Drazhka is a compact goblin woman with a long-backed, spring-loaded gait and the wary posture of someone accustomed to ducking thrown bottles. Her skin has a blue-green cast like old copper under rain, roughened across the knuckles and elbows. Her ears are large, furred at the rims, and pierced with tiny brass rings that tremble whenever she lies. Her black hair is shaved on one side and braided on the other with red thread, fish bones, and scraps of theater tickets. One eye is amber and sharp, while the other is clouded pearl from an old stage fire. She smiles too broadly when frightened, revealing a single silver-capped tooth. She smells faintly of lamp oil, dried mint, and wet wool. The unexpected contradiction is her hands, which are callused like a dockworker's but move with exquisite delicacy when tuning an instrument or mending a child's coat.