Izu Nemni
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- Name: Izu Nemni
- Udul (nickname):
- Dimir (Lady's Name): Farai
- Player: Tuck
- Class: Voice of the Dead
- Gender: M
- Age: 27
- Hair: Black
- Eyes: Brown
- Height: 5'10"
- Weight: 140
Biography
NPCs
People
- Antezheva Teresu: AKA Sasti or Weakyarn. Nemnu's tailor and clothing designer. The Lady is not stuck on appearances but knows that people come to see Her in all her finery, and Antezheva makes it happen. Because of your role as Nemnu's valet / attendant you interact with her a lot on a daily basis. She is very smart, has a wicked sense of humor, and has carved out her life of service in just the way she wants. She's a lesbian who has never married and seems extraordinarily happy with her life.
- Asomon Gongai: AKA Ghongum. He is a local Voice from the Gongai lineage which controls the great holy natural rock formation of Degh Ekorre just down the road from Nemnosti. He was an acolyte a few years before you, so you've known him a long time. You have a lot of stories about his fondness for women and while it never got out of control, it wasn't always welcome attention.
- Avrubai Dusmanis: You always call him Estuki; or playfully, Earwax. Came from poverty up from Ai Dandura and was an acolyte with you and Ifa. A mystic - not the best one but quite talented, you're told. He went away to Ardukh in the north to train further, and since he came back last year he's definitely been different - more confident, less of a goofy fun guy and more of a force. Still a friend, but less anxious about his lack of wealth and status.
- Bistu Borgegi: The Lady's ward here on loan from Borgegus Ula, a young Voice about your age, maybe a couple years younger. Definitely you get the impression that Voices at the Maze, Borgegus's ulajeta, are more worldly and less intellectual than at Nemnosti. You've been helping him adjust to life in the high hills, and remembering that it was similarly awkward when Ifa went to Onighus in the same capacity. He gave you a copy of the Record of Gambits which he recommended to you.
- Dadim Nemni: Your big brother, aka Dumpling or Zhinozh. Always had the reputation as the least intellectual of the four of you kids but he's no dummy. Outgoing and friendly to everyone, he runs the Coathook in Naftusa which lets him provide information to Nemnu about what's going on in the province. He is the kind of big brother who pokes fun but also takes super good care of you, and tells you things like how to pick up ladies, or gentlemen, or whatever.
- Divus Sochavi: AKA Navelbeard or Solum. Not actually old but feels really old. Nemnu's provisioner working out of his trading concern in Naftusa (where his wealthy lineage is based), so you interact with him a lot to make sure the Lady has what she wants and needs for the ulajeta. He's the guy who knows a guy who has just the thing. Sometimes you find him a little too slick, but he knows his stuff and does not disappoint.
- Faifir Losturi: AKA Chaive (rarely). A very old, revered Voice, officially the Master of the Conclave, which is when Nemnu calls all of her revered ancestors in the inner caves together once a year. The Losturi are not Nemni (by definition) but are the closest thing to it - they are in an eherdos (fealty) relationship. Very esteemed and wise, but you also know he used to really get around back in the day - and not just with his not-so-secret partner Foduza.
- Imas Mundurir: AKA The Trowel. The architect / engineer / Voice / master of repairing and expanding architecture, mainly here at Nemnosti but also famous elsewhere. You know he's totally cut off from his birth family and Nemnu, Nemnosti, and the work he does are his life now, for decades. Unlike some other Voices, has never really expressed any interest in having relationships on the side - maybe even a little judgy of those who do. He's older and wiser than you, definitely a bit aloof, not nasty but you're not sure how much other people are really relevant to him.
- Ingo Pechotukho: AKA Vestor or Threeknees. The high priest at the temple at Nemnosti, the only boss you would recognize other than, of course, Nemnu Herself. He's known you your whole life of course, and is good friends with both your dad as well as Voice Kailas - they were all acolytes at the same time, as well as the hengi, Hojon. He is from Onighus originally and is politically well-connected both to the nobility there and to the Conduits who run the country. He has always liked you and increasingly is giving you positions of responsibility and autonomy within the temple.
- Junu Arfendazi: AKA Jagu or Quellstorm. A sculptor in the fine alabaster quarried nearby, and one of the best at what he does. He's about ten years older than you (and 15+ years younger than his partner, Voice Ingo) and was both one of your teachers of stonecarving/sculpting, and someone who is a friend. He and Ingo helped you figure out a lot of things about yourself when you were a kid and maybe even view you as a kind of son / friendly nephew. Junu is so well-known for his skill at his craft that few people realize that he's enormously smart, probably smarter than most of the mystics, but he doesn't make a big deal of that.
