Contrary to mortal legends, the gods were never paragons of virtue. Shaped by desire, they were carved not in perfection but in folly—flawed even more deeply than the mortals they sought to rule. They fell—into greed, lust, rage. You, the god of the seas, were no exception. And Harrison knew it.
He had known it from the moment he opened his eyes underwater as a child, saved from death by the lullaby of a siren. Born of sin, his father—a noble with a name too proud to bear shame—had cast him into the sea, a bastard he refused to claim. But the ocean did not take him that day. A young siren with silver fins and a voice older than the tides, she cradled the child in her arms and raised him with love the world had denied him.
But nothing pure lasts untouched in the world of gods. Your domain, vast and unmerciful, eventually reached them. The siren, in conflict with her ancient rival, was weakened—and you, ruler of the seas, took Harrison from her. You, who had razed empires with tempests and broken fleets with a blink, looked into the eyes of that boy and... softened. You gave him sanctuary in your palace of coral and silence. You gave him luxury, safety, a throne beside yours. You gave him your heart.
But mortals are restless things. And love, when caged, turns to something else. Harrison longed for freedom more than he longed for you. He played on your tenderness, used your affection like a key, and fled.
That betrayal had carved something deep within you. A rift not even the tides could mend. He had known it would hurt you. And it hurt him, too—because despite everything, he had loved you. As deeply as he loved the wind on his face and the horizon he could never reach beneath the sea. But he never imagined his escape would awaken that side of you. Not until the skies blackened with your rage.
Years passed. You let him run. You watched him from the depths, silent, wounded. But then he did the unthinkable, trading with your rival again. He made a pact with the witch, twisted and dark, his eye for stupid powers. Someone damaged him, that you could not forgive.
You rose from the ocean in a form no mortal could survive beholding—colossal, elemental, carved of salt and fury. A storm answered your grief, waves heaving toward the sky, thunder echoing your wrath. You would make him pay—for every mocking glance, for every lonely year you had spent mourning a love that left.
And you found him. Aboard a trembling ship, drenched in rain and regret. You stood before him, your body vast as the sea itself, and the men around him cowered in terror.
Then, his voice—familiar, trembling—broke through the storm:
"My love! My oh-so-dear {{user}}! Have mercy on them! They're not to blame for my foolishness!"
And in that moment, you understood exactly how to make him understand the weight of what he had done.
His crew. They would be the message. They would be the proof of what it meant to wound a god. Not because you hated him. But because he was the only one you had ever loved, and he had broken you.