SoulMonsters Ariel, Queen of the Sea

A Soul Monsters Side Story — The Priestess Tales

Long before travellers came to the Water Realm, its Priestess was a young mermaid of the Nere who could only sing. This is how Ariel became the Queen of the Sea.

Nothing that kills. Only a song — and a bubble on a line.

Ariel carries nothing that kills. In the sea there is only one thing to do: go closer.
Sing, feed, stroke, play, spar, or simply wait. Which of the six works depends on each creature's temper — a song will not reach something fierce.
What you kill can never be your friend.

Only as far as your breath allows

Breath, Scales and Load pull on each other. Carry too much and you slow down; slow down and you burn more breath. Past your depth limit, breath drains fast.
From Midwater on, currents push you — ride one to save breath, fight it and you waste it.

Nine hand-made seas

Shallows, Coral Garden, Midwater, Shipwreck, Sea Cave, Night Sea, The Depths, Glacier and Hydrothermal Vents — each with its own pixel-art reef and its own music.
Layouts are hand-made and cycled, not procedurally generated, so a second visit feels like a return. 96 fish and 26 souls live in their own waters.

Fight with spells — and nothing dies

Nine guardians, each twice Ariel's size or more, block the way. They fire shots, sweep spreads, ram, bite — and three dragons breathe roaring water jets.
Pick a spell with 1–4 and aim it with the mouse. Each spell has its own cooldown:

• Surge — a fast water bolt
• Whirl — stops a ram
• Glow — breaks a bite
• Scale Ward (right-click) — reflects shots and water jets
  

Break an attack and an opening appears — a Surge that lands in it hits three times as hard. Spells cost breath, so every moment asks the same question as the dive: press on, or go up?
Break a guardian's resolve and it gives way rather than falls. From then on you can approach it and befriend it. Ariel cannot die either — when her breath runs out she simply surfaces.

Lull them to sleep — then make friends

Hold the left mouse button to send lullaby drops toward your cursor. Fill a creature's calm and it dozes off; approach it while it sleeps and it will not be startled — your bond grows half again as fast.
The bottom row always tells you where you stand: when a creature is in reach it shows what each of the six approaches is worth and your chance of success.

A harpoon that hurts no one

Right-click to throw a bubble harpoon. A hit leaves the creature dizzy on a line of water — hold the button to reel it in, and let go before the line snaps. Bring it to your side and your next approach lands easier: one to three stars for a clean, long shot. Nothing is caught and nothing is sold; a few seconds later it swims off again.

Whoever leads changes how you fight

Invite a soul you have befriended and it swims ahead of you for the rest of the dive. Its temper reshapes your shots — a three-way fan, homing drops, twin shots, a sweeper that erases enemy fire, a heavy shot, a point-blank burst — and it lends you three skills on Q, F and G. There are eighteen in all, from Water Cannon and Torrent Tail to Ice Prison, Corrosive Mist and the legends' own Primeval Tidal Wave — and no two companions carry the same set.

Every dive is a new run

Befriending, lulling and reeling fill your Resonance. When it is full, pick one of three pearls — more shots, harder hits, a tougher line, a longer lullaby. Pearls last only until you surface, so no two dives play the same. The guardians feel it too: the stronger your run, the higher their resolve.

Sparring — a friendly rematch

A guardian that has yielded makes its home in its own sea. Swim up and press R for a rematch with the same moves and full resolve. Nothing is at stake: take fewer hits and you earn up to three stars — and grow closer to the guardian itself.

At night — the Sea of Friends

Every friend you bring home goes to the tank of its own waters. Warmth, light and company must suit it; pack a tank to 100% and no eggs are laid and bonds start to fray.
Decorate each tank with 16 kinds of reef pieces across 8 spots, and hide the filter behind rocks and coral — visitors notice.
Visitors leave Renown, the only currency in this sea: upgrades, new tanks and the pedlar's wares all come from it.

Mermaid → Princess of the Sea → Queen of the Sea

Days alone will not do it, and neither will pushing one thing. Friends, Renown, the guardians and the aquarium are counted together.
And Megnis, the Sea Dragon God, is never a fight at all. He asks. What you earn is not power but a title — a reward to wear, not to wield.

Features

• Befriend instead of hunt — six ways to approach, decided by each creature's temper
• Breath, Scales and Load: a dive that is always a choice
• Nine hand-made seas, 96 fish and 26 souls
• Mouse-aimed spell combat against nine towering guardians — nobody dies
• A night-time aquarium to fill, breed and decorate
• Fully playable in English, Korean, Russian and Japanese
• Single-player, fully offline — no accounts, no microtransactions
• Lullaby drops: put creatures to sleep and befriend them — nobody is hurt
• Sparring: rematch all nine guardians for up to three stars each
• Bubble harpoon: hook, reel and befriend — nobody is hurt
• Six shot styles and eighteen skills — every companion plays differently
• Roguelike dives: nine pearls, pick one of three, gone when you surface