Nur Megat

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basic info

  • human, malaysian-indian-jamaican
  • gender: female (trans woman)
  • pronouns: she/her
  • sexuality: lesbian
  • age: 25
  • birthday: july 18, 1972
  • gift: magic, sound nullification

backstory

  • mortician assistant working in the peaceful place funeral home
  • born in esperanza, currently living in foralis
  • grew up in a conservative environment, amongst anti-magic peers
  • at first, she attended król university in caveta. didn't have a great time, and transferred out
  • in spite of these memories, the one good thing that came out of that college was realizing what career she wanted to pursue
  • flourished in mortuary school
  • after graduating, she began working for corvo as his assistant in the peaceful place funeral home
  • learned of him partaking in rituals, but stayed anyway. she needed money to pay off her college debt and necessities
  • corvo, after being hired by paulo to be part of the paragon's crew, brought nur along

personality

  • sociable
  • wants to be approachable, a shoulder for others to lean on - to make up for how terrible that university was
  • does not want to come off as serious all the time. often seen at the cruise's bar making small talk with patrons and staff
  • doesn't like people who are sticks in the mud or start drama for no reason. do not rope her into whatever crap you're trying to start, she wants No Part in it

physique

  • 5'9"/~175cm; average build
  • short, curly, dark brown hair
  • dark brown eyes
  • wears face masks. has a few she likes to wear on her off time because they look cool. doesn't necessarily need them, but has them on anyway
  • doesn't eat meat
  • ocean diamond placement: dress (lower right)
  • born with sound nullifying magic. doesn't really alert others of her presence, so she's prone to accidentally startling people. nur's trying to break that habit. is not aware this is magic
  • magic limit: can only affect a small area around herself - 3ft/.9m

relationships

General Info

family: melati megat (mother); eulalee megat (parent); shenelle megat (parent)
  • decent relationship with her parents. they're all supportive of her career path and have been saving pesos that would go to her future business. she feels bad - she didn't expect that her education would cost so much
  • wary of paulo, isn't too keen on working with them. is it the money? the way their garishness makes everyone in the room look at them? she's not sure
  • met sable when she returned home to esperanza over the holiday, at a show done by one of rêve's traveling troupes. gets along with them, albeit... nur can't help but feel Slight apprehension? she doesn't know why and by the gods it's annoying as hell
  • does not have nice memories of julius and his university. gods, she hopes she doesn't run into him. she wants to leave such an unsavory experience in the past

Major Relationships

Corvo
Boss
oktavia x umber - ga1ahad and scientific witchery (cover)
her weird boss who partakes in some Funky Stuff, and boy she does not like that he tries to hide what he does. but she's sticking with him. the pay's decent

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Minor Relationships

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other info

  • adores birds. barn owls in particular she has a soft spot for
  • birdwatches in her spare time
  • likes deadpan/dry humor and puns. dislikes slapstick and jokes made at others' expenses
  • when she still lived in esperanza, she forced herself to like them. getting out made her realize "oh wait nothing's wrong with me. i just don't like that shit"
  • favorite music genre is heavy metal. will enthusiastically talk about songs and bands she likes if given the chance
  • interested in sciences, specifically mortuary science and chemistry. asides from a need for money, it helped her get the assistant job. she is perfectly okay with what her job entails, just... not with whatever weird stuff corvo does
created: december 2019

reference notes

  • DO NOT WHITEWASH (e.g. lighten skin, etc.)
  • omitting mask okay
  • different outfits okay. likes gothic fashion
  • patterns can be simplified
  • outfit shown in reference: a cream colored mask with a design that mimics a barn owl's beak, a caramel brown cape with a crossed sash in the front, a cream colored dress, black tights, and grey flats . the colors of her outfit mimic a barn owl's
  • ocean diamond placement: dress (lower right)

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