Statuesque and comely, with a thick mane of fiery tresses, Tenazia Azinere has the typical features of a Saldaean woman: high, soaring cheekbones, jutting aquiline nose and wide, sensuous mouth, all beneath a set of tilted eyes of purest hazel. Tenazia's gown is sleek and flowing, skirts and bodice cut from snowy velvet, with tufted sleeves slashed with pale-blue silk. A wide sash of blue is wound about her narrow waist, the sash heavily worked in thread-of-silver in a swirling, leafy design. A matching band of silver embroidery encircles her hems, with more arrayed down her long sleeves, the cuffs trimmed with narrow bands of soft white ermine. Her bright red hair is gathered into a delicate net of silver, and small pearls set in a floral arrangement upon silver shine at her ears. Her high collar is edged with more fur, framing her strong jaw-line. Her reserved, glacial demeanor and implacable sense of determination seem at odds with her seeming youthful glamour, rendering it uneasy to name an age to her. Her great serpent ring, golden and gleaming, marks her finger.

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