A bronze-skinned young noblewoman with a long, intelligent face and dark freckles scattered densely across her nose and cheekbones. Her luminous amber eyes are flecked with gold, but their most unsettling quality is where they go: she watches hands, doors, windows, and reflections before she looks at faces. Her brown hair carries muted auburn highlights and falls in a thick side braid threaded with tiny coral beads. Sleepless wisps cling to her temples. She is slender and lithe, with smooth unblemished skin and the balanced posture of someone trained to ride, dance, and flee. Her movements are economical until she is startled, when her whole body goes perfectly still. When she laughs, it is unexpectedly broad and unguarded, revealing one slightly prominent canine and a habit of biting the inside of her lower lip as if trying to pull the laughter back in. She leaves behind the impression of a well-bred traveler who has already mapped every way out of the room.