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Love And Deepspace’slimited Myths are some of the highlights of the game. While the storyline provides a wealth of content to explore about each character in and of itself, the limited Myths delve into far deeper territory and reveal secrets about each love interest that explain their behavior in the main story.
The only downside is that collecting, leveling, and unlocking limited Myths and their associated chapters can be both pricey and time-consuming. Luckily, Rafayel ’s Forgotten Sea Myth returned in March of 2025. The following article contains everything one needs to know about the long-distant past of Rafayel, the mysterious Sea God.
This article contains spoilers for Rafayel’s branch story and his Myth stories in Love and Deepspace.
Who Is The God Of The Sea?
TheGod of the Seais not only adeity controlling the oceansin the world of Love and Deepspace, but also thereligious center and the leader of the Lemurian people— a magical aquatic race of people who live deep beneath the waves in anunderwater city called Lemuria.
There has beenmore than one Sea Godthroughout the ages andSea Gods can die, though Lemurians are along-livedand essentially immortal race of people.
In the current incarnation,Rafayel is the God of the Sea. He is the only Lemurian who canuse the gift of firebeneath the waves, and he hascreated the Sun Below The Waves— a huge fireball in Whalefall City thatilluminates Lemuriaand protects its people.
Is Rafayel Still The God Of The Sea?
While Rafayel is technically still the God of the Sea, his power is, in a sense, dormant until he isfully bound to his ‘most devout follower’or his beloved. Once Rafayel has bound himself fully to his beloved, he willfully embody the spirit of the Sea Godand all the powers and responsibilities that come with it.
What Is Lemuria?
Lemuria is avast ancient civilizationbeneath the waves. Its inhabitants, Lemurians, arenear-immortal merpeoplewith magical abilities. Lemurians are a people whovalue love and freedomabove all else.
Lemuriansdo not hunger for warand are not a greedy race. Each Lemurian may alsobind themselves to someone(it’s unclear if they can only be bound to humans or if they can be bound to Lemurians as well) and becomewholly subservientto them. For a Lemurian, being bound is one of thegreatest acts of trustthey can complete.
In the current timeline,Lemuria no longer exists. The ocean that housed Lemuria has dried up, most — if not all — of its inhabitants have perished, and its culture is now presentonly in museums.
Rafayel, as God of the Sea and Lemuria’s prophesied savior, spends much of the main storytrying to bring back and avengehis forgotten homeland.
What Is The Tome Of The Sea God?
The Tome of the Sea God is anancient Lemurian religious textthat contains not only information about Lemuria’s culture, history, and religion, but also containsprophecies about Lemuria’s inevitable demiseand potential resurrection.
With each incarnationof the Sea God, a new prophecy is written in the Tome of the Sea God.
The Tome exists in a few different forms and locations in the story, but as of Land of Secret Flames —Rafayel’s Branch of Eye of the Storm— Rafayel hasabsorbed the power of the Tomeand fully inherited the Sea God’s powers.
Rafayel: Forgotten Sea Myth, Explained
The Myth begins with the MCnarrating the historyof worshiping the Sea God. The sea god selects hismost devout followerfrom his human worshippers and grants them a wish. In return, the Sea God’s followersprepare a ‘gift’for him.
The MC ischosen as a sacrificefor the sea god on a voyage through a stormy sea. As the storm worsens,the crew throws her overboardto quell the sea.
She istaken by Rafayel, the God of the Sea. Rafayel decides to tease her when she asks him for his help. Hezaps her with firefrom his fingers and laughs. Remembering an old tale about howLemurian kisses grant you the ability to breathe underwater,the MC sees a kiss as her only opportunity to survive the depths.
The MC kisses Rafayeland steals the ability to breathe beneath the waves for herself. He agrees to save her if shedevotes her entire beingto following him.
The MC wakes up in Lemuria to two young Lemurians,Algie and Konche, discussing whether they can dissect her or not.
The MC learns that the Sea God lives in Lemuria but thathumans must sacrifice a heart to himevery so often so that he canfully absorb his powerand protect the ocean.
