Mialee Aferion

"I am Mialee of House Aferion. Do you have business with me?"

## Description

### Appearance

Mialee is a beautiful but petite high-elven woman, with long dark auburn hair, and pale skin. She has a lithe build, excellent posture, and demonstrates a professional demeanor the vast majority of the time.

While she typically sports a rapier and studded leathers whilst travelling, she lacks the callouses of a serious combatant. She can often be found with her sketchbook in hand, recording the surrounding scenery. When called for, she is just as comfortable wearing elaborate evening gowns and embroidered silks, though regardless of her attire in a day, she always seems to have a deck of cards near-at-hand.

### Personality

Mialee seeks profit, for both herself and her family. She has an excellent poker face, and deals professionally with individuals from all walks of life, though she largely sees such interactions and relationships as little more than a means to an end. At times, her disdain for drow and half-elves may slip through, with her not seeing much purpose in denying her contempt of those inferior races. At others, her adoration for canines of all types may shatter her professional composure, with her love of dogs being one of the very few things that she will sacrifice profit for.

Beyond pure profit, Mialee also seeks inspiration. She is an artist - specifically, a painter - and is eager to seek out new topics, scenes, and vistas to render upon canvas.

## Biography

### Background

Mialee was born into the Belosian noble house of Aferion in the year 1584. In her early childhood, she spent a sizable portion of her time travelling across Belospace with her father. During their travels, he taught her the basics of business and society, and introduced her to art and landscape painting, which she took to with gusto. When it came time to address her studies in earnest, she moved permanently to Imhallenda Manor, so that her education would not be constantly disrupted by the demands of travel and society. Her father continued travelling, spending roughly half his time elsewhere on business, and the other half at Imhallenda Manor with his family.

Now living planetside full-time, Mialee set about furthering her education. Where her father had taught her to paint landscapes, her mother taught her to paint portraits, and her grandmother furthered her technique, and taught her how to use magic in conjunction with her art. Her study of business continued, along with a myriad of other subjects, under the private instruction of Aldarin Durano, House Aferion's foremost private tutor.

Over the course of her time living at Imhallenda Manor, Mialee has had 9 dogs. Her first, Noah, was a gift from her parents. The others she adopted of her own volition, keeping a single dog at a time. Her most recent dog, Julian, passed away from heart complications on the 9th of Wencas, 1715.

### Relationships

Mialee has a positive relationship with both her father, Orion, and her mother, Rollenna. She holds an even closer relationship with her paternal grandmother, Noella, who is the current head of House Aferion. She has a decent relationship with her elder brother, Verden, and a sibling rivalry with her younger sister, Althea. She is quite fond of her instructor, Aldarin, and considers him akin to a favourite uncle.

## Character Information

### Abilities

Mialee is a spellcaster. Her style of casting involves the creation and utilization of various 'cards,' which convey magical effects depending upon which card is drawn.

### Notable Items

Magical Paintbrush: Given as a reward by the dragon Xarrovix, this paintbrush will never break, splinter, or bend, and magically conducts the intended meaning of the artist using it, into its creations. This paintbrush may be used to cast minor illusion, as an action an unlimited number of times per day. Once per day, the paintbrush can be used to convey and invoke great emotion in a target. This acts as a 1st level casting of Tasha's hideous laughter, but instead of laughter, the target breaks into sobbing tears. Finally, the innate magics of this paintbrush allows the user to make a painting with advantage once per 2 weeks.

Staff of Flowers: This staff's core is made of a lightly toned Belosian hardwood, over which are entwined stems and leaves sculpted of adra.  At the tip of the staff is an adra flower - grown, not sculpted into that form. Mialee crafted this staff herself, on Belos, in Brelas of 1718.