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Nasi is a teenage girl who has lived in the White Castle since the Dane twins' rule.[1] She worked at the castle during Holland Vosijk's reign;[2] unlike regular servants,[3] she had never been compulsed though.
Currently, she is a friend of Queen Kosika and sometimes assists by, e.g., helping her get ready for a tithing day[4] or washing her hair.[5]
Physical description[]
Nasi is very small and a foot shorter than she should be at age nine. She has long, pale blonde hair she keeps tied back in a braid ever since her encounter with Ojka. Nasi's face is scarred from an incident in the Kosik.[2]
Though she is not very tall, Nasi is still taller than Kosika at every age. Still nine when Kosika first meets her, she appears half-grown, with narrow limbs and full cheeks like she is sprouting up at different rates. Her face is still scarred and she kept the fair-haired braid.[6]
Personality[]
When she was younger, Nasi was quite anxious and quick to spook, though hanged around in areas she knew she should not. She generally tried to keep herself hidden, either literally or behind her hair to cover her face. She also attempted to hide her true emotions, too, to appear strong. She liked the room where Ojka's body is being kept because it was quiet and away from the chaos. Ojka, though dead, made her feel safer as well, and Nasi did not want her to be lonely.
However, as she grew older, Nasi became far more confident and self-assured. She is comfortable whilst meeting Kosika and interacting with the Vir. She enjoys the parties that the Vir throw. At the one held at the end of the tithing day, she flirts with a soldier named Gael. Nasi does not believe in gentle lies and does not hold her tongue. Just the same, she cannot disguise her emotions; they are always readable on her face.
Nasi is typically somewhere between cool and genial, though there are ways to rouse her sharper, stubborn and steely side, and it is particularly easy to do so if you are Kosika.[4][5] But she does not stay annoyed for long, at least with her friend. Which is good, because the queen tends to be sharp and sour, especially recently. After calling her out for her treatment of Reska, Nasi stops and instead asks why Kosika is mad.[7]
Nasi enjoys reading poetry[8] and books about strategy and war,[9] as well as playing the board game kol-kot (which she is very good at).
Biography[]
When she was young, Nasi was attacked in the Kosik, resulting in her face being permanently scarred.[2] She ended up in the White Castle while Astrid and Athos Dane were the monarchs. Presumably she went undetected, as every non-Dane in the castle at the time was compulsed in some way. Whenever things would get bad (whenever Athos would torture people), Nasi would hunker down with her hands over her ears and eyes shut.[1]
In the aftermath of the Danes' deaths, Nasi survived the power hungry violence the ensued before Holland returned to claim the throne. During his time as king, as conditions began to improve, Nasi was not always hiding beyond obscuring her face with her hair. Ojka once stopped her in the hallway, made her pull her hair back, and told her she had to own her scars, or else they'd own her. Though Nasi was hesitant, she began keeping her hair in a braid. The approval and validation from Ojka whenever she'd see her made Nasi feel good about herself, and she's worn the braid since.[2]
Nasi did not lose her skill for sneaking around unseen and unheard. When Ojka brought Kell Maresh to White London, Nasi caught sight of the Red London Antari and knew him to be a prisoner, though she did not recognize him.[2] An explanation for why she had not seen him before could be because Kell moves through the castle loudly[10] and that is someone she would have avoided.
A Conjuring of Light[]
Though she is not supposed to be there, technically, Nasi remains with Ojka's corpse in the quiet room. Nasi keeps her company and arranges vines and flowers picked from the courtyard around her body. She also places a bowl of earth on the table at Ojka's feet and one of water at her head. Nasi is driven away by the sound of the approaching royal guard, and there might be another exit in the room as Nasi is able to disappear before they arrive.[2]
As things continue to get worse in Holland's absence, Nasi stays with Ojka because she feels safer with her if something bad were to happen. And Nasi can feel when something is about to happen. From Red London, Osaron calls upon Ojka's body. Nasi is there to witness the eerie rising and stilted movements of Ojka's puppet corpse, and just as Osaron takes notice of her, the royal guard arrive. Nasi shrinks and covers her ears and closes her eyes the way she used to, and when she opens them again, everyone is gone.[1]
The Fragile Threads of Power[]
Relationships[]
Ojka[]
Kosika[]
Lark[]
Skills and abilities[]
- Stealth: Nasi is very good at sneaking around, which keeps her in the know about much of the going-ons in the White Castle.
- Magic: Nasi has control over two elements, water and fire, the former of which came to her first. She gained fire sometime in the five years after.
Appearances[]
- A Conjuring of Light (first appearance)
- The Fragile Threads of Power
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Conjuring of Light, XIII: A King's Place, III
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 A Conjuring of Light, IV: Weapons at Hand, I
- ↑ A Darker Shade of Magic, IV: White Throne, IV
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Fragile Threads of Power, V: The Queen, the Saint, and the Sound of Drums, I
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Fragile Threads of Power, IX: The Threads that Bind, I
- ↑ The Fragile Threads of Power, V: The Queen, the Saint, and the Sound of Drums, II
- ↑ The Fragile Threads of Power, VI: The Strands Converge, VII
- ↑ The Fragile Threads of Power, X: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire, VII
- ↑ The Fragile Threads of Power, V: The Queen, the Saint, and the Sound of Drums, III
- ↑ A Darker Shade of Magic, IV: White Throne, II