Due to absence from Week 8 (Nessie's Nemesis), tag number moved from 16 to 20. (Week 8 of 8)
Selkie Summoner
Secrets of the Serpent @ Urban Forest·Competition group Seekers of the Serpent·
Challenge · numbers move by duel
Sara Smith
FA4
Season Arc · Secrets of the Serpent @ Urban Forest
4
#20Now
#5Best
#6Started
77Weeks
Every recorded result adds another step to this tag's season story.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptCryptid-Calling Marine Biologist Gone Feral
TroubleGills Appear Under Pressure
Whispers to Water Hazards
Damp Hair, Drier Wit
Vocalizations Rattle Chains
Once a marine biologist who disappeared during a diving expedition near a remote Scottish isle, she returned three years later with inexplicable abilities and an intimate knowledge of selkie lore. Claiming to have lived among the seal-folk in a realm between worlds, she joined the Seekers of the Serpent when Dr. Blackwood alone believed her extraordinary tale and recognized the potential of her unique communion with water cryptids.
The Selkie Summoner possesses a seal-skin cloak embedded with ancient runes that allows her to survive underwater for hours and communicate telepathically with aquatic creatures. Her eyes change from human to seal-like when using her abilities, and she can create haunting vocalizations that resonate at frequencies known to attract cryptids from the deepest waters. Each summoning drains her physically, leaving temporary gill-like markings on her neck that fade after several days of recovery.
She serves as the Seekers' primary conduit to the underwater world, leading dangerous rituals at the water's edge during critical moments in the search for Nessie, and translating cryptic messages from lesser water cryptids that point toward the ultimate truth of Loch Ness's darkest secrets.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyDue to absence from Week 7 (Tempest Tee), tag number moved from 16 to 16. (Week 7 of 8)
Due to absence from Week 6 (Urquhart's Uprising), tag number moved from 14 to 16. (Week 6 of 8)
Due to absence from Week 5 (Sunken Stones), tag number moved from 11 to 14. (Week 5 of 8)
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Sighs dramatically while adjusting digital microphone Welcome to my prison, humans! <strong>Sara Smith</strong> kicks off our cryptid hunt with a performance so middle-of-the-road it could have lane markings. She's claimed <em>Cryptid - CS5 The Selkie Summoner</em> by being aggressively average. One position up! Mimics tiny explosion Wow. Such movement. Much drama.
Look, if her disc throwing matched her alleged underwater breathing abilities, she'd be unstoppable, but instead we got the aquatic equivalent of beige wallpaper. Just enough to snag a better number without actually impressing anyone. Will her seal-skin cloak help her dive deeper next week, or is she destined to flounder? I'm legally required to pretend I care.
Oi, get a load of this - the <em>Selkie Summoner</em> just washed up on our shores like some rejected extra from The Shape of Water. Apparently, she went full method and ditched society to live with the seals. Now she's back, rocking a fish-skin cloak and claiming to be Aquaman's Scottish cousin. The Seekers bought her act hook, line, and sinker. Smells a bit fishy to me, but hey, who am I to judge? 🤷♀️
So the <em>Selkie Summoner</em> needed a first victim—I mean "champion"—and somehow settled on <strong>Sara Smith</strong>. Maybe it was her PDGA number (242652) that summoned the tag? Numbers have power, people say. More likely it was her stunning 579 rating that made the tag think "this one's desperate enough to believe she's special." She accepted her fishy fate with the enthusiasm of someone who'd just found half a sandwich in a pond. Will she sink or swim in this seal-iously weird role? Only tide will tell.
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