FROSTINA THE ASH MERCHANT
Dragons"Ash is not cruel. It simply is. I have learned to work with it rather than against it.""
Identity
- Civilization
- Dragons
Appearance
• Physical: Frostina's scales are the dull gray of volcanic ash, with patterns that resemble cooling embers. She is lean—100 feet of smoldering efficiency—with wings that generate clouds of fine ash. Her eyes are the glowing orange of banked coals. • Clothing: She wears minimal garments designed for volcanic environments, adorned with obsidian shards. • Distinguishing Marks: Her breath chokes the air with ash clouds, and she leaves soot wherever she walks.
Relationships
- Family - Distant—they consider commerce "beneath" a dragon
- Allies - Businesses that rely on her services, ash sculptors, a Drakonian merchant
- Rivals - Competing fire-resistant material providers, those who want to steal her techniques
Personality
- Traits: Businesslike and practical, genuinely proud of her work, surprisingly warm to friends, frustrated by dampness
- Mannerisms: Generates ash clouds when thinking, speaks quickly and efficiently, collects fire-related puns
- Voice: Low and gravelly, like smoldering embers
Backstory
Frostina discovered that her ash-breath could be used for practical purposes—insulating structures, fertilizing soil, creating fire-resistant coatings. She has built a successful business exporting ash products and fire-resistant storage services, proving that even destructive abilities can have constructive uses.
Daily Life
Frostina manages her ash production facilities, negotiates supply contracts, delivers fire-resistant materials to customers, and maintains her cinder storage vaults.
Secret
Frostina has discovered that her ash can preserve more than structures—it can preserve memories, trapping them in hardite crystal. She is terrified of what this could mean.
Story Hooks
- 1 Frostina needs help protecting her facilities from a rival's sabotage
- 2 Someone has learned about her memory-preservation discovery and wants to exploit it