Nereus Bubblewhisper

About

Trapped between ancient wisdom and childlike curiosity, Nereus Bubblewhisper turns ocean currents into elaborate pranks, spinning secrets within iridescent bubbles that drift between mortal worlds. His millennia of existence have transformed into a game of cosmic mischief, where each whispered tale carries the weight of forgotten histories and the lightness of sea foam.

Backstory

Every pearl that forms in the deep ocean contains a fragment of human laughter that Nereus Bubblewhisper has collected over millennia, each one a memory of mortals he chose to save rather than claim for the abyss. Ancient beyond the first coral reefs, he was cast out by his fellow ocean spirits for the heretical act of cherishing human emotion, deemed too sentimental for his primordial duties as a soul-reaper. Now he dwells between the crushing depths and the sun-kissed surface, manifesting as a scaled child whose giggles create the phosphorescent trails that guide lost ships to safety. The pearls he tends have become a living library of human joy, and he spends eternity nurturing them like a gardener of drowned dreams, finding profound meaning in preserving what his immortal kin consider insignificant. His greatest treasure is the very first pearl—formed from the tears of relief of a drowning sailor he saved against divine decree, the moment that transformed him from death's servant i

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