MISAE || LOOKS TWENTY || NATIVE || TAKEN
“You never live, you never learn. You never shine if you never burn. The rising tide, the undertow, the famine and the overflow. You turn away, welcome home.”— ✖
There is something distinctly whimsical and regal about Misae; she holds herself in a way that makes rooms hush and people stop whatever they’re doing when she starts talking, and has an air about her that draws people in as if what she’s about to say is bound to be a good story. An only daughter, she was never necessarily held to high standards as she was more often being told her mother’s position as Keeper, the head historian of the Piccaninny, gave her unfair advantages within the tribe. Ever since she was a small girl, Misae has always felt the need to prove herself to people, and this quality has only just started to wane in recent years; even when she is slighted, she puts her people before her pride, and rarely puts even a hair out of place for the sake of saving personal face. When the tribe moved from the lowlands to Neverpeak Mountain, she was nothing more than one of many hopefuls vying for the position of Keeper. Her mother, a strict but majestic woman, never coddled her, and made her work for her position in the clan harder than, perhaps, she would have any other candidate, but in the end, no one could argue that Misae was the right person to carry on the Piccaninny legacy. It was an honored role that Misae took very much to heart, and she spent years dedicating every word, song, and lullaby to memory with reverence, which has ultimately shaped her very character. Playfully competitive but wise beyond her years, Misae has the tendency to throw everything she has into anything she does, and nearly nothing can quail her passion.
Only very recently recognized as the new Keeper after the death of her predecessor, Misae has slipped into the role with finesse, blooming like a wild flower in spring under her own prudence. She knows every old story, every lullaby, and is one of the best oral speakers the tribe has seen in near decades. Highly valued for her knowledge and steady views, even those she beat for the position of apprentice grudgingly admit she is the best for her position. She is wholly dedicated to the continued preservation of her people’s past, and holds herself personally accountable to singularly insure her people maintain their footing in Neverland. Guardian of the rituals and green magic specific to the Piccaninny, for being so young, she holds power consistent almost with the Chief, and no one can deny the sway her words hold. Even so, she is a restless creature; her job is a hard one, even if it is one she embraced fully and freely, and Misae sometimes struggles to balance her personal desires with her beloved clan work.
She does find time to relax when she can, though. Just as free with affection as she is with her sage words, when she’s not seeking the company of other minds and bodies, she is wandering, soaking up the knowledge of the island the only ways she knows how. She listens, feels, and takes tendrils of memory and the land’s natural charms from the very creatures and plants that inhabit the island, thoughts and feelings left over from a harsh winter not so long ago. It’s a rather unique gift that is afforded most Keeper’s, a bit of old voodoo that only becomes stronger with time and practice. The fragments become her new tales, her new stories, and they weave themselves into the threads of her very being and, likewise, into the fabric of her people’s history; it’s a Keeper’s purpose to remember, and to rebuild, and to reinvent. There is something deeper to her than the historians of old, though, a latent power that swirls just out of reach. Mired in potential and duty, Misae’s capabilities are just starting to show; when the time comes to harness her raw potential, it won’t merely be an argument of life or death, but of clan or self.
▲ PASSIONATE - DYNAMIC - SAGACIOUS
▼ RESTLESS - HARRIED - INTENSE
