Aruvani Veyu
Guard
Aruvani Veyu
Species
Kenku
Appearance
Aruvani is a narrow-shouldered kenku with soot-black feathers that fade to warm copper along the throat and wrists. Their movements are slow, deliberate, and oddly ceremonial, as though each step has been rehearsed for an audience. A pale scar divides the beak from its hooked tip to the left nostril, and one wing is missing three primary feathers, giving their silhouette a lopsided, moth-eaten look. They wear a polished wooden kenku mask over their face, despite already being a kenku, creating the unsettling impression of a person hiding from their own reflection. Their feathers usually smell faintly of lamp oil, crushed mint, and wet canvas.
“Aruvani rarely uses their natural voice, which is a soft rasping croak. They prefer copied voices, wagon whistles, birdcalls, snatches of songs, and fragments of overheard conversation.”
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Distinguishing Features
A pale scar running along the left side of the beak
A three-feather gap in the right wing
A wooden kenku mask painted with a smiling human face
Copper-colored throat feathers that flash when they turn their head
A tiny silver sewing needle threaded through one ear hole of the mask
Voice
“A layered chorus of borrowed sounds, usually a tired wagon-master's voice overlaid with the whisper of canvas and the click of a cooling lantern.”
Clothing
A faded indigo guard's coat reinforced with strips of boiled leather, a rust-red scarf wrapped around the throat, soft gray trousers, and split-toed canvas boots. The coat is patched with scraps of festival banners from the Veyu Lantern Caravan. A row of tiny brass bells is sewn inside the left sleeve, where they cannot be heard unless Aruvani deliberately shakes their arm.
Body Language
Aruvani keeps their head tilted at a sharp angle when listening and folds their wings tightly against their ribs when questioned. They point with the shaft of their spear rather than a finger. When relaxed, they rock gently from heel to toe. When lying, they become unnaturally still, with only the mask's beak moving as they breathe.
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