Marembi is a young dwarf woman built like a compact athlete, with broad shoulders, powerful arms, and a long-legged, almost human-proportioned frame. She stands perfectly upright in her armor, never hunching or swaggering, and moves with the careful balance of someone accustomed to narrow mine bridges. Her face is unusually human in its proportions, with a long straight nose, high cheekbones, and a soft, thoughtful mouth that makes her look approachable until she fixes someone with her steady stare. Her skin is deep copper-brown, weathered by forge heat and mountain wind, with pale freckles scattered across her shoulders and the backs of her hands. Her beard is a short, neatly braided line along her jaw and chin, while the rest of her face is smooth. The unexpected detail is her gentleness of movement: despite wearing full metal armor, she walks almost silently, as though afraid to disturb sleeping stone. Within a minute of meeting her, most people notice that her eyes rarely settle on faces. They study door hinges, ceiling joints, boot soles, and the weight distribution of every object in the room.