[unit]
	id=Mermaid Initiate
	name= _ "female^Mermaid Initiate"
	race=merman
	gender=female
	image="units/merfolk/initiate.png"
	ellipse="misc/ellipse"
	profile=portraits/Alex_Jarocha-Ernst/mermaid-initiate.png
	hitpoints=27
	movement_type=swimmer
	movement=6
	experience=50
	level=1
	alignment=lawful
	advanceto=Mermaid Priestess,Mermaid Enchantress
	undead_variation=swimmer
	cost=19
	usage=mixed fighter
	unit_description= _ "Young Mermaids are often initiated into the water magics native to their people. The wondrous abilities this grants are inimitable by any other race, a mark of the faerie side of these creatures.

Despite their frailty, this makes them quite formidable in combat, as they can call upon the very water about them to smite their enemies.

Special Notes:"+{SPECIAL_NOTES_MAGICAL}
	die_sound=mermaid-die.ogg
	{DEFENSE_ANIM "units/merfolk/initiate-defend.png" "units/merfolk/initiate.png" mermaid-hit.ogg }
	[attack]
		name=staff
		icon=attacks/staff-magic.png
		type=impact
		range=melee
		damage=7
		number=1
		[animation]
			[frame]
				begin=-200
				end=-150
				image="units/merfolk/initiate.png"
			[/frame]
			[if]
				hits=yes
				[frame]
					begin=-150
					end=100
					image="units/merfolk/initiate-staff-attack.png"
					sound=staff.wav
				[/frame]
			[/if]
			[else]
				hits=no
				[frame]
					begin=-150
					end=100
					image="units/merfolk/initiate-staff-attack.png"
					sound={SOUND_LIST:MISS}
				[/frame]
			[/else]
			[frame]
				begin=100
				end=175
				image="units/merfolk/initiate.png"
			[/frame]
		[/animation]
	[/attack]
	[attack]
		name=water spray
		icon=attacks/waterspray.png
		type=impact
		range=ranged
		[specials]
			{WEAPON_SPECIAL_MAGICAL}
		[/specials]
		damage=8
		number=2
		[animation]
			[missile_frame]
				begin=-165
				end=0
				image="projectiles/water-spray.png"
				image_diagonal="projectiles/water-spray.png"
			[/missile_frame]
			[frame]
				begin=-450
				end=-400
				image="units/merfolk/initiate-water-attack1.png"
			[/frame]
			[frame]
				begin=-400
				end=-350
				image="units/merfolk/initiate-water-attack2.png"
			[/frame]
			[frame]
				begin=-350
				end=-300
				image="units/merfolk/initiate-water-attack3.png"
			[/frame]
			[frame]
				begin=-300
				end=-225
				image="units/merfolk/initiate-water-attack4.png"
			[/frame]
			[frame]
				begin=-225
				end=-140
				image="units/merfolk/initiate-water-attack5.png"
				sound=water-blast.wav
			[/frame]
			[frame]
				begin=-140
				end=-75
				image="units/merfolk/initiate-water-attack6.png"
			[/frame]
			[frame]
				begin=-75
				end=0
				image="units/merfolk/initiate-water-attack7.png"
			[/frame]
		[/animation]
	[/attack]
[/unit]
