Mermaid (Wytchwood)

"Sister of the sea, daughter to none."

- Witch Eye description

The Mermaid is a character from the game Wytchwood.

Biography
One night, during a terrible storm, a handsome young sailor was swept overboard. As he sank below, the Mermaid caught sight of him and rescued him. She brought him to the shore beneath a lighthouse. The two fell in love but could never be together. He had feet while she had fins. They parted ways but made a promise to each other and the Mermaid gifted him a special conch shell. Whenever the sailor missed her, they would blow into the conch and wherever the Mermaid was in the world, she would hear and they would meet beneath the lighthouse.

Many years passed and the sailor eventually passed. The conch was left, forgotten in the old lighthouse and his story became a fable. One captain was very fond of the legend and would eagerly tell it to any who listened. One such listener was his first mate, the Fish. The Fish was intrigued by the tale and yearned to have the conch. He believed the Mermaid would fall in love with him. In the dark of the night, the Fish gathered all crew members loyal to him and staged a mutiny. The captain and all sailors loyal to him were thrown overboard. The same Mermaid from the legend spotted the captain as he sank but a great leviathan swallowed him before she could intervene.

The Fish, now captain, returned to the village, where he promised first access to the next big currency, sand dollars, to any person who brought him conch shells. The Witch, sent into the world to fulfill a dark bargain, journeyed into the dock in search of a dark soul, the Fish himself. She met the fallen captain’s grieving daughter who begged the Witch to help her find her father. After hearing the legend of the Mermaid, the Witch visited the lighthouse where the sailor once lived. With a spell, she unsealed the door to find it flooded with sea water and watched as it disappeared into the depths of a small golden conch.

The Witch blew into the shell and it released a great melody that stilled the sea into tranquility. The Mermaid surfaced, singing with joy and sorrow. She thanked the Witch for the chance to relive sweet memories of her time with her sailor and offered a boon. She revealed the captain’s circumstances and revealed where the leviathan lived. She told her to keep the conch and blow it when she reached and idol in the bay. True to her word, when the Witch blew once more, the Mermaid sent the tide out and away, revealing the entrance to the leviathan’s lair.