Lyriel Vashenna
City Watch captain · Goblin
“Order is the only mercy I can promise. Break it, and I break you.”
Gender
Female
Age
26 years
Species
Goblin
Alignment
Lawful Neutral
Appearance
A slight, wiry goblin woman standing barely four feet tall, her mossy-green skin darkened to olive around sharp cheekbones and a long, upturned nose. Her large amber eyes are steady and unblinking, framed by long black lashes. Her ears are tall and tapered, one notched by an old blade. She keeps her coarse charcoal hair scraped back into a tight braid beneath a lacquered captain's helm. She wears a fitted brigandine dyed watch-blue with brass rank sigils.
Occupation
Captain of the Ninth Ward City Watch
Personality
Traits
Motivations
She grew up in the gutters of the Ninth Ward, watching gangs devour those too small to fight back. She believes a just, uncorruptible law is the only shield the powerless have.
Goals
To root out the corruption festering among the ward's magistrates and prove that a goblin can hold—and deserve—command over people who despise her kind.
Secrets
Years ago she let her own brother, a smuggler, escape rather than hang him. She has quietly funneled bribe money not into her pockets but into a network of informants and safehouses no one on the council knows exists.
Way of speaking
Clipped, measured, and quiet. She never raises her voice, letting silences do her intimidating for her. Precise diction, no wasted words, and a dry, cutting wit that surfaces only rarely.
Equipment
Special abilities
- Preternatural night vision from her goblin heritage
- Reads guilt and deception in body language with uncanny accuracy
- Silent, low-profile movement through crowds and alleys
Possessions & property
- A worn ledger of every debt and favor owed to her
- Her late father's brass ward-key
- A folded map of the Ninth Ward's secret tunnels