Merana

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Merana (mer-AH-nah) is a sea witch located on an island in Subeta only available to those who have a completed Uncharted Land Map. Sending Subetans on errands to retrieve certain spell reagents, Merana promises to bless their pet as a reward.

Biography

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In years past, Merana was a beautiful Subetan woman, and a powerful practitioner of black magic. Quite infatuated with her own beauty and grace, she found it impossible to believe that anyone could resist her will, and regularly punished those who did.

The Goddess Shinwa saw her actions, and realized that Merana's natural jealousy and vanity had twisted her and made her a monster within. In order to spare the innocent from her wrath, Shinwa banished her to the Omen Islands. Once brought to the islands, Shinwa realized that the native population would not be spared, and so she told Merana tales of their Guardian Beast, a creature that lived at the top of the nearby mountain.

Merana, furious at her banishment and at the Goddess' words, attacked Shinwa with her strongest magic. Shinwa deflected it back onto her, and in that instant Merana was changed into her current serpentine form, her own magic used against her. Before leaving, Shinwa placed a magical seal on the islands to prevent Merana from straying far from the island coasts.

Outraged at her treatment, Merana found a lone telenine on one of the smaller islands and turned it into her slave as her first act of revenge. She then pledged to do the same to anyone foolish or unlucky enough to seek her out. Merana still still resides in the coastal waters of the islands, rarely venturing onto land for fear of the rumored Guardian Beast of the mountain.

Once landing on her shores, travelers are approached by Merana with a request. If they obtain certain spell items on her list, she promises to bless one of their pets as a reward. Seldom do people witness the changes to her telenine, Daemon, before completing these quests, and are caught unawares by Merana's definition of a "blessing."