TUYA SEED-KEEPER
Desert ScholarsAgricultural Mage and Seed Preservationist
"Seeds are promises of future harvests. I keep those promises safe against the desert's hunger.""
Identity
- Residence
- Oasis Agricultural District
- Civilization
- Desert Scholars
Appearance
• Physical: Solid and earth-worn with hands permanently stained with soil. Her skin is healthy from outdoor work. • Clothing: Practical work clothes that can get dirty, a heavy apron with seed pockets, and boots designed for field work. • Distinguishing Marks: Her fingernails are always dirty; she smells faintly of growing things even in the driest conditions.
Relationships
- Family - Children who work as farmers; grandchildren who are learning her techniques
- Allies - Other agricultural mages who share seeds, farmers who rely on her varieties
- Rivals - Seed merchants who want to profit from her work, officials who want to control food production
Personality
- Traits: Deeply connected to plants, surprisingly fierce about seed preservation, genuinely loves growing things, terrified of crop failure
- Mannerisms: Touches plants constantly; checks soil conditions obsessively; speaks of plants as if they're children
- Voice: Warm and nurturing, becoming sharp when someone threatens her seeds
Backstory
Tuya was born to a farming family during a famine that killed half her village. She discovered her agricultural magic as a child and has spent fifty years preserving and improving desert crops. Her seed bank contains varieties that would otherwise be extinct.
Daily Life
Spends mornings tending her experimental gardens, afternoons managing the seed bank, evenings teaching agricultural techniques. She rarely leaves the agricultural district, considering it her life's work.
Secret
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Story Hooks
- 1 Someone has learned of her ancient seed and is trying to steal it.
- 2 A blight is threatening the desert's crops, and she needs help finding a resistant variety from her seed bank.