Mendira

Mendira
Status	Active
Race	Elf
Gender	Female
Guild	Bard
Instance	Prime
Relatives	Briaen

Description

You see Songbird Mendira Huns, Dancer of Zaldi Taipa, an Elf.
She has pointed ears and large expressive faded lilac eyes. Her dark brown hair is hip length and silky, and is worn in an intricate braid threaded with some strands of aurora tourmalines and allowed to fall over one shoulder. She has warm caramel-hued skin and a sylphlike figure.
She is statuesque for an Elf.
A herd of itty bitty bronze bovines cavorting around an aurora tourmaline sun float lazily around her right arm, glowing with a lustrous sheen against her skin.
She appears to be young.
She has several interlocking rings of green jade that pierce the flesh to follow along your right eyebrow, each notched in even intervals and rubbed with indigo.
Her shoulder has a tattoo of a brightly colored songbird darting through a cascade of musical notes.
She is in good shape.

She is wearing a sparkly gold bandeau of spun glitter, a swirling silk dancer's skirt of ever-shifting hues laced at the front with golden silk cords and a pair of soft gold velvet dancing slippers with silken ankle-laces.

Mendi's Favorite Things

TAP: a careworn dancer's treatise bound by soft rosecloth ribbons
LOOK: Creasing and discoloration are evident along the lengths of blush-hued ribbon in a distinct pattern.  Elegant lettering in faded gold leaf sweeps across the cover to read, "Dance Like Everyone's Watching: Forms, Theory, and Advice on Performing Before an Audience."  Many of the pages are crinkled and littered with copious tiny notes in the margins.

TAP: an auroral-toned lotusweave kirtle belted by draping chains of gold
LOOK: Awash in the pale hues of a dawning spring morning, the fabric gleams with a soft silken luster as it cascades from its demure scooped neckline to a floor-length hem.  Long, narrow sleeves frame the bodice of the garment, and a series of loose golden chains hang across the hips.  Medallions dangle from the fine links overlapping the folds of the flowing skirt, each carved with a stylized sun.

TAP: some green jade rings notched in even intervals
WORN: You have several interlocking rings of green jade that pierce the flesh to follow along your right eyebrow, each notched in even intervals and rubbed with indigo.
NOTE: Eye brow rings that match Briaen's, to signify their marriage.  From Humanist.

TAP: a gold neithrel band fastened with five silver chains
LOOK: Lines of inlaid silver run along the heavy gold bracelet and ring forming the neithrel band.  Each of the five silver chains stretches from different places upon the bracelet to join together on the single ring, forming a delicate silver web to lay across the back of the hand when worn.
READ: "To remember, lest we forget the pain of those before us."

Peacock Dance Costume:
You see Dancer Mendira Huns of Zaldi Taipa, an Elf.
The glittery mask is covered in short greenish-blue feathers to create the regal head of a peacock and completely enshrouds her features.  A fan-like crest crowns the top of Mendira's head, while long plumes of iridescent blue and green cascade down her shoulders to display their colorful eyespots sprinkled with peacock jaspers.  The vibrant teal gems contrast sharply with the pure white beak of alerce covering the lower half of her face.
She is in good shape.

She is wearing a dramatic spun glitter cloak trailing a multitude of iridescent peacock plumes, an iridescent blue spun glitter bodice flamboyantly feathered with peacock plumes, a breathtaking classically-styled tutu composed of iridescent peacock feathers and a pair of soft gold velvet dancing slippers with silken ankle-laces.

TAP: a dramatic spun glitter cloak trailing a multitude of iridescent peacock plumes
LOOK: Innumerable delicate feathers are festooned in overlapping rows across a scintillating layer of vivid, sapphire blue spun glitter.  They quiver with every movement of the garment, bright blue eyes showcasing their brilliance with every tremble.  Emerald firesilk lines the interior, and its shimmering hue and shifting shades of red complement a pair of delicate gold hooks designed to secure the cloak at the throat.
NOTE: Cloak crafted by Sindah, with consultations from Vixonia and Navesi

Mendi's Repertoire

• List of Public Performances

Mendi's Cabin in Ilithi

[Almalne Alolan, Grassy Road]
Giving way to fields again, the orchard's edge is planted with wood roses that display petals a shade of pink that is tipped with lavender. Dense grasses threaten to hide the road itself, their shades of green richly hued. A gate of artfully wrought iron stands between two of the bushes. You also see a rose-covered silverwillow cabin with a planter of geraniums hanging by the door and a cozy white oak cottage.
Obvious paths: east, west.

You unlock the door to a rose-covered silverwillow cabin.
You open the door to a rose-covered silverwillow cabin.
You walk through the door to your cabin.

[Mendira's Cabin, Private Quarters]
A white snowbeast pelt rug adorns the zingana floor of this small room. An open brick-lined hearth rests between a simple bed with a beech headboard and a lace-skirted beech dressing table pushed up against the smooth plaster walls. The room holds a very faint scent of roses. You also see a dainty white mouse, a large garden window with sparkling glass panes, a trio of cascading baskets hung from the ceiling and a simple beech chair that is facing the table.
Obvious paths: none.

