Emrisse Palegaze

Emrisse is a hard soul to pin down, and isn’t much one for socializing with others. She’s an Aailu native of Tai Khar, where unlike the other emissaries she was treated more like an outcast than a revered individual. Her involvement in an Iosan’s visions of the future (Aur-En-Jaro’s, in this case) labelled her as one who was involved with the use of magic, a terrible thing in the eyes of the Aailu people.

Her surname ‘Palegaze’ is a result of her irises never taking on a traditional color; a clear sign to her people that her future would lead her away from Tai Khar. She was shunned for this, and excommunicated from the Aailu people; by the time Aur-En and Nilsey found her, she had given up on trying to resist the path ahead of her despite her distaste for magic.

She never grew comfortable around Aur-En, and far less so around Heiress, but she found a companion in Nilsey and stuck to them like a burr. With their help she turned her anger and self-hatred into a powerful motivator to better herself as a warrior, knowing that when she returned to Tai Khar in the distant future she would be able to fight for her honor.

Emrisse has the hardest time of all the emissaries with connecting to and understanding the humans. She finds their determination endearing, but their social norms confusing, as she doesn’t have much experience with putting others before herself. It doesn’t help that others tend to be wary of her needle-sharp teeth, claws, and predatory stare.