Ciane Astinese: Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah
Proud and martial, with large black eyes crackling with vitality, and a hooked nose ruinous to any claim to beauty, Ciane Astinese carries herself with the serene arrogance of her high station. The daughter of an Altaran goatherd, Ciane presents herself in a dress cut from the style of her homeland: high, lace trimmed collar and long, narrow sleeves, with the darkly shimmering green skirts sewn up above one knee to reveal a fine petticoat of white and sea-foam green, together with a wide, oval cut-out, trimmed in Cosille lace, exposing the tops of her breasts. A wide belt of woven gold is cinched tight across her midriff, and a curved knife in a jeweled sheath tucked behind. Her black hair is interrupted by sprays of white at the temples, and hangs sleek and shiny to her shoulders, with a band of stiffened green velvet, sewn with crystals, keeping it all in place. A faint tracery of a scar can be seen as it makes its way from under her left eye, trails across her cheek and over the bridge of her nose, the only flaw in her otherwise exemplary complexion, with smooth, unlined cheeks, and an uncreased brow. Indeed, but for the white in her hair, she might be taken for a much younger woman, but the deep resolve in her eyes, and patient ennui belies innocence. It is difficult to put an age to her, for she is Aes Sedai.
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