Nephrin

Nephrin is a marai found trapped in a bathtub aboard the Riptide. Like the majority of her race, she is agender but chooses to present a feminine appearance.

Appearance
Nephrin is covered in fine scales which lie flat and reflect light in pearly pink and pastel blue iridescence. Her hair is long and smooth and exhibits the same iridescent quality as her scales, shifting between pink and blue as the light hits it. Her eyes are large, blue, and luminescent. Her face is objectively very beautiful: soft, delicate, and doll-like, with a small nose, rounded cheeks, and full, pouty lips lacking a cupid's bow. However, the flash of pointed teeth can be seen as she speaks, and when angered or hungry her mouth can be seen to open far wider than one would expect, showcasing rows and rows of razor-sharp teeth descending down the entirety of her throat.

Her shoulders are fine-boned and angular, and her body curves in a faint but decidedly feminine way. Her tail is vertically oriented, and shaped akin to an eel's tail with fine, translucent frilled fins marking either side of it - the one running down her back is longer and more dramatic, while the one on her front starts midway down her tail, growing longer as it reaches the end.

In addition to the fins on her tail, Nephrin has a pair of sharp, fanlike fins on either side of her head which open or close emotively. A set of gills runs down the length of her neck, though they are currently sealed shut.

At first contact with the party, her tail was just a touch darker than her torso, a smooth ombre transition of colour which began slightly above the curve of her hips. It had been damaged to the point of permanent function loss, and healing magic was unable to restore its use. Following the events of the last day of the Riptide, the damaged portion of Nephrin's tail was amputated and successfully replaced with a healthy section salvaged from a recently deceased marai.

Her body in total is approximately 12 feet long, but the majority of that size comes from her tail; the size of her humanoid torso would suggest that if she had legs instead, she would be about 5"6'.

Personality
Nephrin is smug and condescending, with a large and unshakeable ego. She thinks highly of herself and is open and clear about this fact. She is stubborn and not easily swayed, and balks at the idea of 'lowering herself' to the level of treating others as equals.

In general she behaves as if she comes from a background where she has been afforded high respect: she talks down to others as if she views them as lesser, and phrases requests as orders and expects them to be obeyed.

History
As known by party:

In early Lathis, the Riptide was blown far off course during a trip from Shinri to Ankhus. Floating in unfamiliar waters northeast of Mount Perihelion, the ship was attacked by a group of marai. Over half the crew were lost; either eaten alive or dragged off the edge of the ship and into the waters below. The remaining crew managed to fight the marai off, and the ship sailed away...but when the crew ventured below deck they found one marai remaining: Nephrin, a pink-and-blue horror devouring Irsa, the cook's apprentice. Nephrin was knocked out and taken captive in one of Mirk's animal containers.

However, the marai did not take long to escape: she shattered the glass with a screech, and ate one of the swabbies before she was again subdued. This time, she was placed in a bathtub on the lowest deck, and weighed in by a heavy anchor placed atop her tail.

6 months later, in mid-Haelis, Nephrin was discovered by Roo and Vern.

Notable Relationships
Mirk

Gabriela

Vern Do'huil

Roo Broadleaf