Merfolk

You grew up under the sea within one of the many towns and cities that dot the ocean floor. While different, Merfolk culture and living mirrors that of the surface world. Years of persecution drove them under and left their memory to fade to legend of those on the surface. The existence of Merfolk is a closely guarded secret.

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I love to collect things. It doesn't matter what it is. I just love to have things I find interesting.
2	I love to learn how things work. It often distracts me from what I am doing.
3	I am often told I need to keep my fins under the water instead of my head in the clouds.
4	I am absolutely terrified of heights. Under the ocean there is no chance of falling. You can just swim down.
5	I am often impatient with how long and how much effort it takes to walk places. Swimming is so much more efficient.
6	While similar the Merfolk culture is different from the Above World cultures. I want to learn everything they know.
7	I have only ever been amongst my own people. The cultures and ways of the above world confuse me.
8	I am a vegeterian. Fish are friends not food. Sometimes I get very emotional when thinking of the family that fish might have had.

d6	Ideal
1	Curiosity. I have always longed to learn about the Above World. Now that I'm here I want to see everything. (Chaotic)
2	Revenge. The Above World has forced us into isolation. They will pay for this in some way. (Evil)
3	Knowledge. I dont understand how my people can hate the Above World so much. Their cultures are so interesting. I want to trade knowledge with them. (Any)
4	Friendship. I have only ever known my own people. I want to meet and befriend as many different and new people as I can. (Good)
5	Secrecy. Our people have decided to remain secret from the world for a reason. That secret must be protected at all costs. (Lawful)
6	Protection. My family is the most important thing to me. I will protect them at all costs. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	The Above World is the reason my people went into hiding. I want to learn as much as I can about them.
2	I love my family. But they will never understand me and my fascination of the Above World.
3	Everything I do is to ensure the safety of my people.
4	My cousin left to explore near the surface a year ago and hasn't returned. I will not stop until I find them.
5	I once saved a sailor from drowning. They were the most beautiful person I have ever seen. I want to find them and get to know them.
6	A merfolks song is one of the most beautiful sounds in the world. I want the world to remember the sound forever.

d6	Flaw
1	I am often distracted by new things that I know nothing about.
2	I am terrified that the stories about the Above World are true and have trouble trusting anyone from there.
3	Being unfamiliar with Above World social etiquette I often am oblivious to how things work there.
4	I often feel the urge to take things if I find them interesting and sometimes it's too much to resist.
5	I sometimes forget that in the Above World air works different than water and drop items expecting them to float.
6	I am easily angered when people are rude or harmful towards the ocean and its inhabitants.