#morrowmere

well actually my friend’s boy that I’ve kidnapped and kept in my pocket

Reworked Isyander's Heroforge model after someone in the community (I cannot for the life of me find who the original model maker is, though credit for this rework goes to them) made a Jellyfish Merfolk model.

Vienna and Desi also share their home with Ekon. Ekon is a massive and strange skeletal figure that grows plants out of his body. A small but loud group of people who live outside of the Dark Forest actively warn others about the “Old Farmer” who supposedly haunts the woods and kills people. Ekon is actually just introverted and wants to be left alone to grow stuff. Most people just don’t take the time to talk to him. Ekon is a gay ghost who inhabits a body made from a discarded scarecrow and various plant life as well as a kind and gentle soul.

Vienna is a powerful and ancient magic user, she harness the natural magic of the night and moon to weave spells into existence. She is the oldest living magic user in Morrowmere, the leader of a coven of ancient witches and she is also Desi’s adoptive mother. She is kind and caring, raising them from a young age in their small home within the Dark Forest. She is aware of their murderous tendencies and tries to steer them towards killing morally bad people. She is dyslexic, and also anosmic (can’t smell).

Desi is a young (20-ish) kitsune child. They live in the Dark Forest. They are very kind and cute and friendly, as well as curious. They are close to half the nearby town and seen as a good person. Desi is also a murderer and never goes anywhere without knives. They’re often overlooked or underestimated because of their personality and size, which is something they are aware of and make use of. You could accuse Desi of murder and they would look at you with big side eyes and say “Who me?”. They love flower crowns.

There are two schools of magic in Morrowmere: Verbal and Material.

Material magic utilizes the natural magical energy of Morrowmere. Nearly everything in Morrowmere has magic infusing it and the people of Morrowmere can harness this. Some people use this through channeling the natural power of the elements, harnessing the might of crystals or plants. This magic is most commonly used to make physical objects like magical equipment or potions or the like.

Verbal magic has a greater possibility for power in comparison to Material magic, but also much greater risk. Verbal magic harnesses raw imaginative power in tandem with the infinite might of magic, but to cast it one must speak it into action. Magic can interpret some of it, but the more complex of a result you want, the more complex and specific you must be.

Anyone can do magic, in fact nearly everyone does but to truly wield magic takes a lot of practice and effort. it also takes respect. Magic in Morrowmere is a sentient and powerful entity, one which lives alongside and in symbiosis with the people who inhabit this world. Magic's sentience often leads to quirks developing, like families sharing magic they've figured out eventually turning into an entire family line being exceptional at that type of spell because the magic sought to help them with the thing they did.