Appearance

Physical Description

She's of a lean build, with a spry step, a smile always at the ready and a deep curiosity in her heterochromic eyes.

Body Features

Her Tiefling and Genasi heritages mingle in conflicting ways, with a dull bronze coloured skin on one side but bright multi coloured eyes and hair on the other side. She braids them in a way to enhance the colour shifts, and her horns are carved, painted and encased in gold and green glass, in the typical fashion of the Marean Republic.

Physical quirks

Sometimes a gentle breeze blows in her hair for no reason at all - just a remnant of their Genasi parent.

Apparel & Accessories

Colour is a staple of her culture, but she is definitely more colourful than most.

Mentality

Personal history

Born of a Tiefling and an Air Genasi, she has spent their whole life in the city of Tusena in the Mareane Republic, on an island leased to the Eshanan Confederation. Raised by a loving family, she always enjoyed talking to people and listening to their stories. Her favourite past time as a teenager was going to the taverns on the docks to listen to the sailors' stories. After being kicked out several times for being a minor, she eventually convinced the owner Larza Venzero to let them work in the tavern. She made many friends among staff and customers, and learned the art of telling stories and playing music from the rowdy people of the docks.
She moved from taverns to taverns, eager for more stories. With a nice smile and a comforting word, she always managed to make people feel comfortable and listened to, and her excellent skills as a waitress and host got them a place in one of the most popular kaf-house in the upper city, where merchants and nobles alike mingled. A place rife with rumors and whispered secrets, where deals are dealed and friendships made or unmade. She heard many stories there, and learned the skills of a proper barista.
 
However one day she heard one secret too many and powerful people came after her. They threatened to harm her family and burned down the kaf-house, and she had no choice but to flee on the first ship sailing away....

Education

She has a basic school level but has learned a lot mixing with people of all backgrounds: music, art, history, storytelling... even some magic that seeps into her songs, her words and her cups of tea.

Employment

She was the best barista at the kaf-house of the Dancing Matron - allegedly named after the owner's great great mother danced naked on the docks in a desperate call for the Gods to bless her family with riches.
Unfortunately Nerinai had to abandon her position and flee. Maybe she can find a similar position in Rwyn or Thuzia?

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She's asexual but easily falls in love with a good story, a witty character or a good dancer.

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Gender Fluid, leaning towards feminine at the moment.

Personality

Social

Contacts & Relations

Proprietor of the tavern Yrsa and Nerina stayed and worked in Ulëros: Her name is Zira Yazdani, she's an Earth Genasi with a smooth polished black stone skin.

Family Ties

Dad: Velthur Leixi (pronounced Vel-Tur Lei-Shi), Blue-Skinned Tiefling
 
He arrived in Tusena as an adult and fell in love with Sethra.
He's told Nerinai is from Lusten in Gadia, and that he used to be a soldier, but he's always been quiet about his past. He has abandoned the way of the soldier a long time ago, and has become an adept furniture maker. When Nerinai left, his creations were starting to gain in popularity and to be sought after by the nobility.
He's quieter than his wife and happily lets her take the lead, but he's a determined and observant person who listens more than it seems.
His sword is hidden in a box under their bed.
 
(guild artisan)
Personality trait : I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can't help it—I'm a perfectionist.
Ideal: People. I'm committed to the people I care about, not to ideals. (Neutral)
Bond: I owe my squad a great debt for forging me into the person I am today.
Flaw: No one must ever learn what i have done.
 
(soldier)
Personality trait : I'm haunted by memories of war. I can't get the images of violence out of my mind.
Ideal: Independence. When people follow orders blindly, they embrace a kind of tyranny. (Chaotic)
Bond: I would still lay down my life for the people I served with.
Flaw: I made a terrible mistake in battle that cost many lives—and I would do anything to keep that mistake secret.
 
Mom: Sethra Masui, Air Genasi with Cloud-like hair
 
Former archeologist turned tour guide - now she manages the local museum (proprety of the local noble family) and shows the best places in Tusena to tourists.
Experienced sailor.
She hoards quite a few items from her adventuring days in the house - even though the best pieces are in the possession of the noble family.
She was born in Tusena and has travelled a lot but her heart has always been in Tusena.
She likes discoveries but also taking care of historical objects.
She was happy trading adventures for her family.
She seems always happy and kind to people.
 
(archeologist)
Personality trait : I'm a pack rat who never throws anything away.
Ideal: Preservation. That artifact belongs in a museum. (Good)
Bond: I won't sell an art object or other treasure that has historical significance or is one of a kind.
Flaw: When given the choice of going left or right, I always go left.
 
(entertainer)
Personality trait : Nobody stays angry at me or around me for long, since I can defuse any amount of tension.
Ideal: Tradition. The stories, legends, and songs of the past must never be forgotten, for they teach us who we are. (Lawful)
Bond: I would do anything for my family
Flaw: A scandal prevents me from being free to do as I please.
 
 
Nerinai's childhood home: traditional town house, tall and narrow, open into a courtyard shared with other houses. There is a shared oven and well, families often dine together in the courtyard, and children play and study together. Houses are painted in light bright colours to reflect the sun's heat, and wood shutters can be pulled over the tall windows during the hottest days of summer. The courtyard itself is surrounded by a covered walkway and trees provide a lot of shade. The air smells of the sea, and spices.