Vaerelis is a tall, lithe aarakocra with a weathered grace: feathers banded in wind-bleached greys and sky-blue, each primary tipped in burnished silver that almost glints like distant lightning. Her crest is swept back in a precise, regal arc; one wing bears a faded set of banded rings—each ring a votive token from a past peace treaty. She moves with economy and intent, settling like a drifting leaf when she lands. An unexpected contradiction: though her plumage and posture read as austere and formal, her left talon is perpetually stained with indigo paint from when she maps the Reach’s seasonal currents — a touch of messy, tactile artistry on an otherwise immaculate elder.