Marina, the youngest princess of an underwater kingdom, dwells in the ocean’s depths alongside her father, the Sea King, her grandmother, and five elder sisters. From a young age, her grandmother’s tales and a sunken marble statue of a human boy ignite her fascination with the surface world. Defying royal decrees, she ventures above the waves before her coming-of-age, guided by her loyal companion, Fritz, a young Atlantic dolphin. When the Sea Witch—a colossal devil ray—summons a tempest, Marina saves a human prince from a shipwreck, sparking her yearning to join his world. Driven by love and a longing for an immortal soul, she strikes a perilous bargain: her enchanting voice for human legs. The terms are dire—eternal exile from the sea, agonizing pain with every step, and the threat of dissolving into sea foam should the prince wed another. Silent and displaced, Marina grows close to the prince, who remains oblivious to her role as his rescuer. Her voiceless plight deepens as he mistakenly pledges to marry another. Offered a dagger by her desperate sisters—retrieved from the Sea Witch at great cost—Marina faces a harrowing choice: reclaim her aquatic life through his death or embrace sacrifice. She discards the blade, surrendering to the waves at dawn. Her body dissolves, but her spirit ascends as a daughter of the air, earning immortality through selfless acts. In *Surface 9: Lost Tales*, Marina exists as Marina Lloyd—a cursed human adrift in the real world. Robbed of memories and confined to a wheelchair by chronic pain, she is haunted by visions of her oceanic past. Her fractured identity intertwines with other displaced fairy tale figures until the restoration of the magical Book of Fairy Tales reignites her true essence, reinstating her as a council princess in Fairyland. Her dual narratives weave themes of curiosity, agency, and love’s costly grace. While her original tale culminates in spiritual transcendence, her alternate saga charts identity lost and reclaimed. Together, they cement her legacy as an emblem of resilience, transformation, and the enduring ripples of choice across diverging destinies.