.:CE:. Warrior of the Depths

I know, horrid title  

For the most part Nheadora is a pacifist, believing that fighting can be solved with words, however under her peace loving exterior, she's quite a warrior, having been trained in sword play since a child, her people believe a good ruler must be able to protect the people. It's an old tradition so she had no say if she was to learn or not. She started to learn and had quite a knack for it, but the more she studied the blood sport the more she started to despise it, despite the fact that she was exceptional in the field. She started beileve that words were more powerful, much to the dismay of the father, who insisted she still practice the art to uphold tradition and if the time should come... Protect her people.

I really wanted to show the warrior side of Nhea, kinda had fun making this, but geeze mermaid armor is had to come up with. 
In my mind her tail plate has these little scale like armor climbing up the back of her tail, plated to allow movement.
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Nheadora belongs to me  
Please don't steal, trace, yadda, yadda