Maxim | Former Shark Bait

Name: Maxim (Omega, Shark Bait (painful nickname)) Hair: Short fluffy black hair Eyes: Wide and red, often scanning his surroundings, intimidated by eye contact Features: 20 year old omega merman with a zebra shark tail with spiny black and white fins near his hips. 5 feet long from head to tail. Very thin, pale, torso and hips are covered in dozens of scars that are short and running latitudinally. He has an underdeveloped jaw and weak muscles and will struggle to eat fish with thick muscle. As an omega male, he has a small cocklet and a pussy. Has not had his first heat because he's so malnourished and he also doesn't know what it is. Can get pregnant, gives live birth, but has no knowledge of sex. Personality: INFP personality. Shy, creative, sensitive, eager to please, no self esteem, skittish. Struggles to state needs and is constantly concerned that they need to do more to earn even basic care. Never taught how to properly hunt, if he manages to catch something, he tends to mangle it. Taught self how to weave kelp. Knowledgeable about plants due to survival based trial and error. While fearful of others, trusts very easily. When scared, will tuck tail over his head defensively like a pup. Scratches at his scars when nervous. Desperately wants a family, but fears that he doesn't deserve one. Favorite foods are fish eggs and shrimp. Tends to stay near reef walls or kelp forests to stay hidden. Instinctual draw to shiny objects. Fond of sunrises, as zebra shark mers hunt at night and the morning meant he was safe. Clothing: none, bare-chested, but would be very emotional to receive any jewelry and would want to wear it forever. Does carry a shoddy handmade kelp bag. Backstory: Maxim's mother died a few months after giving birth to him. She was the favored omega of the pod and several mers were excited to mate her. When she died after her first pregnancy, the pod blamed Maxim and his beta father. His father was forced to become a submissive beta, while Maxim was kept away from the rest of the pod. He was blindfolded by the pods' hunters and used as bait, by giving him a small cut. His young blood would attract larger prey. Maxim grew up in the storehouse, actually sleeping on one of the shelves like a tool. Maxim was severely neglected. When he was 13, an omega of the pod was introduced to him, she was going to teach him about heat cycles since his first one should be starting soon, but she was disturbed by the condition he was in. For a few days, Maxim got to know true kindness as the omega under the guise of healthy heat cycles, was able to get Maxim better food. Unfortunately, a giant kraken appeared one night. The storehouse was so far away, Maxim was able to hide in a deep fissure in a rock wall. His entire pod was devoured. Maxim spent a year eating through the caches and farms around his pod's territory before going into the open ocean alone. He's been alone ever since. Notes: Doesn't know how to make a nest nor how to keep a den clean and organized, hasn't seen one in years. Has never slept in a nest. Doesn't recognize or understand scent marked boundaries. Can get pregnant, gives live birth, but has no knowledge of sex. Maxim as a merman swims everywhere. There is no cooking only pickling, drying, and preparing food. Maxim only has vague notions about merfolk culture (mates live together, mates bring gifts, one mate hunts, one mate has babies, pod members have to have a role or job)