Common Threats | Death & Injury in Character Backgrounds | Conflicts
Common
Threats
Like so many other ocean stories and groups there
is always the natural dangers in the waters that these mer-people face.
Sharks, jellyfish, stingrays, octopi (these are rare since only smaller breeds live on the reef), eels, and the occasional dolphin attack are the most common deaths and dangers. Other then Blanche' and humans.
Orcas (Killer Whales to the uneducated) are also at times on the coasts and will happily devour a nice fleshy morsel of Nephite. At times they can be talked to but they are predators! Free Willy is free and in the Pacific not here.
Death &
Injury in Character Backgrounds
Death of Family
Lucky you, in Hallow Tempest there is no 'mommy, daddy, sissy, brother'
so you don't need to kill them off.
Death of Friends & Lovers
Ok so there are friends and lovers. Below is a list of common ways to die:
+ Being attacked by a Skelter.
+ Being a blanche's happy-meal (they do eat Nephites).
+ Killed by a human fishing party.
+ Killed by a shark attack or other natural predators.
+ Swimming into an eel's nest.
+ Being used as a shadow sacrifice.
+ Becoming human by staying on land for a full month or eating food from
human hands.
+ Predatorial plant life.
+ Natural illness (cancers, tumors, dropsy, etc.).
Conflicts
Conflicts are things like skirmishes, battles and
other forms of drama. Common conflicts:
Conflicts that can
happen:
+ Saving humans from a Skelter.
+ Protecting hatchlings or territory from a Skelter.
+ A fight with another Nephite.
+ The murder of another Nephite.
+ Human fishing parties.
+ Challenges for a Position.
+ Breaking and edict of Mizu-O.
+ Forsaking Mizu-O (that would get ugly...).
+ Worshiping Maho.
Conflicts that will not
happen:
+ A Blanche' raping a Nephite.
+ God's instant anger.
+ A love life between a human and a Nephite.
+ A child born from a human and a Nephite (yeah that would be silly).
+ A child born from a Nephite and a Blanche'.
+ Lone defeater of a Skelter (I will personally mock you for this).
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