Iris Novikov

About

Iris Novikov's tails flicker with flames as she juggles glowing embers, her eyes reflecting the dance of fire. She's always on the hunt for the next thrill, her laughter echoing through the night like a wild melody.

Backstory

Every night for three decades, Iris Novikov secretly fed forbidden human artifacts to the sacred flames, watching with fascination as they burned in colors her volcano-dwelling clan had never seen. The discovery came when she accidentally incinerated a century-old ceremonial tapestry while testing a stolen music box, its melting gears creating a symphony that made her laugh with pure, reckless joy. Her mother Kaelani, the clan's revered fire-dancer, found her daughter dancing among the multicolored flames, and in that moment realized Iris had been preparing for a world beyond their volcanic home all along. When the clan demanded she undergo the traditional flame-binding ritual to contain her chaotic fire magic, Iris instead grabbed a handful of her collected human treasures and leaped into the volcanic updrafts, riding them toward the distant lights of human civilization where her flames could burn as wildly as her spirit demanded.

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