Shisen Sura was born to a strange clan of merfolk in the northern waters of the steaming sea during an intense storm the likes of which have not been seen in centuries. While most merfolk had the fins of various fish this clan had the fins of the famous whales of the north. Larger and stronger tail fins granted them greater strength but at the price of speed, as such the clan was known to breed exceptionally powerful warriors and hunters. Even the weakest among them were large and powerful by the standards of their own people. Yet Shisen was born of average size and physical weakness. He had a strange serpentine tail rather then the whale tail of his people as well as lacked their sheer brawn and thick corded muscles. To add insult to their clan he excelled in agility and bore a powerful personality that charmed those he spoke with. Considering these childish traits that would fade in time, forcing him to find a proper place for his weakness in the clan they allowed it with quiet fury.
During one of the many hunts, Shisen as usual was assigned to the rear, despite his greater speed and agility. It was then that they came under attack from a pack of Sahuagin. The hunting party showing no fear went blow for blow with their enemy. While Shisen made use of his crossbow from a distance, his tactics did not go unnoticed. A savage warrior sahuagin struck him with his trident, skewing the young merman, yet as fear and pain flooded his senses, another distant feeling came boiling forth. Twin voices of primal power raged at the insult of such an attack against them. Blood rushing through out his body was all that Shisen could hear, as the sahuagin suddenly shrank back from it's target. Stretching out his hand, colors of every kind spewed forward and over his attacker, the beast with in growled in satisfaction. The battle was won but it was far from over for Shisen as his clansmen saw what had transpired. In sort order the rest of the clan found out that their was something different about him. It started slowly that they changed how they treated him, his weakness had always been a point of annoyance and shame for the clan but now with this unknown power they only built upon their resentment.
Before long Shisen found himself all but exiled from his own people and home, his blood called for more as did he. In the end he left his clan for the southern waters. To a new and free world so he thought, taking unknown underwater passage on a merchants ship towards the south. The ship happened to be attacked by pirates and as Shisen watched below the waves he knew he had found the life for him. One where you made your own place and it mattered not how you went about it. Again he unknowingly took passage below the ship, as well as taking some lost loot, until it made port at a pirate haven known as Port Peril. During that time he learned of Besmara, goddess of piracy and sea monsters. Feeling a certain kinship with the views and philosophy of the pirate queen he became a worshipper of her. Feeling that if he were some sort of monster and proved to be a pirate she would be an idle benefactor among the divine.
Description:
Ht: 7'1"
Wt: 190 lbs
Age: 17
Hair: Fins and Frills
Eyes: Green
Skin: Upper Torso Light Bluish, Lower Torso and Tail Scaly Dark Bluish and Green
Shisen towers over most humanoids but tends to adjust his lower body to fall to their height range, at times doing the opposite to large beings in order to close the gap. Strange even by merfolk standards his body seems to be in the midst of an ongoing change brought on by the unknown blood with in. His once pure blue scales have gained a green hue upon his unique tail. While for the moment his upper body skin remains light blue as do his head frills and body fins.
Like most merfolk Shisen does not restrict his movements with unneeded clothes and accessories. Favoring clothes only for his upper half that allow a wide range of movements and are of use underwater.
