the mermaid

”even with the snow clouding them both, he could see that she was beautiful...”

--ramesses, by ebony

Huā was born by the sea and raised by her parents for only a short amount of time. However, she was passed to her aunt in the forest by the beach when food got scarce on the shore, and her parents disappeared. She and her two sisters got along well with older cousins. Unfortunately when her aunt died, her male cousin moved them to the beach once again, into a cave by the shore. He became controlling and threatening and began to [TW:r*pe] sexually sell out Huā and her sisters to lone wolves for a month or two with the help of his friends, among many other women, before Huā escaped and ran away with her sisters. Eventually she left her sisters further south along the coasts, as her spirit pulled her north, though she kept them in her heart. After a short time in the Wilds, her sisters followed her, leading to a joyful reunion. However, a need to join a pack for the winter caused tension between the girls, who each had differing opinions on the matter. Eventually Huā dragged herself to Rusalka with the persuasion of Ying, though she continued to take frequent vacations to the beach. After Ying's several challenges and Huā's absences, the girls are made to submit by Rosalyn and Erzulie. However, things heated up when the sisters argued, and soon the trio was made to leave. Ying left her sisters to spend time alone, while Mei and Huā headed to Wheeling Gull Isle and decided to set up camp. Eventually Ying returned, and one by one relatives began to arrive. Wary of numbers, Huā begins to recruit foreigners to bolster the ranks. Word of Ying's creation of the army Junshi comes to her through an indirect source while traveling- at this time she also meets Mal and Dacio, both of whom she has sex with. Upon her return home, she and Ying confront eachother about their perceived mistakes- but soon they make up. Huā promotes Ying to empress, creating a temporary hour of peace. In this time she is betrothed to Atausiq, the son of Greyback. The peace is temporary, though, as her sister gets amnesia after falling in a river, causing Huā to promote Atausiq in her absence. Huā gives birth to the children of Mal and Dacio- Xiaoqing, Haoming, Nüwu, and Luli- the day after Ying dissapears from the wilds. Atausiq travels to Easthollow to deliver news of his family, but upon his return home is taken by the sea. Experiencing such loss in short time is a struggle for her, but she distracts herself with the care of her new children and her suddenly-large pack.