Irine

A Harat-Shar tigraine, one of Reese Edding's employee on the TMS Earthrise.

Appearance and Personality

Yellow eyes; tiger stripes on golden fur. Described as "blonde". Has a "furry soprano," "surprisingly sweet."

Biography

Sensitive to the cold, Irine is often seen about the TMS Earthrise wearing socks on her paws and tail to keep warm.

Most of the crew of the TMS Earthrise were hired 3 years before the start of the book Earthrise. Irine was the first or second to be hired by Reese, she hired the twins first.

During the Solstice Vigil, was given a heated blanket from Reese, feathers from Bryer, cinnamon oil from Kis'eh't, a cloisonné jewelry box (as she as a minor noblewoman of the house of Laisrathera) from Hirianthial, Soly's hold to be detached to Escutcheon for at least a year for Narain to be with Sascha and Irine from Liolesa.

Family

Seventeen siblings; their father had seven wives.

• Sascha - twin brother
• Zhemala - one of Irine and Sascha's mothers (though not their birth-mother), and first wife to their father
• Mascher - Irine and Sascha's father

Quotes

• Reese: "I have sheep." Irine: "I think those sheep have themselves."

Trivia

• the pieces she wove into Hirianthial's hair chain included a lockpick and a ring she bought at a bazaar "to fight a heartache that had seemed eternal at the time."
• knows some songs in Meredan (with some Harat-Shariin words thrown in)
• likes genealogy