Very slender and quite tall, Almaya ibn Sahudaan almost seems to have a sinuous figure, flexible as a reed, with long narrow arms and thin, dextrous hands. Her hair is a golden blonde, worn in a myriad of tiny braids, each tipped with bezels of opals and firedrops, swaying slightly with her movements. Almaya would be a lovely-enough woman, with a heart-shaped face, high cheekbones and a plump, pouty mouth, but her hooded hazel eyes seem set just a tad too far apart for true beauty. Almaya Sedai is richly attired in a gown of deep vermilion silk, in the style of Tarabon, her homeland, the thin fabric clinging to her hip, breast and thigh, and sewn with beads of amber and pearl, cursive serpents sprawling in a border at the hems and cuffs. Golden lace from Tuvain frame her hands and chin, and she wears heavy torque in the shape of two twined snakes on her neck, one gold, the other platinum, the ruby-eyed heads confronting each other in the hollow of her throat. The torque was a gift from her father, long dead Lord Hasaf, the High Seat of House Sahudaan. Almaya Sedai wears a loose, flowing pelisse of sheer white voile, shroud-like, slightly obscuring her inflammatory attire, but concealing naught, which is embroidered at its edges in scarlet thread, carrying the serpentine motif further. Almost lost amongst all the snakes is her Great Serpent ring, bright yellow gold on her hand. Almaya speaks in a breathy, slightly raspy tone, and has a slight lisp.

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