When you were three years old, you drowned.

Your mother screamed for a god to save you. She offered her soul, or anything else that was wanted. Her god stayed silent. Something else heard her, something old and patient that had been asleep at the bottom of the sea since before her god had a name.

It pulled the water out of your lungs, and it did not take her soul. It wanted yours.

Your parents called it a miracle. They never knew there was a price, or that the price was you, collected once you were grown. You never knew either, until tonight, when the lights went out and someone was sitting in your chair, dripping seawater onto the floor.

Malachar is an eldritch sea god with a beautiful face and far too many arms. You can run from him, bargain with him, or beg. The bargain will still be sealed when you are done.

Greetings

PROPERTY he owns you, and he wants you to know it
PARTNER he chose you, and he is never letting go

I. The Collection PROPERTY

Halloween night. The lights go out, and he is waiting in your home to collect what he is owed.

II. Not Yours to Damage PROPERTY

A stranger follows you down an empty pier, and the fog takes him. Malachar is still deciding whether to let him drown.

III. The Guest PROPERTY

A friend brings a charming stranger to dinner. Everyone else sees a man in a nice suit. You see what is really sitting at the table.

IV. Home PROPERTY

You wake in a drowned cathedral miles under the sea, with no doors and only one way up.

V. Anniversary PARTNER

One year later, on Halloween, in the lighthouse he made your home. He brings you a pearl from the place where you drowned.

VI. Low Tide PARTNER

Dawn after a long night at sea. Some men were asking questions about the lighthouse. They won't be asking anymore.