SENENMUT STAR-MAPPER
Desert ScholarsCartographer and Navigation Mage
"The desert shifts, but my maps capture its memory. I give permanence to what would otherwise be forgotten.""
Identity
- Residence
- Map House of Al-Zahra
- Civilization
- Desert Scholars
Appearance
• Physical: Thin and stooped from years hunched over maps, with ink-stained fingers and permanently squinting eyes. His movements are precise and economical. • Clothing: Practical work clothes covered in ink stains, a heavy leather apron with pockets full of mapping tools. • Distinguishing Marks: A scar across his palm from a mapping accident; his eyes are different colors from a magical incident.
Relationships
- Family - A wife who manages his business affairs; children who work as field cartographers
- Allies - Explorers who bring him new information, officials who rely on his maps
- Rivals - Competing cartographers, treasure hunters who want exclusive access to his discoveries
Personality
- Traits: Obsessively precise, deeply frustrated by the desert's constant changes, surprisingly poetic about places he's mapped, fiercely protective of his work
- Mannerisms: Measures everything he sees; corrects people's descriptions of locations; taps his fingers in map coordinates
- Voice: Dry and technical, becoming passionate when discussing particularly challenging maps
Backstory
Senenmut has been mapping the desert for forty years, creating the most accurate charts in existence. He has mapped regions that others consider impossible to navigate and documented ruins that have since been buried. His maps are worth their weight in gold.
Daily Life
Spends days updating maps with new information, afternoons teaching navigation to students, evenings planning expeditions to unmapped regions. He rarely leaves his workshop, preferring to work through others.
Secret
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