Qora Paunene Zela

Qora

Sediryl's crazy Faulfenzair friend.

Physical Characteristics

An Eye of Faulza, Qora is white with red fire points (ears, throat, fingertips, toes), with bright green eyes. He is unmated, and so has the body of a pre-Entwining male. He smells of smoke and incense.

Dancing Style

"Qora danced with a deliberate power that invested every motion with meaning, and yet something about it felt so natural that it made her think of a white banner twisting in the wind, or dandelion fluff floating through summer sunlight. Such lightness of carriage, to go with such a dense frame. How did he make it look so effortless?"

Biography

A mechanic? A sanitary engineer? A priest? A spy! He was part of Daize's crew on the Willseeker (one of nineteen), one of a small number of experimental military vessels developed by the Faulfenza in response to the predation of pirates on the borders.

Events of the Chatcaavan War: he was captured by pirates and ended up in Kamaney's depot, where he was given to Sediryl by Kamaney as a gift. He remained in her quarters as her "slave", where he gave her advice and kept her and Vasiht'h centered. When the Queen was delivered to Sediryl's care, he watched over her, and carried her when necessary. When Sediryl took over as pirate queen, he followed her to the pirate flagship (carrying the Queen Ransomed). There he kept her company, ended up crashing on the Vault with her.

Events here of From Ruins that I don't remember.

Volunteered his pattern to Attendant. Left with Lisinthir when he returned to the Chatcaavan Empire.

Quotes

• "Don’t waste time soothing me. I don’t require soothing. Our God is a god of fire, foreign woman, and fire burns even its friends."

• "Have you thought that perhaps she needs this tension to propel her through those next few days? An engine works on pressure. Remove the pressure, no propulsion."

• "Put that feeling into your body, and through your body into the world. When you speak this way, you transform that speech into beauty. Training will be difficult. You will strengthen your body, and marry it to your will and your emotions. You will have to concentrate. But to speak, you cannot wall away your ambivalence, your grief, your hope. They must go through your body and into the world."

• "People die in war, Eldritch princess. People also die from stupid accidents, and horrible diseases, and old age. Do we prefer to die young? Of course not. But Faulza willing, our deaths have meaning. This… death while escaping tyranny, and preventing more loss? Better that, than many, many alternatives."

• "A true dancer never trips."

• "That's why I want to see if I can turn some unsuspecting Chatcaavan into one of us. What a fascinating turn of events that would be! You could go from pampered servant to God-touched priest in a single step of the dance!"

Trivia

• he's adopted a lot of Pelted gestures: smiling, nodding
• calls Sediryl 'princess'