TIA DREAM-WEAVER
Desert ScholarsDream Interpreter and Sleep Mage
"Dreams are the desert of the mind. I am merely a guide through its shifting sands.""
Identity
- Residence
- House of Dreams in Al-Zahra
- Civilization
- Desert Scholars
Appearance
• Physical: Ethereal and tired-looking with dark circles under her eyes from interrupted sleep. Her movements are slow and deliberate. • Clothing: Flowing nightrobes even during the day, heavy with dreamcatchers and sleep charms. She wears a sleep mask pushed up on her forehead. • Distinguishing Marks: Her eyes are different colors, one blue and one green, said to represent the waking and sleeping worlds.
Relationships
- Family - Estranged from family who consider her gift a curse
- Allies - Other dream-workers who share techniques, clients whose lives she's improved
- Rivals - False dream interpreters who give people dangerous advice
Personality
- Traits: Perpetually exhausted, genuinely cares about helping people understand their dreams, speaks in dream-like metaphors, surprisingly sharp when fully awake
- Mannerisms: Yawns constantly; rubs her eyes; sometimes falls asleep mid-conversation
- Voice: Soft and dreamy, occasionally trailing off into silence
Backstory
Tia has been able to enter others' dreams since childhood, a gift that has left her perpetually sleep-deprived. She trained as a dream interpreter and now helps people understand messages from their subconscious and the spirit world. Her interpretations are eerily accurate.
Daily Life
Spends mornings interpreting dreams brought by clients, afternoons in magical sleep studying dream patterns, evenings in actual sleep which is constantly interrupted by dream-walking. She naps whenever possible.
Secret
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Story Hooks
- 1 The dream-creature has begun attacking people in their sleep, and she needs help tracking and destroying it.
- 2 She has been hired to interpret a recurring dream that multiple people are having, which seems to be a warning of something terrible.