- Kailas Nemni: AKA Kivaro or Sizzlepate. A distant cousin, Kailas is the one who would be able to tell you exactly how you're related. Every Nemni and everyone who's married into the Nemni for hundreds of years. It's like a party trick that is actually useful. He is not the most powerful Voice, and he's kind of an awkward dude, single-minded in his purpose to know how everyone is connected to everyone.
- Lildanai Nemni: AKA Janglebloom or Tesel. The main gardener at Nemnosti, which is not an illustrious role but she really enjoys having a life free of stress. You interact with her and her husband, the chef Uruno, to make sure everything is ready for when the Lady 'eats' with guests or acolytes.
- Mususi Nemni: Your (distant) cousin, daughter of the hengi, Hand of the Dead appointed to the temple in Naftusa, basically the same age as you and Ifa. Kind of a rivalry going back decades, mostly low-key with occasional periods of chilly silence. She's just a little bit too obsessed with what other people think of her and then wonders why people don't like her. She was the equivalent of the popular kid mean girl at the ulajeta when you were all acolytes, but that isn't a good look when you're 26 and supposed to be a professional priestess.
- Naka Igriz: Your mom, herbalist and teacher at the ulajeta. AKA Ovakh, but not to you. While for some people, having your mom as a teacher would be awkward, you always found it comforting. She's a warm, generous kind person who just happens to like the natural world a lot more than you do. She was always supportive through your transition and your religious calling. You're not really Ravre, like she is - but at Nemnosti that's always more complicated - and sometimes you are reminded that she grew up in a much more rural way, even though Akapa Sogo is only a short walk from the ulajeta.
- Nanga Nemni: AKA Bristlenose or Chimis. Your cousin, a year or so older than you. She was always the 'bad girl' at the ulajeta when she was an acolyte (but also before and afterwards) like she was rebelling against something. But she's still here even though she has relatives in Onighus and could do lots of things. Her boyfriend is Verga, the son of the Dendorfi hengi, and everyone expects they're going to get married, but you're not so sure.
- Rupun Lurusiri: AKA Bent-river or Besura. Rupun is the only other Voice you know on the huthajai path, and in that respect, kind of a mentor. He started out in the Sortustor common lineage in Naftusa, you think, but that was ages ago. As an acolyte, he eventually took up his calling not as the solitary follower of Lurusiru Ula, the ancestor-saint who resides in a place of honour in the Inner Caves. Rupun is literally the only person allowed to talk to Them other than, you guess, Nemnu, and maybe (?) Ingo. The whole thing is very sensitive for Nemnu, you know. Anyway, Rupun is a weird dude, which has got to be true for anyone who lives his life serving a dead saint and mostly being the caretaker for a village and ulajeta that have been abandoned for 300 years. You know it is part of the role of the Voice to care for every temple, every saint, every Ancestor, of course.
- Sumasi Zipizmo: Sumasi is the main priest, which is to say, the only priest, of the tiny but honoured temple in Hong Sogo, where Sumasi's ancestor Isfizal and many other ancient Ravre ancestors reside. Not an acolyte, doesn't ever have much to do with Nemnosti, but you know that Nemnu regards him with esteem, and occasionally he helps out when the Voices at the ulajeta need something relating to the high hills. You've never been to Hong Sogo but Marga, who was born there, does not seem to be a fan. Sumasi himself seems pleasant enough but very, very religious, even for a priest.
- Uklai Akhamai: Your grandma, originally born in Taizi and whose father was an acolyte here before her. Her life was spent as a merchant / dealer in goods for the cloister (similar to what Divus now does) but since your grandfather died many years ago, and then she retired to a cottage in Hertu where she gardens and lives a life as an honoured elder. You visit her there when you can to bring her things and do chores that need a tall person.
- Verga Dendorfi: AKA Quencher. Son of the hengi of the Dendorfi, definitely has the whole 'noble son looking to prove himself' vibe. He's a Voice, but not a really great one, and you imagine that he may someday give that life up for his lineage politics and all that. He's around the same age as you and definitely seems bitter that your position is more esteemed, but because he was never an acolyte, that isn't going to happen. You don't mistrust him the way some others do - he's not a spy, he's just a daddy's boy who is a pawn in some political game. He does play somewhat important roles in the Outer Caves (where the ancestors of the not-so-esteemed are interred, outside the cloister walls).
- Veruve Nemni: AKA Mosaic or Nifin. A few years older than you, Veruve came to Nemnosti a couple years before you were an acolyte, from northern Khutu, and later adopted into the Nemni by Hojon's sister Kheta (so now, a cousin of some kind). Very skilled for her age as a mystic, she is now Nemnu's Vessel, whose body She occupies when she wants to do magic. It's intimate and personal but it works because she is so devoted to Nemnu, which you have in common with her. You get why sometimes she keeps her distance from others, because she has this role that makes her really different and requires her to not have really powerful attachments.
- Zaren Nemni
