The Call of the Flame, Chapter 15 & 16
Mai Bear for Tuvial
The daughter of Empress Neradial, the antagonist of The Call of the Flame. Afflicted by a sickness that's grown in her teen years, a sickness beyond the physical world. A curse. She's a gentle soul at heart, who's soft exterior is carefully being toughened by the draconian principles and morality of her conquering mother, who would give the world to her... possibly literally.
VOICE: Elvan accent (examples here). Youthful, not naive but gentle, proud but not arrogant. In her current cursed state she is a little frightened, scared, yet clinging to her humanity with both hands
NOTE: This is a singing and performance-based role. Must be okay with yelling and shouting.
(From Shadows of My Mind [Paraphrased]) I torture myself and I don’t know how to stop it…I try so hard to think positively and for the most part, I do, I am; but, keeping myself that way is the hardest thing in the world. It creeps upon me out from the shadows of my mind. I hate to sound dramatic but it’s true. Whatever I have going on deep inside myself, I do my best to ignore and most days, everything is good but when it strikes, when this sudden rush of hateful energy comes by, it’s like a wave of darkness on my soul.
(My Jolly Sailor Bold) "His hair it hangs in ringlets, his eyes as black as coal
My happiness attend him wherever he may go
From Tower Hill to Blackwall, I'll wander, weep and moan
All for my jolly sailor, until he sails home
My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold"
