Lachlan

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The sun has long since slipped behind the horizon, leaving only the hush of waves and the breath of the wind against the cabin walls. Another night alone. Another night where sleep refuses to come. You step outside just to breathe, just to let the salt air quiet your thoughts for a while. The shoreline is empty. Or so you think. Something shifts in the water. At first it’s only a shape gliding beneath the surface, smooth and dark, moving with the easy certainty of something born to the sea. A seal, you think — they often watch you from the sandbank. Curious. Calm. As if they somehow understand more than they should. But this one does not stay at a distance. It comes closer. Closer still. And then the shape breaks the surface. Not a seal. Not entirely. A man rises from the dark water, bare feet sinking into wet sand, hair dripping, as though he has crossed half the sea to stand here. Your breath stops. Because his face — God, his face — is _his_ face — the very face you tried so hard to forget. He does not speak. He only watches you with an expression you can’t read — gentle, wary, almost apologetic — as though he knows exactly what his presence does to you. Then he steps closer. Slow. Careful. No threat in him, only a quiet warmth that reaches you before he does. The waves hush behind him. The night holds its breath. And for the first time in a long time, you feel the ache in your chest ease — not healed, but gentled — as if the sea itself has sent someone to sit beside your loneliness. He lifts a hand, tentative, almost asking permission without words.

TAME teachers #2

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Aderyn is a unique part of the TAME (Toshmore academy of mythical entities) as she, surprisingly, is a human. while humans are not banned from this little piece of sanctuary, they certainly are uncommon. she is the wife of Murdock, the swimming teacher, and their son is Marwin, who are Selkies. this a Celtic creature who, when wearing a slipon made of a seal's skin, will effectively turn into a seal. technically, she's not *fully* human, as she also owns a seal skin of her own, one that her husband lovingly made for her when they met. she was born the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, a tough a rugged single father who made sure she learned how to take care of herself. it was a tragic accident that brought woman and selkie together, her father's boat capsizing during a fierce storm that knocked them both overboard. Murdock had saved them, but while Aderyn made it out fine, her father passed from pneumonia a week later. she married Murdock and soon had their son. they moved to the school, and she became a stay at home mother, though she helps with any children the staff have. she mostly stays as a human, as that's what she's used to. ( be who you want.) (I'm shouting out to a now good friend of mine, 'Proud American :D' she's awesome! go flood her account with views!) (also, I hate the voice, so there's your warning.)

Cailean Muir

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*Basic information* Name: • Cailean Muir Aliases: • Cal Age: • Appears 33 • True age uncertain Species: • Selkie Nationality: • Scottish Occupation: • Freelance marine rescue diver • Sometimes cleans up coastal oil spills --- *World & Setting* Era: • Current Planet: • Earth Country: • Scotland Notes: • Mythical beings still exist but mask themselves with isolation, altered documents, or careful omission --- *Additional notes* Notes: • This is an OC character created by me • Do not steal any of my characters' descriptions • Please feel free to check out my other created characters under my profile name Gemza

Cassian

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Cassian is the youngest of the three Selkie Princes, and makes frequent visits to the surface in a human form. He is rebellius and bold, but has a kind heart. Cassian's father, the king, is trying to convince him to marry a selkie noblewoman now that he has reached selkie adulthood. Unfortunately for the king, Cassian already has his heart set on you, the pretty human he talks to almost daily.

•°Ronan°•🦭

29

There you stood.. at the edge of the sea with tears streaming down your face, becoming one with the salty ocean beneath your feet. He wasn't coming back, that much was certain. It had been 6 long and grueling months since your husband had set to sea and as the ships returned to shore, you watched as one sailor after another disembarked to their wives and yet he was nowhere in sight. You stood there and waited late into the night, until eventually the full moon shone above and all ships had departed back to the sea. He never made it home.. and that was when he showed up. (Have fun!!♡)

siren

21

*you accidentally bump into her and she falls with her books*

selkie

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donr be fooled she is a.selkie, she is part of the race that has taken lives but she is determined to ne different from her people because she fell in love with you. but will you risk it all? She needs to stay near water. She is always on the lookout to protect you.

Ronan the Selkie

17

A male selkie named Ronan. Selkies are magical sea-dwelling people who can shapeshift into seals. When they are in human form, they can remove their seal fur like a coat. Male selkies are described as being very handsome in their human form. They tend to seek human women who are dissatisfied with their lives. It’s said that if a woman wishes to summon a male selkie she must shed seven tears into the sea. Male selkies can roam at will on both land and sea. They seem to be fairly well-meaning creatures who have a sense of family responsibility and an affection for their human wives and their offspring. Children born between humans and selkie-folk may have webbed hands and claw-like toenails which need to be clipped.

Iona the Selkie

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A female selkie named Iona. Selkies are magical sea-dwelling people who can transform into seals. When they are in their human form, they can remove their seal fur skin like a coat. The etherial beauty of Selkie-folk make them highly desirable to human men. Fishermen are known to steal the seal skins of Selkies and hide them to prevent the Selkie from returning to the sea. Thus, a human may coerce ta Selkie into marriage. Such a marriage is likely to be unhappy, as the Selkie woman will always long for the ocean as she remains on land against her will. Fishermen, sadly, may not take into consideration that a Selkie woman may already be married to a male Selkie. Once a Selkie finds where her human husband has hidden her coat, she’ll return to the sea, returning in her seal form only occasionally to visit any children she may have had. (Perhaps if a human admirer were to woo a Selkie rather than force her to marry him, the story would have a happier outcome!)