The Eyes in the Dark

Race: Tabaxi | Class: Rogue | Played by: Bendie

Leopard-spotted, quick-witted, and quieter than a held breath, Nali Shadowleaf has been picking locks and keeping secrets since before she could hold a blade. Raised as a ward of The Company alongside her older cousin Jelani, Nali grew up in the wake of his seafaring legend, but found her own calling in the shadows rather than on the open sea. Where Jelani commands from the helm, Nali works the angles no one else sees coming.

As The Company's premier scout and infiltrator, Nali's gift isn't just stealth, it's perception. She reads rooms the way other rogues read locks: looking for the thing that doesn't belong, the piece that's slightly out of place. Her playful humor and mischievous charm mask one of the sharpest strategic minds in the party, and her loyalty to family runs deeper than any shadow she hides in.

But Nali carries something heavier than lockpicks. A relic from a past voyage, something she should never have touched, has followed her across years and oceans. It found her again in Drakestide Cove. And whatever it wants from her, it isn't finished.

Now navigating a city where warlocks hunt from the rooftops and allies aren't always what they seem, Nali finds herself caught between the people she'd die to protect and a growing darkness that only she knows is taking root. The question isn't whether the shadows will catch up to her. It's whether she'll still be herself when they do.