The Mermaids

He got a message this morning from his father that his brother Duncan would arrive in Durness to help with a Finfolk problem. Lord Murdock had sent a communication to the local Selkie’s of Durness. He stated the Finfolk had been sighted in the area and rumored to be looking for humans to make their spouses or slaves. The Finfolk are dangerous sea creatures who preyed on humans; male and female alike. They are the malevolent cousin to the Selkies. They were highly aggressive when they feel a fisherman or anyone else has entered their perceived territory. It has been said a female Finfolk start their life as beautiful mermaids. They always will prefer to have a human as a husband. If the mermaid takes a Finman to be her husband, they are doomed to become a hideously revolting Finwife. They get uglier each year as they age until they …show more content…
The Finfolk have but one weakness, for silver coin and silver objects. Kendrick needed his brother and at least another Selkie friend to watch the shoreline and the coast in the area around Durness. Least some of the local villagers should turn up missing. He contacted Duncan and his friend Torin. They due to arrive within the next two or three days. They would set up a patrol offshore and watch for the Finfolk. This was the time of year that Finfolk liked to waylay unsuspecting fishermen or women out on the beaches. Kendrick met up with Duncan and Torin on the second day after contacting them. He explained the situation to both of his friends about the sighting of the Unseelie Finfolk. They decided to have two patrolling in the water at night and the other on the beach patrolling. They decided to guard the beach and water area closest to the town, as that would be the area Finfolk would