I’m still out there, still evolving.

For beginning mers, Helena Stringer has compiled a nice list of free or 1L$ mer items. LMs and pictures included.

Ely and Vix lionfish, originally uploaded by Elysium Eilde.

Just a quick note that Tekelili Tantalus has released his newest merfolk avatar, the lionfish! It may be my favorite so far. It comes in male and female versions in a few different shades. The avatar, priced at 650L$ includes an AO, jewelry, and spear and net accessories. Basically, everything you see in the picture here (not mine, by the way—it’s Elysium Eilde’s). Extremely high-quality work and well worth the money, lots of parts to use in making other mer avatar as well.

Today, Friday February 06 -

2pm SLT – 3pm SLT – Bluewarren’s weekly mer dance with “Dark Mer” as the theme.
500L$ giftcard to shop at Bluewarren as a prize.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bluewarren%20Paradise/128/212/2
Antiquity Mermaids are really coming alive! Lots to do!
7pm SLT every Friday there’ll be a mer gathering. (They also hold one on Wednesdays at 2pm SLT so everyone can get in on mergoodness)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Antiquity%20Keys/212/196/2
Every Saturday at 10am SLT SWF has it’s weekly meetup: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cocoa%20Beach/175/61/12
Every Monday night at 6pm SLT there’s dancing with mermaids and pirates at The Surly Mermaid Pirate Bar. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bonny%20Cove/156/28/2

Do you want to swim inside a dream? If so, make haste to this beautiful place. Turn on the stream, set world to midnight, and one has a fantastic place for meditation and reflection. Though not a merfolk-exclusive venue, sea-dwellers and their kin will find themselves well at home here.

• SLURL: Piedra, El Mar Eternal
• Link to Flickr Photoset: Eternal Sea

My name is Azaiya Aeon. I’ve existed on and off in Second Life in different incarnations. I began in 2006 as Azaiya Basiat, then as Azaiya Boa, and now as Azaiya Aeon. Where the other two “Azaiyas” went is something we can discuss another time, but the reason each of them existed is the same: I was drawn into SL because Second Life could allow me to become a mermaid. Through my travels in-world I have explored other existences, but I’m always brought back to my sea and flukes at the end of the day.

Mermaids are creatures that, to me are the most beautiful, intelligent, strong, and sexual of all the fae. I wrote this in a discussion on flickr:

To me, merfolk represent a soul opened, released to it’s true power. The solid, unconquerable tames us humans, but merfolk live in a place in constant flux. There is so much energy in the sea, so much hidden.

Merfolk are like a humanity awakened to their true strength and beauty by their environment. Their aquatic parts make them one with the ocean, but their human parts give them the intelligence and sentience of humankind. The hybrid of these two forces make them far wiser and far freer.

I’ll use this blog to chronicle my travels in the seas of SL, but also to share other items of interest that I find, including books, stories, links, and other mer-media that I may come across. I may even weave some of my own tales for you, so please stay-tuned.

A song rings out to the call of all sea-kin. Here’s to the start of a grand journey!