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The Armorican Peninsula is a strange and wondrous place, a mist-shrouded land full of magic and mystery, where the mortal realm of Bedouar and the timeless vastness of Faerie coexist side by side, the great veil ripped apart by uncontrollable magic, causing time and space to collapse into disarray. Unearthly fog rolls in, cutting off travelers from where they came and pure magical chaos rolls across the region in great storms. Fortune can be found in the borders of Faerie to the brave and the lucky, death for the foolish.

The treacherous coast of the region, the Ar Mor Bras, is no stranger to these twists of fate, home to the lost city of Ys-Beneath-the-Waves and its accursed princess, Ahes Dahut. Throughout the ages, some individuals find themselves caught in the whirlpool of magic surrounding this mystical site, and are drawn in by the phantom bells of the sunken city and the enchanting, enticing song of those trapped by its curse....

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Back in 2019, I launched a special series for Mermay, an art project to develop a small, but important part of the lore of Alvez, the world of Kroashent. The Marie-Morgane of Ys-Beneath-the-Waves are one of several merfolk races of the world. For this project, I decided to "adapt" each of the Dungeons and Dragons Character Classes into a character as they may appear in Alvez, then transform these characters into mermaids with art and short stories! Since then, I've been working hard on developing the world and the characters who live, there, even writing an ongoing novella, Kroashent: Bal des Loups, which you can read the first 3 chapters right now, for free! A lot has changed as I worked and some of the art and stories seemed like they could use an update!

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The last of the original Marie-Morgane from 2019 was Ghyslaine, the Wizard (called a Similherez in Alvez). Poor Ghyslaine never quite got a story of her own, which is a shame I hope to correct one day, but I'll share some BtS details to try and make up for it.

Ghyslaine is an oddity among the Daughters of Ys, because, while most are willing and understanding of the Oceansong, few seek it out outright. Ghyslaine, a formally trained spellcaster, is an exception to that, eager to pay the price for the magical power and knowledge it brings. She's regarded as something of an eccentric among the Marie-Morgane.

Ghyslaine is actually directly inspired by a Breton Fairy Tale, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok (La Groac’h de l’Île du Lok) collected in folklorist Émile Souvestre in the 1844 Le Foyer Breton. In the story, a young man seeking his fortune runs afoul of the eponymous Groac'h (Alternatively a mermaid, a fairy or a witch, depending on whom you ask). With the lad ensnared by the witch's transformative spell, it falls on his girlfriend to brave a series of appropriately fairy tale challenges involving convenient magical artifacts, acts of kindness, and a bit of crossdressing, to ultimately face and defeat the Groac'h and live happily ever after. Initially, and partially the reason that neither Adele nor Ghyslaine received a proper story, was that I planned (and still do) to adapt this folktale directly, with Fleur, Adele and Ghyslaine playing the roles, but with some new twists and turns left out of the original. Ghyslaine is still referred to as La Groac’h de l’Île du Lok, a title she wears with pride.

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See Ghyslaine's original design here: www.deviantart.com/kathalia/ar…

Description
The Armorican Peninsula is a strange and wondrous place, a mist-shrouded land full of magic and mystery, where the mortal realm of Bedouar and the timeless vastness of Faerie coexist side by side, the great veil ripped apart by uncontrollable magic, causing time and space to collapse into disarray. Unearthly fog rolls in, cutting off travelers from where they came and pure magical chaos rolls across the region in great storms. Fortune can be found in the borders of Faerie to the brave and the lucky, death for the foolish.

The treacherous coast of the region, the Ar Mor Bras, is no stranger to these twists of fate, home to the lost city of Ys-Beneath-the-Waves and its accursed princess, Ahes Dahut. Throughout the ages, some individuals find themselves caught in the whirlpool of magic surrounding this mystical site, and are drawn in by the phantom bells of the sunken city and the enchanting, enticing song of those trapped by its curse....

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Back in 2019, I launched a special series for Mermay, an art project to develop a small, but important part of the lore of Alvez, the world of Kroashent. The Marie-Morgane of Ys-Beneath-the-Waves are one of several merfolk races of the world. For this project, I decided to "adapt" each of the Dungeons and Dragons Character Classes into a character as they may appear in Alvez, then transform these characters into mermaids with art and short stories! Since then, I've been working hard on developing the world and the characters who live, there, even writing an ongoing novella, Kroashent: Bal des Loups, which you can read the first 3 chapters right now, for free! A lot has changed as I worked and some of the art and stories seemed like they could use an update!

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The last of the original Marie-Morgane from 2019 was Ghyslaine, the Wizard (called a Similherez in Alvez). Poor Ghyslaine never quite got a story of her own, which is a shame I hope to correct one day, but I'll share some BtS details to try and make up for it.

Ghyslaine is an oddity among the Daughters of Ys, because, while most are willing and understanding of the Oceansong, few seek it out outright. Ghyslaine, a formally trained spellcaster, is an exception to that, eager to pay the price for the magical power and knowledge it brings. She's regarded as something of an eccentric among the Marie-Morgane.

Ghyslaine is actually directly inspired by a Breton Fairy Tale, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok (La Groac’h de l’Île du Lok) collected in folklorist Émile Souvestre in the 1844 Le Foyer Breton. In the story, a young man seeking his fortune runs afoul of the eponymous Groac'h (Alternatively a mermaid, a fairy or a witch, depending on whom you ask). With the lad ensnared by the witch's transformative spell, it falls on his girlfriend to brave a series of appropriately fairy tale challenges involving convenient magical artifacts, acts of kindness, and a bit of crossdressing, to ultimately face and defeat the Groac'h and live happily ever after. Initially, and partially the reason that neither Adele nor Ghyslaine received a proper story, was that I planned (and still do) to adapt this folktale directly, with Fleur, Adele and Ghyslaine playing the roles, but with some new twists and turns left out of the original. Ghyslaine is still referred to as La Groac’h de l’Île du Lok, a title she wears with pride.

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See Ghyslaine's original design here: www.deviantart.com/kathalia/ar…