Eirendi

[nijibug]

Eirendi was born one silent winter morning in the Year of the Owl as her parents traveled down a road thickly cloaked with snow in search of shelter. Rou had slipped into his age-old form — a badger of colossal girth. In this shape, he plodded tirelessly through the snow with his wife and newborn riding, huddled warm against his bushy fur. So her father’s back became Eirendi’s first cradle and the journey, her first lullaby.

Eirendi is the old Norse word for "a message or tiding".

The child of a zodiac creature and a schoolteacher, Eirendi is of neither sex. But for all practical purposes, she chooses to identify with the female gender.

Built like a boy, Eirendi is energetic and irrepressible. She has inherited her father's love and gift for storytelling. For some reason, Eirendi is dyslexic. However, she has mastery of any spoken language because she communicates on a purely semantic basis. Her lack of sexual differentiation may be the root of her childlike disposition.

Artist's notes on Eiri's design
Build: Husky
Coloring: Dusky

Author's notes on Eiri's character
A girl

See also:
Rou the Badger
Sir Ailan
Eirendi's family