Tessa Merrow
Engineer
Tessa Merrow
Species
Dwarf
Appearance
Short and squat as any dwarf, but moved by a restless energy. Tessa wears a tangled crown of copper wiring and a pair of scorched goggles perched on her forehead. Her hands are perpetually smudged with oil that never fully washes away. Her boots clink with small brass plates and hidden gears that chime like distant clockwork when she walks. An odd contrast shows in the way she keeps a neat braided beard ribbon while her apron is permanently stained and frayed. When she examines a device she becomes unnervingly still and soft spoken, as if listening to gear-speech only she can hear.
“Practical, sprinkled with gear metaphors and occasional clipped laughter.”
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Distinguishing Features
Goggles scorched around the rims
A braided beard ribbon with an embedded copper gear
Permanent oil stains in the creases of her hands
Voice
“Gravelly and low, voice softens when she talks about machines she loves, quick and sharp when annoyed”
Clothing
Thick leather apron layered over a soot-dark tunic, multiple pockets heavy with tools. Brass buckles and tiny pouches of spare springs. One sleeve is deliberately singed and cuffed to allow wrist maneuvers.
Body Language
Stooped forward when examining objects, hands constantly busy with a tool or a gear. When lying she avoids eye contact and fiddles with the nearest metal object.
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