#skykeeper

What do you get when you cross a Seraph with a Mermaid? My current favorite Amalgamation! “But Id! why Skykeeper?!” Well, second person to read this post, Marine Maiden, Mer Maiden, Mer Maid, Mermaid. A Skykeeper is the etymological combination of Sky (simple) and Housekeeper (reasons in a bit). they are, as I want to describe it, a mermaid, were the mermaid using the Fishie bit of a Hippocampus, and the human bit and wings of a Seraph Angel (will try to get pics). Because they have the Seraph bits, they are good natured, (https://np.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2mjhz9/what_would_happen_if_an_intelligent_greatsword/cm4xnl6/) (Sorta like this Paladin’s Greatsword. Maternal, kind, not forceful but persistent), but feel free to play on the alignment! If you too enjoy Jim Butcher’s “Dresden Files”, and are far enough, ask yourself why angels fell in that book, and how if theres no free will. Play with these ideas, angels don’t need to be 100% of good or bad! Now, in the RP I’m running, which is heavily inspired from Dresden (why I say inspired and not ripped is because I changed the fact that magic is hidden, its a public thing, regulated like anything else, might add that to the ideas list but felt the need to share that), assumes that theres a separate world from our own, in Dresden it’s the Nevernever but you can make it anything you like (say a fictional place like The Flip, The Cultural Heart, Detroit), or maybe they were made for a specific jurisdiction, the oceans, where theres a lot of air and water but no land. But back to where my Head Canon! Skykeepers, in the Arcs/RPs/ whatever I use them for (and again, you can use them for anything, this is just me) are beings made from the thoughts of children. Merfolk know what angels are, and they might tell their kids, but they’re kids. They don’t know what the parents mean fully. so Skykeepers are mermaid children angels! It spreads to a pop cultural level, creating a culture for it and the Skykeepers are made, not at all made for Judeo Christian God, so they feel a strong need to protect the kids. Not because the children made them, its because a child imagination is strong, and can be anything; can make beautiful chaotic scribbles that may one day become the next Superhero, or, maybe they can cure cancer. Skykeepers, because they are made by children, look paternal or maternal. And in my canon, they carry little toys for the children, because when done protecting, the child may need someone to calm them down and look for their parents. Thats what I have for Skykeepers, Guardians of Children, meant to protect them for they are the future! Hippocampus, I like the fins because they can flip between sky and water rather well aesthetically. Feel free to make changes depending on locations or corruption