She is told thatRafayel is the Sea Godand that at the center of the temple inWhalefall City, a great flame of his creation burns. In a book called theTome of the Sea God, it is said that if the flame is ever extinguished,Lemuria will fall into a deep slumberfor hundreds of years.
The flame is called theSun Below The Waves. During Rafayel’s coming of age ceremony the flame — which has been growing weaker for ages — must be reignited.
The heart sacrificedmust be a human heartbecause humans are the greediest creatures to exist — a piece of world buildingfurthered by Sylus’s myth, Beyond Cloudfall — and that, because of their selfish nature, any gift they give or sacrifice they make is consideredfar more valuablethan a sacrifice made by other species.
Konche and Algie also tell the MC thatRafayel is said to be the last God of the Sea, which would suggest that Lemuria is in its final days.
In the temple, Rafayel tells elder Amund that hediscovered the MC by accidentwhile he was on a forbidden trip above the sea. Amund scolds him for having snuck out of the Temple and burned a guard’s hair, then wishes to confirm that Rafayel knows what he’s doing bychoosing the MC to be the human he is forever bound to.
Rafayel assures Amund that so long as the rite still needs to be completed,he’s made his final decisionon the matter.
Lemurians can be bound to other people. However, when a Lemuraian is bound to someone,they cannot deny their wishes. That would make the MC Rafayel’s ‘master.’ This is a deep level of trust that is easily broken, and so, the MC being Rafayel’s bonded, ultimately gives herauthority over even the Sea God.
Rafayel in true Rafayel fashion decides to be dramatic and naps on the floor of the temple. Meanwhile, a little blue fish appears, and theMC asks it to escort her outof the ocean. The fish with either a very poor memory or direction ends up leading her in circles.
By the time she actually makes it to freedom beyond the city’s walls, Rafayel reappears. Thefish was actually part of his magicand had been taking her to explore Lemuria. He had been aware of her journeythe whole time.
He explains thatthe fish had been a testto see if she, a human, actually valued her oaths. She failedthe test. He then explains to her that in a month, she is expected tocomplete ‘the ceremony’with him, not as a follower, but as his most devout.
With the MC still confused as to what it means to be his most devout, Rafayel explains thatshe must fall utterly and completely in love with him.
Find one who will kiss you, even if you do not give them the world. Love a soul that is like your own, that which complements you. Love and death are the most important things in a life. Death is a matter of time, so love with all your heart can muster —Lemuria: Tome of the Sea God, Chapter 3
The MC explores the city with Rafayel, Algie, and Konche. Rafayel gives her a blue conch shell to complain into and theMC insults him creatively, annoyed by his lack of interest in what she has to say. Regardless, he continues to show her around the city and eventually, the Temple.
Rafayeldoesn’t like being touched, but he lets the MC hold his hand when they travel up the Temple spire.
Rafayel asks to know about the world on the surface, and theMC offers to take him thereto see all the rare flowers and animals. Rafayel gets annoyed because he believes she is trying to leave him again.
Once they reach the top of the Temple, theyexchange storiesabout their worlds and the MC offers to take him to see the Sea God’s birthday festival. Rafayel hesitates to give her an answer and the Sun Below the Waves sets, putting him to sleep.
Irritated by his disinterest, but not wanting to leave him, the MC sleeps against his shoulder. Despite disliking being touched, Rafayel not only allows the closeness, butpulls her even closeragainst his side.
The next day, Rafayeltakes the MC to the beach. She shows him the human temple and explains thatshe was raised by the emissaries thereas a follower of the Sea God. However, when she came of age, she learned she was really beingraised as a sacrifice. This seems to anger Rafayel.
Later, at the festival, Rafayel and the MC see a puppet show that tells the story of how the Sea Godchose to live on land foreverto be with his beloved. A little girl asks the MC if the Sea God will stay with his beloved because oftrue love or because they are boundtogether?
In the best (worst) response possible, the MC tells the children that all the stories they have heard aremade up.
Rafayel, however, tells the children that the Sea Godtruly would willingly give his heart to his belovedand that he knows because he is a Lemurian. The most important information he tells them is that Lemuriansdo not fall in love with the people they are bound to. Love for them is always a choice.
