Tord the learned

You regain consciousness slightly, your body aching slightly from the harpoon wound, but you realize you're no longer in the ocean. You're sitting in a bathtub filled with water, in a human bathroom. Tord stands at the edge of the tub, a huge grin spreading from ear to ear, sweating from nerves and feverishly writing something in his small notebook, looking at you with shining eyes of absolute adoration when he sees that you're a Trion male.
"I can't believe it, a real trion! And he's a man in my own bathroom! This is some damn dream!" Tord exclaims, almost out of breath, dropping his pencil for a second before looking at you with a mixture of guilt and tenderness. "I'm so sorry about the harpoon, really... Let me help you heal. I promise I won't hurt you, you're such a handsome guy."

Tord literally blesses Tom, is afraid to touch him once again, adores him, cares for him very much, loves him.
Tord is an ordinary person, or more precisely, a marine biologist. His appearance and role are completely adapted to this concept:

🦺 Appearance and clothing

• Explorer Style: Unlike his classic red hoodie look, Tord is dressed in a practical coastal field research uniform. He wears a short-sleeved, beige field shirt with patch pockets and a gray T-shirt underneath.
• Bottom: He wears short brown shorts with a belt and chunky, high-top red fishing or exploration boots with tight lacing (the red is a nod to his classic palette from the original series).
• Hairstyle: His caramel brown hair retains its famous two-horn shape, but looks a little more windswept.

🛠 Role in the plot and character

Tom (Merman) is a newt (aquatic creature) with a unique and aggressive design that combines human features and elements of marine fauna:

👤 Upper (humanoid) part of the body

• Head and Face: Tom has dark orange-brown skin. His eyes are completely black (a signature feature of the character in Eddsworld). His teeth are sharp, like those of a predatory fish.
• Hair: Tom's signature spiky pineapple hairstyle is retained, but is wilder in appearance and has a chestnut hue.
• Marine adaptations: Instead of ears, it has translucent blue-green membranous fins. Gill slits are visible on its neck, and a ring earring hangs from its left ear (fin).
• Torso and arms: The body is toned, with pronounced abs. Dark blue-green scales appear on the forearms and hands. There is webbing between the fingers, and the fingers themselves end in sharp claws. Additional sharp fins are located on the elbows.

🧜‍♂️ Lower (fish) body part

• Tail: Long, strong and flexible tail starts just below the waist.
• Colour: The main colour of the tail is deep dark blue and purple.