"I still haven't grown my gills, but I no longer feel anxious about it. Keeper, I'll be your shield, and protect you with my fins."

Warning: The path ahead is full of drowning and begging for money, May the Silver Key Illuminate Your Path.

Basic Information:

Name: Caecus

Gender: Male

Birthday: Nov 11th

Height: 5'5"

Weight: 114.6lbs

Gnostic Index: 21

Faction: Lemuria

Story:

'He is always scowling, always drifting along the lakeshore alone. Bit by bit the students have taken to calling that stretch of water "the gloomy half-Deep One's territory." So he comes every day and patrols it, solemn as any lord. When he throws himself in, the churning bubbles wrap around him gently; down there, the jeering from the bank is hard to make out.'

A human born with a faint Seafarer bloodline, hailing from the ancient House of Ornn. This family once suffered a disease wherein some members would gradually transform into hideous monsters after reaching adulthood, ultimately dying in agony; his father, unable to bear the mutation, committed shortly after his birth.

Growing up under his mother's disdain and peers' bullying, he became dark and reclusive in personality.

At sixteen, upon discovering obscure references to the family's noble bloodline in his uncle's remaining manuscripts, he attained a sense of spiritual victory, spending each day fantasizing about one day gaining transcendent power, interpreting others' cruelty as trials destined for a chosen one, eagerly anticipating the day they would grovel before him.

Upon reaching adulthood, he hid in a cave to undergo metamorphosis, yet remained stuck halfway between human and fish, and was shrieked at and driven away by his mother, unable to return home.
In the end, he leapt into the sea in desperate search of his kin, only to drown due to underdeveloped gills.

Around Tulu, Myriam, Goliath and their like he is nothing but humble; every other race—humans above all—gets a dark, unfriendly look. The researchers who have read his file understand where the bitterness comes from.

His disdain for humans is warranted for the past he's lived until now.

(Art by @Gumseoi)

"Only a seaborne body can bear such supreme power. You must envy me, huh? It’s not your fault for being a frail human; just come to terms with it."

-Caecus