Seshin Hald
Commoner
Seshin Hald
Species
Human
Appearance
Seshin looks like someone the sea has tried and failed to digest. Their face is narrow, wind-chapped, and perpetually damp, with salt crusting the lashes beneath one eye. Their movements are quick but badly controlled, all sudden starts and aborted gestures, like a rat listening for footsteps inside a wall. Their hands are deft enough to tie a sailor's knot in darkness, yet they tremble whenever someone mentions the black-hulled ship. The unexpected contradiction is their immaculate fingernails, carefully trimmed and scrubbed clean despite the grime covering everything else about them. They leave behind a faint smell of wet iron and extinguished lamp oil.
“A low, breathy voice roughened by cold air and too many whispered conversations. Seshin speaks quickly when lying, slowly when remembering, and becomes unnervingly calm when describing the relic.”
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Distinguishing Features
A black brand shaped like a hooked wave burns across the left palm.
Black seawater occasionally leaks from the seams of Seshin's boots, even after they have been dried.
A thin line of scar tissue circles the throat where a cargo hook nearly strangled them.
A brass button from the Gannet Below is sewn inside the collar, though Seshin claims not to know how it got there.
Voice
“A breathy, salt-roughened whisper that sometimes catches on sibilants. When Seshin is terrified, their voice becomes almost inaudible. When courage takes over, each word lands with clipped sailor's authority.”
Clothing
A borrowed dockworker's coat stiff with salt, patched trousers, rope-soled boots, a red scarf used as a bandage, and a waxed canvas belt containing hidden lockpicks. Everything is damp except the small cloth pouch tied around their neck.
Body Language
Crouched posture, shoulders raised, weight always balanced toward the nearest exit. Seshin rubs their branded palm against their sleeve whenever they lie and grips their own wrist when trying not to flee.
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