Alindra Quicksilver is a three-foot-six-inch gnome whose wild copper hair erupts in every direction like a flame caught in a permanent updraft. Her movements are quick, angular, and restless, with sudden pauses that make her seem briefly frozen before she darts away again. Her face is narrow and expressive, marked by a small burn scar shaped like a crescent beneath her left eye. Large brass goggles rest permanently on her forehead, their lenses clouded with scratches, glittering dust, and tiny trapped bubbles. She leaves an impression of dangerous enthusiasm wrapped around genuine kindness. The contradictory element is her immaculate hands: despite her scorched robes and perpetually explosive laboratory, her fingers are always perfectly clean and smell faintly of lavender soap.