This is ESTELLE. She's an undine (like a mermaid, but for rockpools and stuff, but turn fully human after marrying a human), and her backstory is: seastar undine can regenrate their limbs (not cannon in mythology/folklore), but after Estelle got married, she couldn't turn back into an undine or use her undine powers (100% cannon). Her whole undine family was massacred, then her partner and child were lost at sea on a boat. She only just escaped, but her arm was burnt to a crisp. When she reached shore, all her family gone, her arm was amputated. But since she's stuck as a human, she can't regenerate anymore. So she's now widowed, her family is dead, her child is dead, her powers are gone, and she's lost an arm. I thought of doing a mermaid, but then thought: LET'S ADD TRAUMA. And BAM: we have Estelle. This was really fun to draw and I hope I can do another Inktober challenge soon!
It’s adorable!