Guardian of the Frontier: Saya’s File

Saya — astromancer; Viss’s adoptive mother and teacher.

Before she came to the frontier, Saya held a powerful Bloodline Mark and took part in many expeditions into the Star-Scar ruins. She believed knowledge could protect people — until long years of service showed her how ruthless the old powers could be.

Betrayed and badly wounded on one expedition, she was saved by Viss’s parents. She left her old life, settled on the frontier under another name, and her damaged Mark never returned to its former strength.

When Viss’s parents disappeared, Saya took the boy in. It may have begun as repaying a debt; it became much more. She taught him to read, to train, to read the stars — and to make his own choices when fate closed in.

The Starbound Pendant was something she wore every day. On Viss’s twelfth birthday, she gave it to him.

Character design

Long braided hair, layered robes, a book of star charts, a scroll case and the pendant at her chest. Her palette is white, mist blue and silver grey — light and clean rather than ornate. Gentle, but not fragile.