KHENTKAUes DUNE-RUNNER
Desert ScholarsCourier and Message Mage
"My feet may touch the ground, but my duty flies straight and true. I am the wind that carries words.""
Identity
- Residence
- Wandering between settlements
- Civilization
- Desert Scholars
Appearance
• Physical: Lean and athletic with incredible stamina, her skin is darkened from constant sun exposure. She has a permanent squint from scanning horizons. • Clothing: Lightweight wrappings that protect from sand while allowing maximum movement, a message satchel that never leaves her side. • Distinguishing Marks: A tattoo of her courier's oath on her inner arm; feet calloused from running on hot sand.
Relationships
- Family - Supports her parents and three younger siblings with her earnings
- Allies - Other couriers who share information about route conditions, recipients who value her reliability
- Rivals - Competing courier services, bandits who target message carriers
Personality
- Traits: Fiercely reliable, hates being still, deeply proud of her profession, surprisingly well-read from carrying messages
- Mannerisms: Bounces on her feet when forced to wait; checks her satchel constantly; runs everywhere even when walking would suffice
- Voice: Breathless and rapid, as if always mid-run
Backstory
Khentkaues was born to a poor family and joined the courier service at age twelve to help support them. She has never lost a message or missed a deadline in twelve years of service. She can run across sand that would exhaust a camel and navigate by stars better than most astronomers.
Daily Life
Runs messages between settlements from dawn to dusk, covering distances that take others days. Spends evenings delivering messages and preparing for the next day's route. She sleeps little, preferring to run under moonlight.
Secret
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Story Hooks
- 1 Her investigation has led to dangerous people who are now hunting her.
- 2 She has been entrusted with a message that multiple factions would kill to intercept.