It was many years ago when Virgil started his learning on the merpeople. It began when he was on a fishing boat with his eight year old nephew, Trellis. The boy loved to learn and his father was grateful for his brother being his teacher. If Trellis is going to be a stonekeeper and the king of the elves one day, then he needs someone to guide him to becoming that. After a full week of learning about Alledian history, his uncle believed that his nephew deserved a little break. Virgil chuckled a bit as Trellis's eyes were wide with wonder at the ocean life below. "Uncle Virgil, why doesn't brother want to come with us?" The boy elf asked his relative.

"I'm afraid your brother has a distaste for fish and doesn't like the salty smell of the sea. He prefers staying at home than being on the water." The uncle explained as he got out his fishing kit, unaware that a pare of eyes were watching him. Hours ticked by as the two caught many fish together and having a wonderful time. "Well done, Trellis. You are learning fast for your age. You will make a fine stonekeeper, one day." The elder elf grinned at his nephew gently as they strung up their fish with a rope and tied to the boat.

Before they return to the docks, the ship suddenly stops. The two turned to see that the fish were panicking. Virgil rushed to the back of he ship to see that there were blood in the water and missing fish bodies. "What's going on, uncle?" Young Trellis asked his relative in worry. "Trellis step back, I think we have..." Suddenly a sea creature appeared from the water and landed on the deck.

"Merman." Virgil breathed as the finned creature looked at him with slit eyes. The merman eyes had a hazel hair and beard with amethysts eyes. His aquatic body was dark ruby, koi like, with long sharp quills. He was an impressive and deadly sea creature. Virgil slowly made his way to the emergency harpoon as the beast kept his eyes on the elder elf. The frightened elf boy stepped back from the merman as the blood was attracting the predictors of the deep, sharks.

Virgil grabbed a holder rack and the large male made a large hissed. His sonars folded in anger and then open them when he heard Trellis screaming and something falling into the sea. "Trellis!" The elder elf screamed in fright. "Uncle Virgil help!" The young boy screamed as the sharks were closing in on him. He'd tried to keep his head above water, only to see that the creatures that hunger for blood were ready for the kill.

But as Trellis thought he was going to die, the very same merman that attack them, was attacking the sharks. The koi like creature used his spike tail to flip the boy back on the ship, only leaving a cut on his eye, unconscious. The uncle ran towards to his nephew, then leaned towards the ship to see that the merman was defending the sharks, chasing them off.

When the sharks retreated the eyes of the elder elf and the merman made eye contact for a very long time. The sea creature then heard something that sparked his interests and dived quickly back into the ocean. If merpeople were mindless creatures, then why save his beloved nephew? Why defend them from the sharks? This sparked Virgil to begin his study if the merpeople and their aquatic life.

When Virgil wasn't teaching Trellis and Luger or spending time with his family, he was studying the merpeople. His research lead to a halt and he could get enough information on them.


It was a year later that the merman that saved his nephew and the uncle crossed paths once more. While down at the cove to find seashells for his and Trellis' collection, he found the merman injured by a fishing hook in his side. It was bleeding and the merman did not dared to get closer to the two-fins. When Virgil tried to help him, his quills are unleashed just in case for an attack and he hisses. It took a long time for the injured merman to sleep and for the elder elf to help him with his wounds. He manged to stop the bleeding and clear out the infections.

After that day, it started a friendship. The both of them learned a lot of each other. Once the merman was fully healed, he would often return, Virgil could give him some salmon and the elder elf would study about the creature. One day, after the merman returned for his daily meet, he'd pushed Virgil gently behind the rocks. As the researcher wondered why, he spotted a young mermaid, probably about two years younger than his nephew Trellis. She had beautiful red hair, the same eyes as the merman and the same koi red fish body, but a brighter red.

The young mermaid chirped and chirped until the merman wobbled to the shallow part of the water and nuzzled her small head with his. She must be his daughter. It's very rare to see a guppy. I wonder why she's here. Virgil thought as the merman chirped and gave the daughter his part of the fish. The guppy purred as she finished her fish. Virgil drew the young guppy and took notes on what she and her father did. After a whole day of the two spending time together, Virgil could understand enough that the merman urge his daughter to wait outside the cove for a moment. Virgil came out after the guppy left. The merman chirped farewell and dived into the water with his daughter.


With a few years, it had seemed the understanding of the Merpeople and his friendship with the merman that saved his nephew was wonderful. But then a horrible beast invaded the sea. The merman was able to save the elder elf and attack the 'Voice' the monster of the sea. He was killed in order for pack to escape. Virgil never saw another merperson since. The creature was so destructive that the council was trying to defeat it. But when everything seems hopeless, the was still a faint chance.