Naia of the Tides
The waters echo with the songs of my sisters, passed now from mortal memory to the eternal mists of Oblivion. In ages gone, they venerated us, our disciples of the depths, and we in turn bestowed our gifts in sacred sanctuary. Yet even divinity is fragile against the Tides, and I am but a salt-kissed tear of a storm long abated. I am an echo, a guardian of forgotten memory and the last voice in a once-chorus of hallowed harmony.
“Hermorah, you are the Tides, for who can say whether the moons predict the tides or the tides predict the moons?”
- Fadomai, from Words of Clan Mother Ahnissi
Name: Naia Iaerae
Moniker: Naia of the Tides
Age: Unknown
Gender: Female
Race: Appears Altmer
Profession: Scholar, Scryer, Augur, Enchanter, Collector
“The gifts of the Nereids are three-fold: the beauty of their form, the sweetness of their singing, and protection from harm.”
- Gifts Of The Nereids
Altmeri Appearance
Perhaps a touch paler than most Altmer, Naia moves with a graceful fluidity of motion and holds herself with a noble poise. White gold hair cascades past her shoulders, spilling in frame of a moonlit pearl gaze oft darkly defined in line and shadow, as her arrow tipped ears flare out through alabastrine strands. Possessing of beauty and well aware of it, this siren will often indulge her vanity, her eyes lingering on reflective surfaces as though captivated by her own visage.She dresses finely, often in flowing silks and elegant brocade, fabric rolling over curves like fluid water and stylized in filigree silver threads and pearlized embellishments. Around her neck hangs a vial of translucent liquid and shell shards, housed in a reliquary of crystal and pearl. When exposed, dark swirling lines can be seen inked upon her skin like ocean waves, spiraling tentacles across her shoulders and upper arms.
Personality
Naia doesn’t lie, although that doesn’t mean she always tells the truth. A weaver of words, her manipulative nature and tendency to be extremely secretive can make it difficult to ascertain her true intentions. Yet there is wisdom within this honor-bound keeper of memories, and she will share it with those deemed worthy by her Lord of Tides, Hermaeus Mora.With a tendency to be melancholic, Naia often focuses on the past and finds herself drawn to those considered troubled, pained, and broken. Those who earn her favor hold a double-edged blade, for she is loyal and protective, yet vain and possessive. Should her pride be bruised, her ire will be swift.
Virtues & Vices
Virtues:
Beauty
Wisdom & Honor
Empathy & TruthfulnessVices:
Vanity
Manipulation & Secrecy
Pride & Possessiveness
“It comes from the ocean, which is too busy to think, much less lie. Moving water resembles truth by its trembling.”
- Vivec, Sermon Sixteen
“We cut his throat and tossed his worthless carcass to the depths for Herm'us Mora to feast on.”
- Captain Torradan ap Dugal, Scourge of the Abecean Sea
