Mermay '22 - 'Siren'

The great city  of Ker-Ys was the jewel of the North, a powerful city where the Bediz  and the Fae lived together, achieving great things.  But treachery and  hate brought destruction to the Beacon City, and a great storm sank it  beneath the waves.  Only Ahes Dahut, the Princess of Kernev, remained,  trapped by a powerful curse in the form of a mermaid in the silent city  beneath the waves.  Driven by her loneliness, Ahes sought to recreate  the spell that cursed her, transforming other lonely souls into  mermaids, rebuilding her city and her family.

A  traveling troubadour in search of inspiration, Clemence d'Auvergne  traveled all across Kornôgel, before finding a muse and an audience in  the lonely queen of Ys-Beneath-the-Waves.  Clemence joined Ahes in her  underwater home, becoming the court musician of the sunken city,  collecting, preserving the songs of those who pass through its gates.

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This  year, I'm going to try the Mermay challenge once more with more  pictures of the Marie-Morgane of Ys-Beneath-the-Waves, from my fantasy  series Kroashent, inspired by the folklore and history of Brittany.   Clemence is one of the first Marie-Morgane I drew and takes up a special  place for me.  The prompt siren, is an interesting one.  As many know,  the Sirens of the Odyssey are half-bird creatures, but the popular  interpretation often links them with mermaids.  One of the reasons for  this is the Marie-Morgane of Brittany, one of, or perhaps the,  archetypal folkloric merfolk whose enchanting songs lure sailors to the  waters, where they vanish beneath the waves.

Alternate Version on Patreon

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2019 - Tails of Ys (Meet the Marie-Morgane!): https://www.deviantart.com/kathalia/gallery/69216503/tails-of-ys

2020 - Return to Ys: https://www.deviantart.com/kathalia/gallery/73258197/return-to-ys-mermay-2020

2022 (Previous): https://www.deviantart.com/kathalia/art/Mermay-22-Worker-915085053

More Clemence:

https://www.deviantart.com/kathalia/art/Mermay-2019-The-Bard-Clemence-d-Auvergne-1-796508494

https://www.deviantart.com/kathalia/art/Mermay-2019-The-Bard-Clemence-d-Auvergne-2-796635624

https://www.deviantart.com/kathalia/art/The-Tail-of-Clemence-d-Auvergne-Bard-Mermay19-796636201

https://www.deviantart.com/kathalia/art/Mermay-2020-Return-to-Ys-Beneath-The-Waves-840557655

https://www.deviantart.com/kathalia/art/Mermay-3-The-Oceansong-Part-II-840784148

https://www.deviantart.com/kathalia/art/On-the-Courtship-Valentine-s-Notes-842290681

https://www.deviantart.com/kathalia/art/Mermay-16-The-Morbarzh-842419015

https://www.deviantart.com/kathalia/art/Mermay-23-The-Lamentation-of-Ys-843253370