Nyssa is a slim, agile young woman with dark hair who works as an experienced mudlark in the kingdom of Erishum, scavenging the banks of the River Assur at low tide for items of value. Her slight build allows her to move across the treacherous mudflats with dancer-like grace, distributing her weight to avoid breaking through the riverbed's precarious surface.
She prefers working near the south gate where the river flows in from the Dying Wilds, believing treasures from long-vanished lands might wash in from beyond the kingdom's walls. She carries herself like someone wise beyond her years—her innocence of youth replaced by the hard-earned wisdom of survival.
She's caring and fiercely protective of those she loves, willing to speak hard truths even when it causes friction, and willing to risk her own safety for those she cares about.
Despite her difficult circumstances—living in a modest dwelling with a straw pallet and scraping by day after day—she harbors dreams of leaving mudlarking behind to become a baker's apprentice, saving coin to pay the entry fee and buy her yellow apron. She's resilient, street-smart, and deeply loyal, someone shaped by hardship but not hardened by it.
