=== Exohumans | NPC ===  

====== MIRA REIS ======  

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===== Race and Faction =====  

  * **Species:** [[the_humans|ExoHuman]]  
  * **Born:** 2604, on the spaceship [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]]  
  * **Affiliation ([[beta_age|Beta Age]]):** Traveling Musician and Performer, [[firetown|Firetown]] and along the [[trade_route|Trade Route]]  
  * **Affiliation ([[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]]):** Deceased (memorialized in the song “The Last Horizon”)  
  * **Place of Residence:** Itinerant along the Trade Route

===== Background =====  

Mira Reis’ parents were part of the Last Frontier’s musician scene who kept morale alive during the long journey. In her teenage years, Mira showed remarkable talent as well, although she refused to cover [[earth_pop|Earth Pop]] classics as most entertainers — including her parents — did. Instead, she sang her own lyrics and songs about life on the spaceship, the endless stars, and the fragile bonds between the passengers who called the vessel their home.

After the crash on [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D]], she survived severe burns when a corridor near the ship’s port reactor ignited during re-entry. Half her face was scarred before an unknown rescuer pulled her from the flames — an event that shaped the rest of her life.

In the aftermath, Mira found it increasingly difficult to be hired for stage performances. Pub owners and saloon managers across the early settlements told her that her appearance reminded people of the tragedy they were trying to forget. Even those who had once loved her performances as a young girl aboard the Last Frontier avoided offering her work, claiming that “people want to move on and have fun.” Only one man — [[guy_mikkelstein|Guy Mikkelstein]] of [[saloon_gloria|Saloon Gloria]] in [[firetown|Firetown]] — gave her a stage, saying that her songs “sounded like the truth people were afraid to hear.”

From there, she began performing for travelers, couriers, and miners along the [[trade_route|Trade Route]], where her voice mattered more than her face. During this time, she wrote “[[the_last_horizon|The Last Horizon]],” a haunting ballad about the Last Frontier’s fall and the fear of dying among the stars. Though deeply moving, the song never gained much attention during her lifetime — the Weber Broadcasting Service refused to air it, preferring the upbeat familiarity of Earth Pop that dominated public demand. 

In 2628, she was shot by a still-unknown assailant during an incident in Firetown’s Entertainment District. The case remains cold.

After her death, however, “The Last Horizon” spread quietly through couriers and wanderers, becoming a whispered hymn of remembrance among settlers who had lost more than they could ever name. It remains one of the most haunting testaments to the early Beta Age — a voice of grief and defiance carried through endless night.


===== Roles by Ages =====  

==== Beta Age ====  

  * **Traveling Musician (2628–2631):** Performed across frontier outposts, soothing caravan passengers and miners alike. Known for *“The Last Horizon”*, a melancholic hymn that bridged survivors of the crash.  
  * **Firetown Courier Passenger (2631):** Present aboard the caravan attacked on the Ralar Route. Her calm and compassion helped maintain order before the ambush. Whether she survived depends on player intervention.  

==== Gamma Age ====  

  * **Posthumous Legacy:** Her song endures as a frontier classic performed in Firetown’s Entertainment District, particularly at [[saloon_gloria|Saloon Gloria]]. Many couriers claim that hearing it before a journey brings safe passage through the dark.  

===== Personality =====  

  * **Traits:** Empathic, melancholy, quietly courageous  
  * **Behavior:** Speaks softly, listens long; hums when anxious; avoids mirrors and bright light; tends to mediate conflicts with gentle humor.  
  * **Values:** Compassion, remembrance of the dead, and the endurance of art as proof of humanity’s survival.  

===== Physical Attributes =====  

  * **Height:** 1.63 m  
  * **Weight:** 54 kg  
  * **Appearance:** Delicate frame; auburn hair often tucked beneath a wool cap; left side of face marked by burn scars reaching from jaw to brow; gray-green eyes that reflect both pain and warmth; patched traveling coat lined with copper thread from *The Last Frontier’s* wiring.  

===== Combat Statistics =====  

  * **Armor Class (AC):** 10 (traveler’s coat)  
  * **Hit Points (HP):** 14  

==== Actions: ====  

  * **Improvised Banjo Strike:** Melee Weapon Attack, +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d4 bludgeoning damage.  
  * **Soothing Melody (1/day):** Mira can calm hostile NPCs within 15 ft. Each must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom save or be pacified for 1 minute (no combat actions).  

===== Special Abilities: ====  

  * **Voice of the Last Frontier:** Allies who hear her sing gain +1 on Wisdom (Saving Throws) against fear effects for 1 hour.  
  * **Memory of the Flames:** Advantage on Persuasion checks when speaking about courage, loss, or survival.  
  * **Lullaby of Ashes:** Once per day may cast *Calm Emotions* through song without components (DC 13).  

===== Motivations and Goals =====  

==== Beta Age Motivations: ====  
Mira sought to keep the memory of the Last Frontier alive and give settlers a reason to hope. Her travels were as much pilgrimage as profession — she performed wherever fear and silence threatened to take root. She also quietly searched for the identity of the stranger who saved her from the fire, though she never found them.  

==== Gamma Age Motivations: ====  

Despite her early death, her music persists. To many ExoHumans, “The Last Horizon” symbolizes resilience — the belief that even in endless night, a single voice can keep the stars alive.  

===== Legacy =====  

Mira Reis’s voice became part of the planet’s cultural fabric. Her story is retold by couriers and saloon singers; her image — half shadow, half light — adorns the walls of the Entertainment District.
===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters =====  

Mira can serve as:  

  * **An Emotional Anchor:** A reminder of humanity’s fragility and resilience, grounding the PCs during the journey’s darker moments.  .  
  * **A Posthumous Echo:** In Gamma-Age campaigns, “The Last Horizon” can resurface through tavern performances, linking eras and evoking nostalgia for the lost Beta Age.  

===== Related Pages and Further Information =====  

  * [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]]
  * [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D]]
  * [[beta_age|Beta Age]]  
  * [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]]    
  * [[firetown|Firetown]]  
  * [[trade_route|Trade Route]]   
  * [[saloon_gloria|Saloon Gloria]]
  *[[guy_mikkelstein| Guy Mikkelstein ]]  
  * [[the_last_horizon|The Last Horizon (Song)]]