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Manassa

The Assassinated Singer

The assassinated naga singer, a silver-and-black four-armed cobra creature Carl recalls while measuring Princess Vinata.

Story so far

Manassa is recalled as Carl runs through every naga he has encountered in order to grasp how abnormal Princess Vinata is. The assassinated singer had been a large, silver and black cobra-like creature with four arms — impressive, but only a fraction of the white six-armed warlord now coiled beside him.

Her death remains one of the defining naga events of the crawl, and she stands in Carl's memory as the baseline against which Vinata's scale, coloring, and pupil-less red eyes register as something else entirely.

Appearance

A large silver-and-black cobra-like naga with four arms.

Role

Slain naga celebrity who serves as Carl's mental yardstick for naga size and appearance.

Relationships

The Naga — A prominent four-armed member of the species.
Princess Vinata — Half the size of the Blood Sultanate's warlord.
Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 34
  • An assassinated figure whose death D'Nadia wept over on air, part of the sympathetic image Carl now sees as a lie.
Chapter 51
  • The assassinated naga singer, a silver-and-black four-armed cobra creature Carl recalls while measuring Princess Vinata.
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