Nemi
Bard, College of the Resonant Chorus
Nemi
Species
Dragonborn
Appearance
A compact brass-scaled dragonborn woman with a dancer's balance and a dockworker's hands. Her scales are warm ochre near the face and darken to tarnished bronze along her shoulders, each one carrying fine scratches from years of hauling instruments through ruined streets. A narrow horn on the left side of her brow is broken halfway down and capped with a silver thimble. Her movements are usually quick, precise, and rhythmic, but when frightened she becomes unnervingly still, as if waiting for the world to finish making noise. She leaves behind the impression of a campfire heard through a closed door: welcoming, distant, and impossible to ignore. The unexpected contradiction is her delicate, almost scholarly spectacles, which constantly slide down her broad snout during performances.
“Her voice is low, textured, and unexpectedly gentle for a dragonborn, with a resonant hum beneath every sentence. She can project across a plaza without shouting.”
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Distinguishing Features
A broken left horn capped with a silver thimble.
A row of tiny brass bells braided into the end of her tail.
Spectacles balanced on the bridge of her snout, despite having excellent vision.
A pale scar across her throat from a snapped wire during the Oru Market performance.
Her scales vibrate faintly when she concentrates on a spell.
Voice
“A smoky contralto with a brass resonance, capable of shifting from intimate whisper to commanding chorus-leader projection.”
Clothing
A wine-red sleeveless coat over a cream linen shirt, fitted charcoal trousers, soft black boots, and a belt hung with tuning forks, wax tablets, copper wire, and small bells. Her coat is patched with scraps of old theater curtains. A blue scarf, too fine for the rest of her clothing, is tied around her wrist.
Body Language
She keeps her shoulders squared like a conductor awaiting an orchestra, points with two fingers rather than one, and rocks from heel to toe when thinking. Her tail marks time during conversation. When lying, she stops moving it entirely.
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