Category:Mermaids

Mermaids are one of the lesser-known species in Embynn, and are right in the middle of the Species Hierarchy. The are very reclusive, and only live in Azumi Cove, not letting anyone enter or anyone of them leave (except for special cases such as Musume Mizudori). If anyone goes anywhere near Azumi Cove, the mermaids will attack and kill the intruder without remorse. Becaue of this, none of the other species know anything about mermaids apart from the fact that they exist (except from gods of course).

Mermaids have lungs as well as gills in their necks, meaning that they can survive both above and under water. Most prefer to stay above water, but they have to swim frequently otherwise they could dry out and lose consciousness or even die.

Mermaids are incredibly agile, masters of water, and have powers similar to water fairies due to the crystal in their chest which was gifted to them by Kamiichigo. Due to this, mermaids worship Kamiichigo to the point of acting like an obsessed cult. Mermaids can control and move water, and spawn water and sea creatures from nothing. A mermaid's power is determined by the amount of fins they have. 1 fin mermaids are below average, 2 fin mermaids are average, and 3 fin mermaids are so rare that the only ones with 3 fins are the princesses of Azumi Cove. Mermaids' skin is smooth and silky, and their hair is more like silky seaweed than hair. Their devotion to Kamiichigo means that they cannot cut their hair, instead they tie it back with twine or seaweed. Mermaids also have horns, long pointy ears, pale skin, and can be born with a variety of different scale patterns.

Mermaids reproduce asexually. Every 10 years, mermaids lay a single transparent egg in the water which is an exact clone of them. An egg will hatch after about 1 year. They lay so little because every newborn has a very low chance to die young. Babies are breastfed until they are about 5 years old.

Note: the list of mermaids below also includes faries that would have been mermaids if the specific fairy condition wasn't met and they didn't turn out to be fairies