Full name: Elisei/Elena/Elis Kiriyak

Age: 32

Gender: selectable between trans man (he/him), trans woman (she/her), and genderqueer (they/them)

Background: Dr. Kiriyak has been a herbalist for most of their life. They’re very strongly attached to their work, seeing it as an integral part of their community’s health (correctly) and the most important aspect of the town (perhaps incorrectly). Their life’s work is a seed bank preserving herbs and documenting them for future generations. They were married for some time to the mayor of their town, which ended last year.

Personality: direct, precise, visionary, haughty

Appearance: tall and imposing, with thick black hair, light brown skin, and hooded grey eyes. Strides about in a way that suggests they're always busy with something very important.

Style: Dr. Kiriyak wears stylish, somewhat dandyish clothes: fine linen shirts with a long, swishy skirt or trousers and embroidered tunics over the top. They have a few accessories, such as copper brooches or gold torque necklaces. When it’s cold, they wear a long, robe-like coat made of wool, a scarf, and a fur-lined cloak over the top with a nicely-worked clasp. Male Kiriyak wears their hair long and tied back, female Kiriyak has hers in a bob, and genderqueer Kiriyak wears theirs short. None have facial hair.

At their best: incisive, pragmatic, forthright

At their worst: arrogant, hard-hearted, uncompromising

You’ll like Kiriyak if you like… an intellectual who speaks bluntly, who has a vision for the future, who is very certain of their place in the world, who will work with you to change the world, who is passionate about their obsessions.

You’ll like romancing Kiriyak if you like… melting or flustering an ice monarch (or being ice monarchs together), being bossed around (if you’re into that), direct communication, an unexpected connection.

A song from Kiriyak’s playlist: Love Is Blindness cover by Jack White

Face cast ideas: (bear in mind that this isn’t the be-all-and-end-all - feel free to imagine as you like) Martin Sensmeier, Julia Jones, Cherokee Jack