Nickname: Rani
Place of Origin: Ashae
Age: 23
Physical Description: Kerani has skin the color of warm bronze, and bright green eyes that are always laughing at something. Long black hair is usually braided, with a few adornments woven in here and there that coordinate with the gems or rings in her nose and eyebrows. She wears layered clothing, revealing nothing below the neck, in varying bright colors and touches of embroidery. It looks as if she's wearing a dress, but it's wound cloth that ends near her thighs on one side but near her knees on the other. Her legs are covered in sturdy pants, with soft knee high boots laced at the front and fit for dancing at any time. Despite the layers, it's obvious that she's strong enough to travel but still loves to eat, with more curves than angles in general, and stands at 5'6. A traveler's pack is on her back with several arrows sticking out, and to it is affixed another satchel carrying a violin and an archer's bow. A few wide belts are buckled around her waist, carrying different pouches of varying sizes.
Personality: Kerani loves to talk and dance, and sing, but her singing is only average. Her violin playing is much better, and she practices any time someone wants to start dancing, or for any reason at all. She has no boundaries, and has often gotten into trouble because she seems like she's being nosy when really she's just interested in people's lives and used to being among her father's people, who speak openly of whatever is on their mind. She's a generally positive person, quick to laugh or joke, and willing to help anyone that needs help--even if they don't want it. Of course, like most people, she has a portion of her secrets she only shares with close friends, and even if it seems like she says everything she thinks it's probably only half of what she's thinking. Charming and friendly, insults don't bother her unless they're targeted against her family, and then watch out.
History: Her father's family were traveling entertainers, going from city to city, making a decent living. Her father met her mother in Ashae, whose family was much more conservative and had never left the city, being wealthy silk merchants themselves. And so her mother ran away with her father, and raised a child who was all entertainer, with some traditional views and a mixed cultural style. Kerani's family visits Ashae regularly as a sort of home base, to rest and re-supply and make money from the crowded city. But the competition is fierce in Ashae for entertainers, so they never stay long.
Kerani grew up learning all the entertainment skills of the Vasilescu's, with the ability to survive on the road, and to that her mother added archery, part of her own family culture. Gemfall is not that important to the Vasilescu's, but the older women of the family do gather specific types of gems to use for their fortune-telling and the casting of runes. Kerani doesn't completely believe that she can actually predict the future, but she does it out of habit and an odd sense of whimsy, so she also collects gems that fit her specifications for that purpose as well as to decorate herself. Her belt carries pouches with gems carved or set for these purposes, and she often uses them to make a bit of extra coin, or for when she wants to make a major decision. Or a Tuesday.