Masaka

Masaka
Aliases	Chinikdakordich
Profession	Painter
Groups	Nightmare Division, Natricatich strain
Species	Sleepless
Residence	Kilahito
Nationality	Nagadan
Homeworld	Komashi
Universe	Cosmere

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Masaka, also known as Chinikdakordich, is a young Sleepless who assumes the role of a female nightmare painter on Komashi.

Appearance and Personality

Masaka is a short woman who wears their hair with bangs and tends to wear dark makeup on their face, especially around the eyes. They exclusively wear black clothing, and favor a black sweater. They dislike showing their skin, to avoid revealing their nature as a Sleepless to others--they wear scarves or tops with a high collar in order to hide their neck, and sometimes wear sleeves long enough to pull their hands into them.

Masaka is usually very quiet, even with their friends. They dislike when people stare at them, and show other signs of antisocial behavior. Despite their strange personality, Masaka makes an effort to be friendly to people they like. Their odd behavior is likely a consequence of their limited experience being a human. Masaka is very adamantly tired of war, and tries to influence their friends toward being accepting of aliens. They also think nightmares can sometimes be cute, though they insist they dislike horrific creatures. Masaka often draws on their sketchpad while hanging out with friends.

Attributes and Abilities

As a Sleepless, Masaka is able to send out hordelings away from themselves to search and spy, though they do not do this regularly. Masaka is also a competent painter, having completed two years of upper school on the subject before being hired.

History

Masaka previously used the name Chinikdakordich, and is the sixthieth horde of the Natricatich strain of Sleepless. They don't talk much about their past, but experienced a great deal of prejudice due to being a Sleepless. At some point they grew tired of wars being fought elsewhere in the cosmere and so decided to disguise herself and live a normal human life. After years of breeding they were able to produce a convincing face, and took up residence on Kilahito. When they arrived on Kilahito, they sent out hordelings to investigate her surroundings. She found circular regions which she could not enter, and avoided searching them further.

In upper school on Komashi, Masaka was rumored to have stabbed someone years prior, and been sent to become a painter by a court as part of their plea deal. During their schooling they became friends with Nikaro, Akane, Tojin, and Izzy. They once made a hat for Nikaro, for his birthday. They became a painter after graduating and typically work alongside Izzy.

When Yumi first arrived in Kilahito, Masaka drew a strange bunny for her as a gift. Later, Design recruited Masaka to help Yumi map out the planet beyond the shroud. Masaka was readily willing to help once they understood the issue was important, though they begged Yumi not to tell anyone about their nature and offered a knife as a gift when Yumi promised not to tell. Masaka was able to map out the locations of the circular areas in the shroud where they were unable to enter.

When Nikaro begged his friends to join him in defense of Kilahito, Masaka was the second of his friends (following Tojin) to agree that they should help. At the battle of Kilahito, Masaka was the first to notice the arrival of the stable nightmares. After Hoid and Design left Komashi, Masaka wrote letters to the Cryptic periodically with updates. Hoid was able to learn more about Komashi's fate, following the destruction of the father machine, through this information. With the Nightmare Division disbanded, Masaka got a job as a server at the Noodle Princess, working for Painter and Yumi. According to Hoid, they became increasingly comfortable with more people knowing about their nature.

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