>look in bask
In the cascading baskets you see some vibrant red roses.

>look on table
On the beech dressing table you see a carved wooden mirror with a silver inlaid handle and a carved wooden brush with a silver inlaid handle.

>look on bed
On the simple bed you see a tatted-edge white linen pillow, a tatted-edge white linen pillow and a fuzzy white wool blanket.

Mendi's Retreat in Zoluren

[The Strand, Tree-lined Path]
The thickly wooded area surrounding the footpath does an admirable job of ensconcing the area in deep black shadows. Fastened securely to the many trees along the border, glowing gaethzen globes add a touch of manmade art to the natural environment. Noisy crickets chirp their rhythmic tones every now and then to break the night's silence. You also see an ivy-covered fieldstone retreat with an e'erdream tree in the front that suspends a silver dance trapeze, an unremarkable cabin, a lavish alder-gabled residence and a capacious willow tree with a squirrel's nest inside a branch's knothole.
Obvious paths: east, west.

You unlock the door to an ivy-covered fieldstone retreat.
You open the door to an ivy-covered fieldstone retreat.
You walk through the door to your retreat.

[Mendira's Retreat, Sitting Room]
Walls of cobalt blue jaalmin and a polished ironwood floor covered by a deep-fringed white wool carpet enclose this room. In one corner lies a low blue brocade sofa with a wrought iron frame, and near the sofa sits a delicate rosewood tea table topped with an intricate glass mosaic. A columned white-marble fireplace burns along the far wall with a twining etrana wreath hanging above it. The room holds a very faint scent of etrana blossoms. You also see a large garden window with sparkling glass panes, an elegant dark ironwood bookcase with glass shelves and an engraved rosewood chair that is facing the table.
Obvious paths: none.

>look wall
Woven into the warp of the cobalt blue linen are evenly-spaced filaments of shimmering gold, their metallic sheen appearing to almost ripple like quicksilver with the slightest movement.  The closely spaced golden threads interact with the background fabric to create the illusion of pinstriping that runs vertically along the surface of the walls.  Gold leaf covers the carved cup-and-ball motif on the crown molding, helping to bring out the accents of the metallic fibers in the textile-covered walls.

>look tea table
Colorful shards of glass are expertly set into the deep reddish-hued wood to create a lush bouquet of blushing red and cobalt blue etrana flowers across the top of the circular table.

>look on tea table
On the tea table you see an Ilithic applewood tea hamper tied with an Elothean silk scarf and an elegant jade teapot.

>look on sofa
On the brocade sofa you see an etrana dream pillow, an etrana dream pillow and a soft white blanket trimmed with tiny gold tassels.

>look pillow on sofa
Made from soft white linen stuffed with goose feathers and dried flower petals, the pillow has been embroidered with a wreath of etrana blossoms.  The same blossoms within the pillow give it an elusive, sweet fragrance.

>look in bookcase
In the ironwood bookcase you see a maple welkin figurine, a group of well-worn songbooks, an ornamental rose tree topiary seated within a lacquered blackwood tray, a tall porcelain vase painted with a cascading waterfall, a collection of leather-bound script anthologies, a squat gloamstone basin filled with an assortment of odd stone-like succulents, a collection of worn volumes bound in battered black leather, a collection of artistic studies bound in niveous whitleather and a collection of historical tomes bound in silver-embossed leather.

Notes

• Grew up in Leth and then Crossing, and more recently spent time in Zaldi Taipa, which she at last considers her home despite an at times tenuous relationship with her heritage. Currently lives nearby, in the apple orchards north of Shard.
• Is in the process of overcoming a wildly severe case of shyness. Has gotten much better about not blushing every time someone looks at her, and this is amazing progress that makes her 150% more tolerable to be around, probably.
• Is married to Dawnsworn Briaen Huns, Knight Penitent of Berengaria and Wearer of the Best Titles.
• Her name is short for "Geshemendira," or "frozen treasure."
• As is common among Wind Elves, she has had many names over the years. Her heart name is now known by only one living soul, perhaps two.
• Loves flowers and prefers to see them happy and alive and growing in place, rather than picking them.
• Wishes to befriend every animal in the realms that isn't actively trying to murder her. Her pets include: a dainty white mouse that lives in her house, a tubby honey badger, a fuzzy brown sea otter, a tiny warty piglet, a pudgy river rat, and a portly jaguar-spotted kitten with onyx rosettes and oversized beige paws.
• Once ran off-stage and into the night during a dramatic bout of stage fright at Shard's illustrious Shoan a Sidelkuloa.
• Is extremely insecure about her singing ability, but is attempting to hone her skills after receiving some excellent advice from a mentor on the intertwined nature of talent and hard work.
• Always carries a caddy full of Madikh's sassafras tea from the Lamb's Shank, in case of emergency.