BOOK I · VISUAL PROFILE
Zaelyra Xil’Nrae
Drow · cartographer
She maps the passages her House leaves in shadow. Her teal cloak and two braids travel with her beyond the city.
VISUAL GUIDE · BOOK I
Faces beneath
the stone.
These profiles are visual anchors for the first book. They help you recognise each traveller from scene to scene without revealing all that awaits them on the road.
BOOK I · VISUAL PROFILE
Rhylor
Drow · weapons master
Long silver hair, a pale cheek scar, and a lesson he keeps returning to: read the ground before you act.
BOOK I · VISUAL PROFILE
Nym Varr
Svirfneblin · cartographer
A short, sturdy adult with round spectacles and a white beard. His instruments reveal what water and stone have moved.
BOOK I · VISUAL PROFILE
Vhaelyn Xil’Nrae
Drow · Zaelyra's sister
Long silver hair and dark robes distinguish her from her sister. She knows the cost of choices made under the House's gaze.
BOOK I · VISUAL PROFILE
Kethra
Drow · merchant and guide
Copper-russet coat, ropes, and trade gear: Kethra knows every road has a price, though not always the one first named.
BOOK I · VISUAL PROFILE
Orven
Svirfneblin · guide
Salt-and-pepper beard, miner's hammer, and little copper bells. He knows passages the grand maps overlook.
BOOK I · VISUAL PROFILE
Ilda Brisecendre
Svirfneblin · guardian
Short and sturdy, with two cropped braids. Her axe and sense of duty protect the Salines' waterways.
BOOK I · VISUAL PROFILE
The girl with the maps
Young drow · traveller
Unnamed in Book I, she keeps a small box of maps close. Her size and white hair should never make her mistaken for Nym.
The profiles show the characters as they appear in Book I. The girl with the maps is not yet named there.
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