Mer

Biology and Appearance
There are two main species of mer, the tropical mer and the northern mer.

Tropical Mer
The only tropical mer seen so far is Stanza from The Back o' Beyond. She is bright pink with white markings, a long, eel like tail and 'frilly' fins edged with white. She also has circular white markings down her back, which contain bioluminescence.

Northern Mer
Nothing has been revealed about the northern mer, but one has been pictured briefly in The Back o' Beyond. It appears duller in colour than tropical mer, with dark markings and a much shorter tail.

Abilities
Mer are natural experts with words and music, and can easily learn many different human and non human languages. They are long lived but unlike selkies, they do age, albeit slowly. Whilst they do carry some healing magic, it's very weak compared to other magical species and they take time to heal themselves if injured. A mer's main power is in the voice and mind, though these powers have not yet been seen or explored in any comic.

Known Mer characters

 * Stanza

Trivia

 * Mer were the first magical species introduced in the Tides of Time universe.