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Story Behind The Fish Companions:
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For the image portion, link me an image of an interesting deep sea fish/creature, real or not : D
End Date Sep 5th

[Glowingsaltshaker]

Username: Kamithewolf15
Character Name: Kor
Gender: Male
Backstory:

On a dark, cold night, on the sandy shores of a beach, lay an egg. It's blue iridecsent shell glistened in the moonlight. Back and forth, it swayed. A loud crack killed the silence. The cracking was so loud, the ocean waves could barely be heard! Small blue little talons broke through the eggshell, then two little eyes, and when the baby serpentine creature emerged, glowing blue tendrils wound themselves around his arms, neck, and body. They didn't seem to bother him. they seemed to be a part of him. Slick goo slimed off of the little creature, and he gleefully rolled around in the sand. The little leviathan slithered into the ocean, which he had just then discovered, and splashed around. He soon gathered the courage to swim deeper into the water. Little fish swarmed around him as he giggled once more, scooping a handful of them up into his talons. the flipped around helplessly in pain. He wailed in gulit, and gently put them back in the water. He wiped the salt out of his eyes, and approached the fish again. They didn't swim away, they bolted away. He cried again, in loneliness and sadness. An albatross spotted a fish in the water, and swooped down, ready for a snack. The little leviathan, after naming himself Kor, dove after the albatross, pinning it down in the water. When the fish realized he had saved them, they swam over to him, trusting him for eternity.
Story Behind The Fish Companions: Kor saved some fish from a hungry albatross, which resolved in friendship.
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[gardog]

Username: gardog

Character Name: Zuul

Gender: Male

Backstory:
Zuul started out as an egg in a clutch of three, submerged underwater, half-floating near some rocks on a beach. One egg became lizard food, while the other just didn't hatch. Zuul, himself, almost became food for a rascally scavenger. If that scavenger hadn't accidentally dropped his egg into a hole in the rocks while trying to carry him away, his story would've ended that night. However, Zuul was lucky enough to be dropped directly into a cave that contained a waterhole sourced directly from the sea.

That's where Zuul hatched as a tiny youngster and lived the first few years of his life, feeding on cave plankton and shrimp. He stayed there until he was too big to stay. At this point in his life, he was around ten feet in length and quickly growing in size, so it was time for him to make his way out into the sea.

At first, he tried to live closer to the surface, but he soon discovered that his eyes just weren't capable of adjusting to the light. So, he traveled downwards towards the depths.

Along the way, he met a lot of other sea life, mostly whales and squid, and he discovered other species of plankton and shrimp that were much better taste-wise than the cave-dwelling ones that he had come to know.

The further down he got, the more strange the creatures seemed to get... yet, to him, it felt like he had just returned home. So, there he stayed and it is where he has stayed to this day.

Story Behind The Fish Companions:
It wasn't until he was visited by a rather unbecoming squid that he realized that he glowed when he was energized/overly stimulated. A lot of the fish, upon seeing his bioluminescence, became drawn-in by his light and he soon also realized that the squid, and fish, seemed mesmerized by the glow and unintentionally frozen in place. It was as if the glow hypnotized them.

When he stopped glowing, the fish would take a while to come back down from whatever spell they seemed to be under and swim around him. From that moment onward, the fish stayed close to him, sometimes picking barnacles off of him, or 'grooming' him, if you will. They would defend him from other creatures that came too close and the whales would hang around him to fight off squids or leave him some meal scraps to eat.

Zuul was never sure caused them to start acting like this, but, wherever he went, they were always somewhere close behind. The whales were the only ones who left on occasion; probably to grab some air or go to breed or hunt. But, without fail, the whales would always return to him, ready with scraps from the supposed meals they enjoyed on the surface.

Without his fish companions, Zuul was certain he wouldn't be as big as he has gotten, but what made them want to stick by him never made sense to him; what was so special about his glow??

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This is a Crabsquid from the game Subnautica

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[The Orphaner]

Username: TheOrphaner
Character Name: (i am very picky on names I need time-)
Gender: They/them
Backstory: A large beastly creature down in the deep depths of the ocean, a peaceful being that chooses to ignore most that could be a threat. it was far too large to be bothered, it was only there to glide through the darkness and gather the souls in it's wake.
Story Behind The Fish Companions: The souls of the mers they come across gather up under it's protection, taking shape of average sea-life. However, if given a closer look, they take the shape of how they looked in life.
Extra: Personally, this would make a perfect creature to add to mine and my partner's world she's been building for 13 years! It would be such an amazing depth to add to the lore <3
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I love sea angels <3

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Username: gardog
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I absolutely loved the backstory you gave this character and the artwork that you drew for him!!! I loved reading it, and I know that you will take good care of this character. If you have a ToyHouse, let me know and I will transfer him to you. Congratulations!!!

[Glowingsaltshaker]

Congratz, Gardog! <33

You may also use the piece of art I made for him, if you credit my toy house Kamithewolf15! <3