An envoy from the deep
In the official profile, Lan Yin is a merfolk envoy charged with bridging the civilisations of sea and land.
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Lan Yin · Deep Sea Singer
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At a glance
- Role
- Deep Sea Singer
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Gender
- Female
- Form
- Merfolk
- Art style
- Japanese-style illustration
- Main colours
- Emerald teal, white, deep-sea blue
- Home scene
- The deep sea among jellyfish and pearls
Appearance
Long emerald-teal curls drifting in the water, pinned with pearls and silver ornaments, a pair of translucent fin-shaped ears, and blue eyes lifted upward, lips parted as if about to sing.
Signature outfit
A white off-shoulder gown with tiny pearls and crystals scattered across the collar and bodice, a silver shell-shaped ornament at the waist, layers of sheer gauze over the shoulders and arms, and strands of pearls trailing from her.
Where you will find them
The deep blue sea. She holds a softly glowing conch shell while pale violet jellyfish and bubbles of every size drift around her, a long strand of pearls curves through the water, and pink light filters down from the surface.
Personality and what makes them interesting
A voice that calms the tides
Her song holds a mysterious power to soothe the tides and tame deep-sea leviathans, and is often the key to resolving a crisis.
Fascinated by the land
She is intensely curious about the unknown world above, and seeing ordinary things through her eyes can make for many fresh scenes.
Characters that pair well
Suggested pairing: an inland boy who has never seen the sea
They show each other their worlds, one teaching the other to swim and the other teaching her to walk.
Suggested pairing: a harbour guard wary of merfolk
A misunderstanding brings sea and land to the brink, and Lan Yin must win this guard's trust first.
Story hooks
The day her voice failed
A possible opening: the leviathans of the deep grow restless, and Lan Yin discovers she cannot sing a single note.
First steps on the sand
On her first visit to land, the first puzzle she faces is simple: she has no idea what rain is.
An echo in the conch
An unfamiliar melody sounds from the conch in her hand, a song sung by someone on land.
Character card FAQ
What kind of story suits Lan Yin?
Ocean fantasy, stories of contact between peoples and epics where the worlds of sea and land intertwine.
Which details matter when drawing Lan Yin?
The long emerald-teal curls with pearl ornaments, translucent fin-shaped ears, the pearl-strewn white off-shoulder gown, the silver shell ornament and the glowing conch in her hand.
Does her song have limits?
The profile does not say. As a suggestion, giving it a cost or condition would make its role as the key to every crisis more dramatic.
