#tilni

Trying to figure out their size differences

Tichi and Tilni!!! Need to color

Working on some lore for my mermaid story so here: The Sirens are "normal" mermaids, with the random fish tails and normal human upper half. Sometimes they have small patches of scales along their bodies, like Tilni does. They're the highest class, more accepted by humans, and in less danger of being killed out of spite or fear. However they are often kidnapped(fishnapped?) to sing and preform in circuses, bars, etc. They can be sold for a high amount of money. You'd think they'd move away from reefs because of this but they don't, they're weird. Sirens also have beautiful singing voices, all of them. No exceptions. The Shallows/Sunnies(still deciding on a name) are the mermaids with actual, real fish tails. For example, clownfish, dolphins, whales, eels, etc. they're all relatively regular mermaid/human sizes, sometimes the can be a bit smaller or bigger depending on their fish species. They sometimes have colorful markings and more scales on their human torsos. While they look less human they are still widely accepted within the human and Siren communities. Their singing voices depend, some can sing some can't. These mermaids are often kidnapped for money and forced to live usually as pets, objects of decoration due to their exotic appearances. The Abyssals are the group of mermaids who are generally looked down upon and killed for their appearance. Tichi is apart of this group. They usually tend to look more like their fish parts than anything else. Like Tichi, their skin color can be replaced by the color of their scales or their whole body is covered with scales. Sometimes they have find for ears, claws, sharp teeth, etc. The Abyssals often live in the dark, shipwrecks, or drop offs simply so they don't get scorned by the other mermaids or attacked by sailors. Because they interact less with humans, they tend to have difficulty speaking or writing in human languages. If they are kidnapped they can be sold and are usually killed for precious meat, scales, teeth or maybe sometimes kept as pets or guards. FAMILY: Appearances within families can greatly differ(look at tilni and tichi) if one parent is an Abyssal, and another is a Sunnie, the children end up 50/50. The children either inherit more fish like, Abyssal appearances, or more normal appearances. Because of this, mixed families aren't common and usually frowned upon. Children names always sound/are spelled alike. Twins and triplets are common, a batch of one is usually uncommon.

Tichi and tilni are sisters, tichi is a great white shark mermaid, tilni is a regular mermaid