SHELLWALKER

· "The Small One" · Fugitive from Marrowhold

Physical Description

• Race: Tortle (Size: Small)
  
  


• Skin: Mottled green, with slightly ash-toned patches along the limbs
  
  


• Eyes: Orange, wide and unblinking—glow faintly when divine spells are cast or during fugue states
  
  


• Hair:
  
  


• Sparse slicked-back blonde strands
  
  


• Pronounced bald patch at the rear crown of the head
  
  


• Hair appears wet or oily, as if always freshly treated or forcefully combed
  
  


• Facial Features:
  
  


• No eyebrows, no facial hair
  
  


• subtly confused expression
  
  


• Deep creases from constant tension or sedation
  
  

Shell Details

• Size: Smaller and more ridged than typical tortles—angular, scarred
  
  


• Material: Forest-green ridged carapace with blackened scoring across the lower back
  
  


• Engraving:
  
  


• Burned into the center is the Emblem of the Forgotten Flame:
  
  


• A spiraling, inward flame
  
  


• At its heart: a single eye-shaped wick, stylized with an upward weeping line
  
  


• Around the outer edge: reversed-script reads:
  
  
  “That Which Is Forgotten Burns Brightest”
  
  
  


• The groove glows dull orange when Shellwalker channels divinity
  
  


• In darkness, it faintly pulses like a slow heartbeat
  
  

Clothing & Equipment

• Asylum Boots:
  
  


• Worn brown leather, mid-calf height
  
  


• Thin buckled straps and rune-stamped soles
  
  


• Scuffed, mismatched soles—quiet when moving, as if worn during stealth drills
  
  


• Other Clothing:
  
  


• Shredded institutional over-robe, cut into a tunic
  
  


• Loosely wrapped belt of braided prayer string (ash-colored)
  
  


• Rust-stained shoulder wrap once used for post-siphon recovery
  
  


• Carried Gear:
  
  


• Tin reliquary (Forgotten Flame relic)
  
  


• Burned prayer scrolls
  
  


• Electroplasmic probe (used as spell focus or “holy dagger”)
  
  


• Rope made from restraint wraps
  
  

Folded sigil paper, hidden deep in shell slat