The Beginning(Gluttony's Maw Vs. Delphina [Pekeo District])

[Bluebird]

In the absence of any triumphant leadership force, Ria, Maliyah and Melionette not gracing those seaweed-strewn sandbanks for a time, you would think Nereides would slink into quietude as though a gently ebbing sea.

And yet, it is not answerless to the cries in the distance, for while Sirenia come from the deepest sea, the longest valleys and the most beautiful houses of sprawling coral, Delphina was it's home - just like the ocean in of itself! Crafted by Maliyah's toil, the High Priestess of Yama - it, as an extension of Dal'thala - owes it much and more.

While diminutive in it's dominion, many Sirenia begin to prepare their arms. Tridents are poised, polished and sharpened - weighted, barbed, classic and ceremonial. Like Yama in his steadfast defence of the ocean's vastness, they would defend the place that has offered for countless years the warm hearth of protection and homeliness.

And from atop a certain mermaid statue that lie within it's eastbound plaza, a small child wearing a hat reminiscent of a seal makes an announcement to the crowd:

"Um... M-Miss Melionette isn't here to give an official response...
B-but, I think she would... approve of what I want to say, um...

C-Camino can be scary sometimes-- really scary. But he.. he has a good heart. I'm sure he had his r-reasons.
A-and thanks to his kindness in helping th-the High Priestess of Yama, and M-Meli'li, our kind had a place above Dal'thala long b-before we had The Traverse...
A-and...

Nereides will... help defend, should it come to it."

Onlookers note that a giant whale child is standing behind the smaller selkie, looking confused and scared. A few of the other Sirenian children that Melionette had taken in seem to stand at the smaller selkies' side. War is no place for children, however, despite the official claim of Nereides rising in defense of the Pekeo District.

Regardless, many of the older Sirenia that call Nereides home will war in their stead.

[NEREIDES COMES TO DEFEND]