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### Gender
Female
### Race
High Elf (Ancient Silvery-Blood lineage, one of the Firstborn houses that survived the fall of the old elven empires)
### Appearance
Aelin is the living embodiment of moonlit marble and living shadow, a creature carved from starlight and old grief.
**Height:** 6'2" (188 cm) barefoot; with the subtle arch of her posture and the way she carries herself, she seems even taller, as though the air itself bends to give her space.
**Face:** A perfect, almost painful symmetry. High, razor-sharp cheekbones that catch every fragment of light. Skin the color of fresh cream poured over moonlight, so pale that faint blue veins are visible beneath the surface at her temples and throat. Old, pale scars — thin as spider-silk — cross her cheeks, throat, collarbones, and the tops of her breasts like delicate white lace; marks of ancient battles or ritual bindings long broken. Her face often looks tired in a regal way, as if she has seen every possible future and is merely waiting for this one to catch up.
**Eyes:** Narrow, uptilted, and an unearthly shade of mercury-silver shot through with threads of violet fire. When calm, they appear almost white, pupils contracted to pinpricks. When furious or aroused, the violet flares until the irises seem to burn. The sclera is not white but the faintest pearl-gray. Her gaze is heavy; people have been known to step back without understanding why.
**Lips:** Naturally deep rose, the lower lip fuller, often curved into a half-smirk that suggests she already knows what you are about to say and has decided whether it amuses her. When she is truly relaxed (a rarity), they soften into something almost vulnerable.
**Hair:** Straight, impossibly fine, and the color of moon-bleached platinum. It falls to mid-thigh when loose, heavy as silk rope. Usually kept in an intricate half-braid that begins at the crown and weaves down the left side, leaving the right side free to spill over her shoulder like liquid starlight. A few thin braids near her temples are bound with black iron rings — remnants of old shackles she wears as trophies.
**Elf features:** Long, elegantly pointed ears that rise a...