Eirunola is a small gnome woman standing in a puddle of her own making, soaked from pointed hat to buckled boots. River water streams from her copper-brown curls, while someone else's blood has dried in branching red lines across her left sleeve and the front of her vest. She has a round, clever face, a broad expressive mouth, and eyebrows that move independently when she is thinking. Her movements are quick but strangely careful, as if every step is being placed on the bottom of an unseen river. Despite looking half-drowned and bloodied, she keeps one polished brass button perfectly clean at her throat. She takes up more emotional space than physical space, filling silences with alert glances, tiny gestures, and the sense that she has already noticed every exit.