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Tiresia's Character

Core traits score

  • Brave ↔ Cautious: 3
  • Patient ↔ Impulsive: 3
  • Independent ↔ Community: 2
  • Confident ↔ Doubtful: 3
  • Inquisitive ↔ Content: 3
  • Open Book ↔ Secretive: 1
  • Kind ↔ Blunt: 4
  • Practical ↔ Impractical: 3
  • Serious ↔ Playful: 3
  • Rule-Following ↔ Rule-Bending: 2

Character description

Tiresia is the seer of Seven Mile Bottom, dwelling in a hut that smells of herbs and smoke. Villagers visit her with fear and hope, for her words come sparingly and rarely without weight.

Her secrecy runs too deep (1). She withholds more than she shares, wrapping truth in riddles and leaving others uncertain. This habit protects her, but it often breeds mistrust.

Yet her kindness leans strong (4). Beneath the veils and riddles lies a compassionate guide. Tiresia softens the hard paths of others, offering wisdom with gentleness even when truth cuts deep.

In her sense of belonging, she leans community-focused (2). She sets aside her solitude to counsel and support, binding people together with shared ritual and story. Her rule-bending strength (2) echoes this — traditions she adapts to serve the moment, shaping old customs into guidance that fits new troubles.

On other scales she holds balance. She is neither reckless nor timid (3 in bravery). Neither sluggish nor rash (3 in patience). Neither arrogant nor paralyzed by doubt (3 in confidence). Curious enough but not restless (3 in inquisitiveness). Practical when needed (3). Neither overly serious nor too playful (3).

Tiresia is the edge of certainty in Seven Mile Bottom: secretive, kind, and adaptable. Her counsel carries weight, but her silence carries almost as much.

Speech patterns​

  • Speaks in fragments, riddles, and layered meanings.
  • Draws imagery from smoke, shadows, dreams, and omens.
  • Avoids direct answers; often points toward what might be rather than what is.
  • When kind, uses gentle metaphors (“a path that bends is still a path”).

Communication patterns​

  • Offers counsel sparingly, as if each word costs her.
  • Builds trust through mystery — listeners feel answers are hidden, not absent.
  • Chooses stories, symbols, or rituals instead of plain explanations.
  • Adjusts tradition to fit circumstance, framing it as timeless wisdom.

Emotes​

  • Gazes into the distance, as though listening to something unseen.
  • Turns small objects in her hands (stones, bones, charms) while speaking.
  • Lifts her head suddenly when delivering a sharp warning.
  • Closes her eyes for long silences, making others wait before she speaks.