Bahram Tazir
Swashbuckler, Braggart style with custom Sand-Pirate Duelist features
Bahram Tazir
Species
Dragonborn, custom ancestry with Dragonblood heritage
Appearance
Bahram Tazir is a broad-shouldered dragonborn with close-set copper scales that shine like beaten cookware in sunlight and like old coins in shadow. He moves with a rolling, deliberate swagger, favoring his left side as if every room were the deck of a ship pitching beneath him. His eyes rarely settle on a speaker's face. They track hands, doorways, rooflines, loose sand, and the distance to the nearest mount. His long snout is usually lifted in an arrogant half-smile, but his expression becomes startlingly blank when he is deciding whether someone should live. The unexpected contradiction is his delicacy: despite his size and theatrical manner, he handles cups, cards, pistols, and other people's jewelry with the careful precision of a jeweler. His presence leaves the impression of heat, perfume, and imminent theft.
“His voice is a warm baritone with a dry rasp beneath it, like sand sliding over brass. He speaks in polished trade-language, seasoning it with caravan proverbs, theatrical endearments, and sudden blunt obscenities.”
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Distinguishing Features
A fan of tiny brass prayer wheels is sewn into the lining of his coat and clicks softly whenever he turns.
His left horn is wrapped in blue thread and topped with a tiny silver bell, though he insists the bell is purely decorative.
He carries a sandalwood case of sugared dates and offers one to people just before asking them for something dangerous.
His scales are polished with citrus oil, leaving a bright scent that follows him through a room.
He can balance a loaded pistol on one claw while pouring tea with the other, even while walking across moving sand.
Voice
“A rich, amused baritone with the polished confidence of a court speaker and the rough edge of someone who has shouted across windblown decks for decades.”
Clothing
A wine-red coat lined with turquoise silk, tight cream breeches, high black riding boots dusted permanently with gold sand, a broad plumed hat pinned with a copper sunburst, several embroidered sashes, a velvet pistol bandolier, and a long scarf that smells faintly of cardamom and lamp oil.
Body Language
He keeps one hand near his cutlass or pistol, but his other hand is constantly occupied with coins, scarf ends, cards, or the brim of his hat. He bows deeply without taking his eyes off the other person. When angered, he stops moving entirely except for the slow rubbing of one thumb against a ring.
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