knights to guard him and went on to  accept the throne, just narrowly saving her brother from having to take it in her place. As she took power she shook the Rho kingdom with the  news of her findings, and with the crown secured, declared her plan for  an expedition to the surface world.
 
The Rho people were shocked, some  enraged and some excited and as Kauri recovered Nereida spent every  moment with him learning more and more about the surface. This was the  adventure she had been waiting for all her life. Farther than even Queen  Cordelia had gone.

Nerieda put together a team of skilled  Rhofloss who were unafraid of what they might find. She led her people,  with Kauri by her side, far above to discover the world of Caramella on  the surface. During their time together Nereida had fallen for the  strange man from the surface world, and stayed with him in Lambda for a  long while. The Taffyfloss came in waves, once it was deemed safe to  travel and followed in their new Queen’s footsteps into the welcoming  arms of Lambda. Nereida was cautious but curious to learn everything  they can about these new clans and flavors yet unseen by her people.  Nereida was soon wed to Kauri and became Queen of not one but two  kingdoms, determined to continue exploring with Kauri to find more and  more that the world had to offer. She is an adventurous girl who loves  to take risks and play. Things don't  always work out the way she plans  but she's quick to make the best out of any situation. She is kind and  means well, but can often come across a  little strong. With her endless  wonder and restless feet Nereida is a force to be reckoned with.

Now she raises her three beautiful daughters with her beloved Kauri, traveling between Rho and Lambda. She wanted to give up the Rho throne to her brother but again he denied it, preferring to share the responsibilities of leadership between her trips to and from the surface. Unwilling to force her daughters into a Rho marriage, or to be inseminated with a Rho donor, she decided instead to name her nephew Prince Atlas as her successor when he comes of age. Until then she continues to rule Rho while her heart belongs to Lambda.