Name: Marnico (Goes by Mary)
Race: Medusa
Age: Adult, equivalent maturity of a mid-twenties human
Job: Priestess
Class: Cleric
Appearance: Mary stands at a fairly tall 6'1", though the nest of snakes that composes her hair adds another few inches to that. She wears a red silk-looking blindfold at all times, to hide the empty holes where her eyes should be. Her clothing is usually somewhat billowy, but anyone who's ever seen her step up to help defend the town from bandits or the like knows that with a few twists and knots, her outfits can usually become fairly close-fitting and good for quick, precise movement without getting tangled in cloth. Her face is pleasant, once one gets passed the scaly skin, serpentine hair, pointed canine teeth and long, forked tongue.
Short History: Born without eyes and thus without the ability to turn people to stone, this was seen as a sign of of divine favor, and Marnico joined the ranks of the Medusan priestesses as soon as she came of age. She showed a lot of promise, and when she left on her traditional time of missionary work it was with the full confidence of her people behind her. With that much pressure on her, she couldn't simply go visit some of the savage tribes that the Medusa shared their island with, she'd need to do something bigger. She'd need to go to the mainland.
Leaving the island home of the Medusa, she found that her kind were widely reviled as monsters by the world at large, and relatively little was even known about them. Over time, people started to warm up to Mary, as she has started to go by since coming to the mainland. Her positive personality, readiness to help and willingness to defend people has earned her quite a bit of goodwill among the people, especially in the town of Grey Crossings, the location she chose to do her missionary work.
She has gained a few converts to her faith, and she holds weekly sermons in the small church they've built together, really more of a glorified shrine. While some don't appreciate her bringing in her outside faith, they at least respect the fact that she doesn't actively force it on people, instead trying to be an example that draws people to her faith rather than a shepherd who herds people towards it. As such, while she may not see eye-to-eye with certain more devout members of the community, she has so far managed to stay on good terms with nearly everyone in the small town.
Quirks: She seems younger than she is. The type of Medusa that Marnico is resulted from a cursed group of Elves, and they age the same slow way. She's actually in her mid forties, but she acts like she's in her mid twenties and looks like she's in her early twenties.
Skills: Mary is a reasonably powerful priestess, and has the ability to channel divine magic. She wields a three-section-staff, her deity's favored weapon, also with a solid amount of skill, to the point where she's capable of training others in its use. Though lacking eyes and completely blind, she's not without the ability to perceive. As part of the same divine favor that took her eyes, she also has always had the ability to see blood, even when it's still inside people. This means that, while she may have a hard time catching objects and she can't read, she's perfectly capable of noticing and even recognizing people. This ability also greatly assists her whenever she's trying to provide medical aid to anyone, as she can in some ways see the injury far clearer than a normal person could.
As the Medusan priestesses are obligated to forsake their sight as part of their vows, they have another form for recording information other than writing: knots. This is the only thing that Mary can "read", feeling the knots and understanding them as one would understand braille.
Of course, as befits a priestes, she also has a full, functioning knowledge of her religion and important dates and rituals.
To recap:
-Skilled with the three-section-staff
-Spellcaster
-Can see blood, blind otherwise
-Can read properly-tied knots
-Capable healer
Possessions: Her three-section-staff was a gift to her when she left home. Not a simple set of wooden lengths, it is a lightweight, dark-silvery metal that is somewhere between iron and mithril in quality. Aside from the serpentine carvings along the length of it, there's a very thin channel through the inside filled with blood, allowing those possessing Marnico's gift to see the weapon with full clarity.
Aside from her staff, she wears a blindfold that has some minor enchantments to stop it from coming untied or getting dirty or damaged, and she carries what looks like a bundle of thin, knotted string. This bundle is actually the equivalent of a prayer book, and to one who can read the knotwork it's full of prayers and sermons and songs.
She owns no armor, instead preferring simple cloth clothing.
Hobbies: Healing, teaching, helping, protecting.
