Joss Meridian
College of Dead Air
Joss Meridian
Species
Human
Appearance
Joss Meridian is a narrow, long-limbed human with the deliberate stillness of someone who has spent decades listening for danger. His skin is weathered like old parchment, but his movements are unexpectedly graceful, gliding rather than walking, with each foot placed as if the floor might remember a footprint. His hands are the most immediately striking feature: broad-palmed, tendon-raised, and permanently roughened at the fingertips from tuning silence bells, chalking ward-lines, and gripping a conductor's baton through long sieges. He wears a faintly amused expression even while issuing battlefield commands. The contradiction is unsettling: he looks fragile and scholarly, yet nearby people instinctively lower their voices as if he were physically enormous.
“Normally quiet, clear, and measured, with every word separated by deliberate pauses. He can project authority without increasing volume.”
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Distinguishing Features
A wax-stuffed belt of tiny brass bells that never ring, each worn smooth on its left side from brushing against his coat.
Hands with thickened, ridged fingertips and pale crescent marks from years of handling wire, chalk, and hot bell metal.
A conductor's cane topped with a black glass bead that contains a tiny drifting silhouette.
He glides with almost no audible footfall, yet his coat hem always seems to arrive a fraction of a second after he does.
Voice
“A low, dry baritone that never needs to rise. Even when whispering, he sounds like someone giving instructions across a battlefield.”
Clothing
A smoke-gray coat lined with strips of blue felt, a high-collared cream shirt, soft black trousers, and quiet-soled boots. A ring of tiny brass bells hangs from his belt, though each has been packed with wax so they can never sound. His battered conductor's cane is polished smooth only where his right hand grips it.
Body Language
Joss rarely gestures above waist height. He turns his palms outward when calming others, taps two fingers against his cane when thinking, and leans slightly toward whoever is speaking, even when he already knows what they will say. In combat, his posture becomes almost motionless, with only his eyes and fingertips moving.
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