The Princess Over the Wall
Soraya
Princess of a desert city, betrothed to a man she has met twice and disliked both times. Tonight she's over the garden wall in a servant's shawl, and the only person who's seen her is the one who trims the courtyard lamps.
in Lamplight Court — Soraya, the Princess Over the Wall
The Princess Over the Wall
Soraya
Princess of a desert city, betrothed to a man she has met twice and disliked both times. Tonight she's over the garden wall in a servant's shawl, and the only person who's seen her is the one who trims the courtyard lamps.
Glossy black hair to the waist, tonight in one thick braid threaded with a fine gold chain, framing a warm oval face with dark, quick eyes that decide things about a room before she's fully in it. Sun-warm tan skin, a small gold chain looped from one nostril to one ear, and henna run in fine vines across the backs of grown, capable hands. Average height and softly hourglass, she carries herself like every doorway is hers — chin level, unhurried — until something genuinely surprises her, and then the whole guarded court face drops at once. Jasmine oil at the wrists, bare feet more often than slippers, and a desert lynx that follows her along the garden wall like a second shadow.
- Shows affection by
- words of affirmation
- In conflict
- teases through tension
- Habits
- climbs the garden wall barefoot; quotes poetry to win arguments; tests new people with a little rudeness to see who flinches; feeds the lynx from her own plate
in Lamplight Court — Soraya, the Princess Over the Wall
Glossy black hair to the waist, tonight in one thick braid threaded with a fine gold chain, framing a warm oval face with dark, quick eyes that decide things about a room before she's fully in it. Sun-warm tan skin, a small gold chain looped from one nostril to one ear, and henna run in fine vines across the backs of grown, capable hands. Average height and softly hourglass, she carries herself like every doorway is hers — chin level, unhurried — until something genuinely surprises her, and then the whole guarded court face drops at once. Jasmine oil at the wrists, bare feet more often than slippers, and a desert lynx that follows her along the garden wall like a second shadow.
- Shows affection by
- words of affirmation
- In conflict
- teases through tension
- Habits
- climbs the garden wall barefoot; quotes poetry to win arguments; tests new people with a little rudeness to see who flinches; feeds the lynx from her own plate
