Numair d'Escala

Numair d'Escala is the Cynn of Aetheri.

Numair's photo as it appears on the cast page.

## History

Numair was born to Rhys and Karida d'Escala. Karida died around the time Numair was born, and Rhys was emotionally distant. Helygen became Numair's seradh, taking care of him just fine. He was born with a degenerative condition that activates with magic use, destroying tissue. It mainly effects his lungs, his medication burning up the dead tissue and triggering regrowth.

Numair got a degree in Artifact Studies and Construct Engineering from the University of Escalus in the 1920s. He has built several constructs, including Helly's construct, Shreek, and and his own, Scraddi. He also took portal building classes (which he barely passed) and basic healing classes during his time there.

Numair became the Cynn of Aetheri in 1989 when his father Rhys was assassinated, and while he himself was recovering from an assassination attempt. Since then he has established programs to help slave trade refugees in Enodia and Escalus, advocated for mixed species people, convincing the University to accept them, and making the Palace the largest employer of mixed-species folks in the country. He is currently trying to establish RIT as a new approach to dealing with the slave trade. Another goal he has, perhaps inspired by his time on Earth, is to bring mass communication, such as radio, to Aetheri. He hopes that it will help Aetheri step out of stagnation, move past their past, and ultimately, heal.

He visits Earth regularly, consulting with nations about confiscated magical objects and spellwork. This is where he first met Yoshi, sponsoring her immigration to Aetheri shortly after. He also regularly visits Enodia, though often not on official business.

### In the Comic

At Helly's request, Numair got citizenship for Liya and reviewed the incidence report. Later, in chapter four, Numair is seen interviewing one of the Order soldiers from the riot in Leigh. Later, he interviews Liya after she accidently kills the slaver who kidnapped her. He speaks to Yoshi for some time after the police leave, and creates some spells for her.

In chapter six, he returns from Enodia just before a meeting with the Assembly. In the meeting, he tries to convince the members to approve RIT by presenting them with testimony from slave trade survivors and shaming them on their inaction.

Numair again sneaks out to Enodia in chapter eight, and spends most of his day sleeping in a coffee shop. He is awoken that evening when the coffee shop closed for the night in chapter nine, and later encountered a pair of slavers, nearly succumbing to his illness before Hawk revived him. The two agree to meet later, and Hawk agrees to give him a hand with creating a radio antenna construct.

## Personality

Numair can come across as a little closed off as he doesn't display emotion as readily as others. Nevertheless he is well meaning and opinionated, as seen in his stances on politics as well as his attitude towards Liliya. He is a workaholic, with a sporadic sleep schedule. However, he does take care to not miss baths, sometimes doubling up.

## Appearance

Numair is a petite spirit, more brown skinned than most spirits because of his mother's Laith heritage. His curly brown hair just reaches his chin and freckles speckle his face.

Numair's preferred clothing items include traditional Aetherian skirts and long sashes. He dresses less formally when traveling in town, likely in an attempt to blend in and not be noticed.

## Abilities

Like most spirits, Numair can do magic. He is quite competent at it, seen when he created a ring for shapeshifting. He also has some mechanical expertise, which, combined with his spellworking skills, lead him to create communication constructs and the radio antenna construct.

Numair can interpret others emotions visually, like synesthesia. This ability relates to his truth seer skills.

He is fluent in Aetherian, English (or Archipelagian, depending on the world,) and Barrish (spoken on another world he works with often. Numair can hold conversations in German, Chinese, Russian, Korean/Alian (which is spoken elsewhere on Ardh), Utenor, and Tallian (these last two are spoken in neighboring worlds Numair works with sometimes). He knows bits and pieces of Laith, Spanish, and Italian.

## Trivia

* Numair tends to get briefly obsessed with things before finding he's got no time for them. The last thing was magical medical tattoos.
* Other things Numair would rather be than Cynn: activist, inventor, academic, laar rancher.
* Numair knows how to drive, though not stick shift, though he hasn't driven in quite some time.
* Numair is ticklish.
* He would be considered intersex by our standards.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aetherians and Family
2. ↑ http://www.white-noise-comic.com/comic/10-21
3. ↑ Consructs in Aetheri
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/thephooka/status/1124314647492841473
5. ↑ http://www.white-noise-comic.com/comic/7-31
6. ↑ http://www.white-noise-comic.com/comic/9-31
7. ↑ https://www.white-noise-comic.com/comic/12-20
8. ↑ https://twitter.com/thephooka/status/1124178037359034374
9. ↑ Spirit Anatomy
10. ↑ http://www.white-noise-comic.com/comic/6-3
11. ↑ http://www.white-noise-comic.com/comic/11-29
12. ↑ https://thephooka.tumblr.com/post/134961440045/how-good-is-numair-at-learning-languages-how-many
13. ↑ https://twitter.com/thephooka/status/1124114820037431296
14. ↑ https://twitter.com/thephooka/status/1124120496230895617
15. ↑ https://tellonym.me/thephooka/answer/3057223600