Rock Pool Bios

I Thought you might like to know a little bit about some of the inhabitants of Sadie’s Rock Pool and The Wild Western Bays.

	Sadie is a young Mermaid. She is Sadie Mae Tidewalsh, taking her mother’s clan. She is eleven and a half Air World years old and has recently moved out on her own to take up her duties. Sadie is loving, kind and generally thoughtful. She likes to do what most mermaids do and take charge. She is on the conservative side but can be impressively brave when the situation requires. She is hoping to learn healing and Song Power soon. Home  She lives in a neat cave at the back of her own Rock Pool in The Wild Western Bays. Duties She is a friend and mentor and sometimes has to mediate between the inhabitants of the Wild Western Bays. She loves helping to solve their problems.  She is responsible for the well being of the creatures that live in her area and does her best to make sure there are few dangers. Hobbies  Singing, playing with the dolphins and collecting things. When she has time Sadie loves to sunbathe on secluded rocks, surf the Gumboot Leg Trench and beautify her cave and rock pool, although she is usually so busy with her duties that she has little time for hobbies. She is beginning to learn Air World Language. Best friends  Sadie likes all the inhabitants of her pool. Everyone likes her too, but she spends most time with Sandy, Penstamon, Yolanda and Stitch the dolphin. Favourite colour  Lime Green– Sandy once said it suits her. Family  Rosamund has no family left. She never had children and her one sister died young, the victim of a tragic accident.
	Sandy is a Merboy. At almost fourteen, he is the leader of a team of Kelp Rangers in the Wild Western Bays. He is from the StoutFin Clan is of the Hard Ways Bays. This is his first solo post although he has been helping his family since he was little. They are all Kelp Rangers. Sandy is very active and lots of fun. He is loyal, daring and fearless in his devotion to his duties and friends. He wants to be a senior Kelp Ranger. Home The Wild Western Bays. He has a cave in Dolphin Bay and lives five minutes away from Sadie. Duties Leading the Kelp Ranger team who care for the giant kelp beds, tending to and fighting off any threats that might destroy it. Hobbies Carving, collecting carvings, singing and extreme swimming. This involves racing dolphins, sail fish and marlin. He speaks and reads Air World language. (Air Speak) Best friends His brothers, Sadie, the Kelp Rangers Biff, Bob and Jacob. Favourite colour Red – he likes it because it’s rare in the sea. Family Sandy’s whole family are Kelp Rangers and have been for generations. He has two big brothers Mikhil and Ackie and a grown-up sister Nalea. Sandy is uncle to twin nieces Kasi and Kala. He sees them all at regular monthly Kelp Ranger Council meetings.
	Penstamon is a little prawn with a big attitude and an even bigger tummy. She is feisty, cheeky and always on the lookout for fun. She drives her mother mad and is grounded more often than not. Pen (as Sadie calls her) is not intentionally naughty, she just forgets to let her Mum know what she’s up to or come home when she says she will. She is totally devoted to Sadie whom she adores, sometimes a little too much! Home A large kelp plant in Sadie’s Rock Pool, opposite Sadie’s cave. Duties Helping her mother, making her the sleeping hammocks and babysitting her smaller siblings. Hobbies Hanging around Sadie. Following her everywhere. Eating. Making up rhymes and new words. Clowning about. Best friends Sadie and some of the young prawns. Favourite colourCoral- what other colour is there? Family Penstamon lives with her mother Pernilla. Her father is Marco The Magnificent who does card tricks and moves around a lot. She has a lot of little brothers and sisters and hundreds of other relations.
	Rosamund Merissa Finlayfine, a daughter of the Red Rocks Bays Finlayfine Clan, is an old Mer-woman and a healer. She is gifted at making healing potions and knows a great deal about the herbs and plants that grow in the sea. She is a proper old fashioned grandma who thinks everything can be solved with a ‘nice cup of tea’.Home Lives North of The Wild Western Bays in Red Rocks Bay. Her cave is well positioned for weed collecting and has been her family home for generations. Duties Medicine and healing. Pastoral care of the inhabitants of the stretch of coast from her bay to the edge of the Hard Ways Bays. Hobbies Herb lore, an interest in old magic books. Tea collecting. Concocting and brewing. Best friends The creatures she cares for and her constant companion Patches. Favourite colour Lavender – it is a very potent colour for cures and it soothes just about anyone. Family Rosamund has no family left. She never had children and her one sister died young, the victim of a tragic accident.
	Patches is a large calico catfish. He is from an ancient Snagglewhiskers family of catfishes that originate from the Red Rocks Bay area. Patches retired from The Marine Patrol with the rank of Sergeant to take up a position as companion and guard for his foster mother, Rosamund.  He is utterly loyal to his friends, but a force to be reckoned with if crossed. Patches lost the ability to speak when in the services due to trauma and has never felt the need to get it back.Home A generous, private alcove befitting his status as a retired Marine Patrol Sergent at the back of Rosamund’s cave. Duties Looking out for Rosamund and keeping her company. Hobbies Martial arts, reading and mime. Best friends Rosamund and some of his Marine Patrol buddies. Favourite colour Camouflage, he hates orange – it often gives him away. Family Patches has many distant relatives. There are Snagglewhiskers all over the Anderwhal Archipelago but he has no idea who his parents were. Rosamund adopted him and she’s now the only person he considers family.
