Minerva "Somber" Havnir

Name:
Minerva Havnir
Age:
20
Race:
Shiloh
Appearance:


Abilities:
Crooked Smile: Minerva's tight-lipped secret is a maw with a row of sharp, reptilian teeth, somehow caged neatly in the thin visage of a woman. Her bite is adequately terrifying, but she doesn't use it for anything other than her meals.

Mauling Tendons: Minerva's wrists and ankles are gifted in unnatural ways, and can twist, pull, and harden beyond human capabilities, which manifests in different ways. Minerva's hands provide a gentle caress, but at her whims can creak wood and shatter bones in her grasp. Her feet can turn and bend with speed and precision, allowing for gravity-defying twirls and leaps.

Amphibian Faculties: Minerva is a natural swimmer and can hold her breath for much longer than a human, though these are faculties that she hasn't explored. The skin along her spine and shoulderblades is also coarse and hardy.

Skills:
Ventriloquism: Ever conscious of her smile, Minerva has learned to speak without moving her mouth, as well as the more nuanced illusions of throwing her voice.

Well-Tuned: Minerva has a trained ear for music.

Manual Artistry: Minerva is most dexterous with her hands, able to delicately handle objects like fans, batons, and even sharp edges for dazzling contact juggling performances

Elegant Footwork: Minerva compliments these performances with gliding movements and dance

Inventory:

Performer's Mask: Not trusting discipline alone to contain her secret, Minerva has been given a beautiful porcelain mask to wear in her performances.

Cursed Violin: Minerva's personal violin which she weaves in for mixed performances. It is not actually hexed in any way, but its strings seem to snap way too frequently

Milestone:
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Chronicle:
"I'll tell you what I know, and it is not much"

"I know not my mother, perhaps she is a mysterious lady from the woods, or perhaps one of the handmaidens of the estate, no one speaks of it. What I know is that I am not my father's daughter, or my brother's sister. The books Bernard smuggles to my room speak of things that aren't what I'm told. "Proper ladies don't smile", says father, "proper ladies do as told". All I do is study, listen, rehearse, write compose, my room is a music box, pristine and ornate, but what good is it to me if it is not I who has the key"

"Father gives me everything, or rather, he insists it's 'everything'. He keeps me fed, clothed, sheltered, groomed, contained. I cannot complain, I am not allowed, or able, to complain. Bernard is a sweetheart, but he is his father's son, he too studies a different art, one that I cannot fathom, one that I'm not allowed to fathom. My concern is the craft of sound, it comes to me, but not naturally. I'm drawn to the uncomplicated, the rush of the fountain and the songs of the birds, and by force I'm pulled away from it"

"I am a stranger to my family, and to myself. The things I've learned and figured out, I've hidden from him, at Bernard's behest. They, after all, have nothing to do with being a proper lady. But it's not something I've been taught, it's not something that's human, it is the true me, waiting to spring, like a doll from the music box"

"I don't need the key"

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