Nahair, Creeping Venom, We Stitch Furtive Gossamer Into the Void

Nahair, Creeping Venom, We Stitch Furtive Gossamer Into the Void, is the Orarch spymaster. Their pronouns are they/them.

Description
Nahair is average height with a lithe build. They wear clothing that is practical and loose, well suited to fighting. Their hair is a dark, uninteresting brown, falling just below their shoulder blades. They keep it tied with a purple ribbon in a bun or a braid. Their face is plain, with modest features.

Nahair is, as many politicians can attest, an insufferable ass. They are charming when it suits them. Self-serving, rude, and impatient, they have no time for hemming and hawing. Their intelligence, cunning, and wit make them interesting at first glance, but unbearable to those who know them well. They lie often and without remorse.

In Nahair's view, an honorable victory is an inefficient one, and they have no respect or concern for honor. Victory is an obligation, and should be secured by any means.

They acknowledge the importance of misbehaving, and exert subtle control over the questionably-legal milieux of Shield society. Creating the illusion of freedom is a talent they've cultivated carefully over years.

They are an incredibly talented duelist and schemer. Few people have stuck with them long enough to become a friend. The nobility detests them, but they have a few loyal informants-turned-friends among commoners. They have a soft-spot for the common folk, but love them somewhat condescendingly, as a hunter loves their hound.

They have no wish to be remembered.

History
Nahair was born in a small eastern village, but quickly grew tired of the limited local gossip. They ran away from home and set themself up in the bustling eastern capital city. There they built a messenger network called "the Tapestry" that specialized in safely and discretely distributing 'sensitive' information. They also organized underground fighting rings to train the common folk to defend themselves, in case they needed to wrest power from the state. Once whispers grew to murmurs and the network gained renown, they became well-known in the higher strats of society. Nahair received countless challenges to duels from angry nobles with ruined reputations. They bested every oponent with dirty tricks before or during the duels. Poisoned blades, mystifying illusions, and general trickery served as their weapons. Nahair's infamy and innate talent in the white arts eventually led the Orarch order to recruit them.

Nahair quickly established themself as the leader of the Orarchs' covert operations team.

When they first joined the Orarchs, they continued to teach commoners to defend themselves in case they ever needed to defend from outside attackers. Now they continue to challenge the lower classes to rise up, but do their best to make sure that the state will be powerful enough to win handily if this happens.