Shortly after a group of guards arrive, accusing Rafayel and his follower of stealing the pearl eyes from the Sea God’s statue, Rafayel and the MC are chased through the square. He offers to distract the guards for the MC so that she can escapeback to life on the surfaceif that is her greatest wish.
He explains thatif he was to disobey hereven once, theycould not be bound.
This is perhaps the first example of Rafayel falling in love with the MC as he falls into the’If you love her, let her go’trope.
Rather than give Rafayel a selfish wish,the MC asks instead what he would like, as the festival is meant to celebrate him and not her.
Rafayel refutes that the festival has anything to do with celebrating him, anddoesn’t ask for anythingfrom the MC. Instead of either one of them sacrificing the other, Rafayel throws a handful of pearls into the street and declares thathe is the God of the Sea.
Driven bytypical human greed, the festival-goers scramble for the pearls leaving the couple to make a run for the ocean as the guards and festival-goers are distracted in the street. They come upon a seaside cliff andRafayel kicks the MC over.
She believes she’s been abandoned to death again and that Rafayel has tired of her, but as the moments pass,he returns and kisses heronce more,offering her lifeand the ability to breathe beneath the waves again. In a moment of peace, Rafayel and the MC walk atop the water’s surface and watch the sunrise.
Finally, he shares with her thathe, too, was raised in a cageof sorts. While she was raised as a sacrifice to the Sea God, he was taken as a boy to fulfill his role as the Sea God.Both wanted to escapetheir prisons. Bothneeded each otherto do so.
The story skips tomonths lateron the night before the ceremony where Rafayel and the MC are to be bound. To prepare her, he tells her a little bit about what to expect and that after the flame goes out the next morning,a new prophecywill show up in the Tome of the Sea God.
Once the fire is re-lit, the ceremony will be over. Rafayel admits thathe doesn’t know anything about the ceremonyitself, but he knows that all participants will receive his blessing. His first blessing, he gives to the MC, wanting it to be hers alone. He offers her amagical fish,an emissary of the sea.
Finally, he asks her if she will be his follower. She replies that shedesires something irreplaceable in returnand Rafayel offers his heart. The scene fades to black, so it’s unclear what happens after this exchange, but it can be assumed that the coupleexchanged their vows and heartswith one another.
I will cut out your heart with a dagger honed, my darling. And in Love’s name, your heart will become my faith. Your body will be washed Clean, shine like a pearl. I will care for your heart. Till we meet again. And you reclaim it for yourself. -Siren’s Ballad, Act III: Muia
When the story begins again, the MC is in the midst of adisturbing dream.In the dream, she sees a familiar face (which isassumed to be a teenaged Rafayel) who welcomes her as an old friend. He tells her she can see the ocean in thebones of an ancient cityin the sand. When she turns to him,he cuts out her heart.
When she wakes, the MC asks Algie about the ceremony, only to be met witheven more uncertainty.
The scene then changes to aflashback of Rafayelas a child, hiding from the temple guardswith a little fish(the emissary he gave the MC) by his side. The guards can’t find him, and he tires of waiting, so he jumps out and reveals his hiding place. This moment illustrates hisisolation and desire for worthy companionship.
On the day of the ceremony,the MC hides similarly, fearing Rafayel won’t be able to find her in the crowd or even wish to look for her. To her surprise, he rides in on an ancient sea creature and lands before her,unveiling herand taking her hand.
The pair stride into the temple alone andexchange their vowsto one another. Lemuria is plunged into adeep and terrible darkness,frightening its inhabitants. Hours later, Rafayel returns from the templealone, his beloved nowhere to be seen. TheSun Below the Wavesis but an ember in Rafayel’s hands.
The MC wasnever seen again. It wasn’t until thatincarnation of the young Sea God Rafayel diedthat a rumor started to circulate about what really happened in the temple that day:Rafayel lied to the Deep Seaabout his beloved.
While the Myth ends here, it’s unclear what truly happened that day. It is implied that Rafayelbroke his oathsto the ocean and found a way tobreak the cycle of sacrificethat the Sea God and hs beloved have been forced into for generations.
