Laniis Baker
Fleet Seersa rescued from the harem of the Emperor. Formerly Fleet proper, now reassigned to Fleet Intelligence.
Physical Characteristics
- Shorter than the Slave Queen; "the black tips of her ears barely reaching the Slave Queen's neck." [1]
- Silver fur, black points on ears, legs, hands, tailtip [1]
- Orange eyes, "several shades darker than the Slave Queen's" [1]
- Fur thick enough to conceal her breasts and hips and genitals.[1]
- While a slave to the Chatcaava, collared with a silver collar. For presentations, the edges of both ears were entirely laced with earrings, and she wore bracelets, anklets, finger-rings and toe-rings and tail-bracelets, all in silver.[1]
History
- Fleet proper officer, though one of the only ones taught Eldren
- Captured alongside a male who was tortured for information and then executed, and a female who joined the harem but quickly died of sorrow[1]
- was in the Imperial Harem for 'a year' [2]
- Loaned to Fleet Intelligence after her rescue; is still considered part of Fleet Regular however
- Did undercover work with Hold 22 on the border, including on the lawless world of Akana Ris under the fake name 'Carol.'[2]
- Slept in a basket near the wall when quartered in the Queen's Suite as part of her duties as attendant to the Queen.[1]
- The Mother often had a kind word for her.[1]
- The Queen cared for her enough to comfort her with an embrace when she believed that the Alliance ambassador had abandoned her to her fate.[1]
- "The only slaves that survived the Empire were like Khaska: stable, solid and dispassionate. The very sensitive were consumed; the very passionate were quenched. Only the creatures in the perilous middle remained."[1]
Quotes
- "I told them we would try to help them, but we were prisoners too. But that we would try."[1]
- "To give yourself freely in service to others is not the same as slavery, Mistress."[1]
"You should have known better, Ambassador. The moment they released me to duty I went back to the border. I pay my debts...!" [3]
Trivia
- speaks Chatcaavan and Eldritch[1]
- maintained a rigid formality with the Queen until the arrival of Lisinthir, to the Queen's mild annoyance[1]
- facial expressions difficult to read by the Queen[1]
- Called "Khaska" by the Slave Queen, who named her after the bellringers for the ancient temples to the Living Air.[1]
- traditionally children dressed in white
- The name she chose for undercover work on Akana Ris, "Carol," is in honor of that name.[2]
- Was glad to escape her life in the harem when Lisinthir provided a way out, but wept to leave the Queen, who she cared for, behind[1]