Markahlihnni/History


 * Main Article: Markahlihnni

Markahlihnni Alban Arka is the current king of Meropolis-Centuria, and he rules alongside Crystalline Fallirus.

Early Years
Markahlihnni was born to Merlin and an unnamed merwolf dame on a small patch of an island near Ire. His memories afterward are mostly fragmented, but he recalls feeling jealousy due to his father favoring time with his mother rather than with him. Due to her only being a Sourceconcubine, she eventually left Merlin's company and went to another. By the time Merlin had ascended as the Royal of Porpopolis, Malencheine was born as the result of Merlin having a tryst with a Mer-Leviathan hybrid. The child was born with a different status and semi-dormant leviathan powers that would never fully materialize.

Growing up, the brothers shared a friendly rivalry and would get into mock-fights. An injury sustained from a fight gone bad (likely due to Malencheine's leviathan strength) forced Markahlihnni to don permanent facepaint.

Early near-death
Eventually, as all youths do, Markahlihnni and his brother reached their teen stages. Upon discovering what had happened to the previous royal family, a rouge Mer attempted to assassinate Merlin. Markahlihnni was pushed by Malencheine in another mock fight, but the two were unaware of the situation in the other room. The rouge accidentally aimed a ball of irreversible destruction at Markahlihnni as a result, who was directly in front of Merlin from the push.

Despite being struck in a fatal area, Markahlihnni managed to tear out the rouge's tailbone before Malencheine was able to kill him. As he lay on the floor of the palace, near-comatose, Merlin commanded Malencheine to stab himself in the arm and gather his blood in a vial for Markahlihnni to ingest. Upon swallowing the blood, Markahlihnni rapidly healed, but some of his features also changed: his irises had turned a pale yellow, his resting face became slightly sterner, his muscles grew slightly, and his facepaint had now become a permanent part of his hair.