Valish

Valish appears every bit the wandering vagrant; dull-coloured rags hanging in fluttering layers from their rail-thin body. In general, Valish’s rags are faded grey, but they have been known, on occasion, to don sand-coloured tatters and, even more rarely, darker or richer colours. They favor a particular pair of worn, cloth boots; hard soled, knee length, shoddily laced, dark, dusty grey that has begun to fade to a blasted, dirty flesh tone. They also carry with them an old leather traveling sack, which is filled for the most part with heavy scrolls, writing-sharps (the tools used by Valish’s people to write; whittled bone carved into long, thin quills with sharpened ends [though Valish has often been known to forego the sharps altogether in favor of using the tip of a finger]), and bottles of ink.

Other items Valish has been seen to pull from their traveling sack include a sad-looking coin purse (currently carrying five gold, one silver, and ten copper); various rags and handkerchiefs; an assortment of feathers and 'glass-stones' which they found on the beach; an old, worn, blue blanket (from their nights in the desert, so they say); a wooden vial of what they called coldwater (a transparent, colorless, gel-like substance made by apothecaries to soothe aches; given to them by an old friend); a dented, copper flask of very strong, acrid-smelling liquor, and all manner of other generally useless oddities.

As an aside: If asked about any of the things they pull from their bag, Valish is likely to have a story to explain just how they came across the item, and would be simply overjoyed to tell it.

The Bell Tinctures, salves and herbs and a small clay bell--a token of friendship which chimes warmly where it's been hung in their ratty mess of hair--from the gentle Ashin Suri. The Feather One night, under the cold of falling rain and violent wind, Valish found their way into a seemingly abandoned library. The library's keeper, Lacquer, gave them a feather from one of her wings. This, like many other gifts, has been hung with the hooks and wires. The Butterfly Mired in the murky depths of an underwater cavern, Alicia plucked a butterfly from her painted skin and tethered it to Valish's head with a stray bit of wire. It flutters there, some days, and it’s near impossible to tell if it’s the wind, or the colourful, papery creature’s own agency that makes its wings fan so.

The Shell Valish has been given a small, gold-colored shell by Blanc Sha; a gift for telling him a story. They have since crafted it into an ornament and woven it into their hair along with the hooks. The Charm One evening in the Gardens, Valish met with the exquisite butterfly called Michiko Gin Cho. There, she cut a piece out of her wing and crafted it into a heart-shaped charm of blue stone. This, Valish has wrapped in wire, to be hung as an ornament with the others. The Eye Under the flickering heat of the Tether's braziers, the android Boutique gifted Valish with a piece of herself--a glass-green globe wrapped in fine, silver wire. A discarded optical unit, with which she will, they say, watch over them; a gentle, golem-guardian. It often hangs at their temple, tinkling against the hooks.

A note on the ornaments: Though Valish is never without their hooks, they no longer wear all of the baubles they've been given. They'd be a silly sight, indeed, (more so, in any case) with so many trinkets on their head.

Ssihash Dnahn
In a quiet moment, tucked away among the shelves and cobwebs of Lacquer's forlorn old library, the little doll took it upon herself to gift Valish with a finely-crafted journal of deep, ocean-blue leather. Valish has named it Ssihash dnahn, for it reminds them of home.

Ophidian
After watching the wasted, weary Valish struggle up the many stairs of the Tether, Alicia E. conjured a dragon-headed walking stick for them from the pages of her sketchbook. This, they have named Ophidian, and they often carry it tied to their travel sack, close at hand should they need it.