	Marguerite Emelie Tidewalsh is very important. Firstly she is the head of her clan and secondly she is an International Mer-Council Representative. She spends most of her time in her diplomatic role traveling all over the Mer-world.  She is regal, elegant and often intimidating. Marguerite is occasionally sorry she hasn’t led a more ordinary life but she certainly does a very efficient and effective job.Home When she has time she likes to spend it relaxing at home in Scorching Bay. She shares a luxurious cave with her husband Joseph. On her trips she spends time in a wide variety of accommodation, splendid wrecks, sumptuous rental caves and hotels. Duties Leading her clan and representing the Anderwhal ‘Archipelago’s interests on the International Mer-Council. Making sure Sadie is managing – she has a network of observers in place to keep her up to date. Hobbies Marguerite doesn’t have much time for hobbies but she always keeps up her seabend exercises and follows news reports religiously. Best friends Her sisters, Destriana and Dreena and of course Joseph her husband. Favourite colour Anything metallic. Family Sadie is her and Joseph’s beloved only child. Her mother, Calliope, who lives in Merhaven aged care facility in Nautilus Bay just round the corner from Scorching Bay. Younger sisters Destriana and Dreena, and her brother Windlass, the family’s notorious black shark.
	Biff or Biffomando Bubbleworth, is not surprisingly, known as Biff. He is a rascal of the first order and lives to play. He is always up to mischief and has a short attention span. He is very hard to keep in order but is a loveable rogue and wouldn’t hurt a sea flea. Home  Otter Island, The Wild Western Bays. Duties Biff is a Kelp Ranger and very proud of it he is too. He works with Sandy and does a really good job when he stops being silly and concentrates. His main task is to hunt sea urchins that eat the giant Kelp roots. Hobbies Racing just about anything, games and telling bad jokes. Best friends Sadie, Sandy and his brother Bob and most of his family. Favourite colour Turquoise, all shades – he has some of his hair dyed turquoise. Family  Biff is part of a very big family of sea otters who all live together and are too numerous to mention.
	Bob or Bobbitybobble Bubbleworth is slightly more serious than his twin brother Biff, but that still makes him a raucous individual. He can get a bit melancholy occasionally when he thinks about serious stuff like dying kelp and oil slicks but luckily he is easily distracted. Just the mention of a bit of body surfing and he’s happy again. Home  Otter Island, The Wild Western Bays. Duties Bob is also a Kelp Ranger. He is much more organized than Biff. He works very hard and Sandy relies on him most. He is almost as playful as his brother but only when he’s off duty. Hobbies Counting things. Making mud slides. Incidentally Bob holds the record for the most rides through Gumboot Leg Trench in one day (17). Best friends Sadie, Sandy, Jacob and his brother Biff Favourite colour Brown – he thinks his fur is the best colour ever. Family many, many relations on Otter Island.
	Jacob is a great black backed gull. He is an Air Wing Commander of The Kelp Ranger team. Jacob is proud of his position and is serious most of the time. He can be snappish and short with very little time for silly behaviour during work hours. He travels great distances on scouting forays and is well informed about worldly things. He is loyal to a fault and would lay down his life willingly for his friends. Home Jacob has two homes. His main abode is on a ledge high up The Cormorant Cliffs in the wild Western Bays. And a high rise apartment in Trelinor, Air Side is his favoured roosting place for when he travels. It’s a small grassy patch next to an air conditioning unit on roof. It makes a comfortable home away from home with good views. Duties Patrolling the skies for signs of trouble. He is Sandy’s ‘eye in the sky.’ Hobbies Gliding Team, Formation Flying Team, The High Diving Team and observing humans. Best friends Sandy, Biff and Bob. Favourite colour White, he can’t see the point of gaudy. He thinks his white feathers are spectacular and preens a lot when people aren’t looking. Family He has many relatives but he thinks most of them are an undisciplined rabble. He only associates with a few of the Great Black Back Clan Elders.
	The Globe Master AKA Mahlon Rizzo Schwartzpike is a mighty spell caster who uses a combination of traditional magic, Air World physics and nano-technology to perfect his complex enchantments. He is a dangerous and powerful sociopath. The Globe Master has discovered a method to take on human form and he spends some of his time Air side running his business empire. Home In the sea is a luxurious cave system in Calling Stones Deep called The Mansion run by his ten slaves. Air Side he lives in the penthouse appartments of Schwartzpike Tower situated in the business heart of Deltahaven, the Air world capital. Duties Maintenance and development of his enchanted snow globes. CEO of his Air World corporation, and it’s mining activities. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep his empire dominant. Hobbies Torture, entertaining his adoring public, inventing spells and drinking Air world red wines. Best friends He is attended by an entourage of fawning toadies who like his money and power. Favourite colour Blood red Family His twin sisters Blanche and Dolly stay with him out of fear. He drove his father to suicide and his mother died of a broken heart.