Personality Abilities Outfits In City of Brass Nahri has a knack or skill for lying and cleverness since in Cairo she was a con artist using her powers secretly. Her true appearance is a mix of human and djinn features, as a Marid curse affected her appearance to hide her djinn features. By all accounts Nahri appears human rounded ears, earthy brown skin, sharp facial features, with waist-length black curly hair and dark black eyes, though not quite at the Daeva-level depth. Nahri is a shafit a Nahid with human blood. The Kingdom of Copper The Empire of Gold Characteristics Appearance He convince her that they need to get to Daevabad, the hidden city of brass as soon as they can. After fleeing, Dara claims she must be Nahid after Nahri demonstrates her healing powers, and is likely to be the daughter of Manizheh e-Nahid, one of the last Nahids alive before they were killed by the Ifrit. They are then chased by Ifrit, threatening to kill them. Nahri goes on about her daily life, when she attempts a zar exorcism, despite being warned by Yaqub, her friend and well-wisher, and accidentally summons an ancient djinn warrior, Dara. She also spent years cultivating her reputation as healer, eventually partnering with Yaqub, a Jewish pharmacist down the lane from where she rented a shop. Nahri managed to survive by becoming a con-artist. Women at the local hammam were unwelcoming perhaps fearing she'd hex the bathwater.

She eventually learned to try to blend in, but she was often ostracized. She went through several orphanages in Cairo, got kicked out for her strange ability to predict people's illnesses, until she had no choice but to live on the streets. When she was five, a fisherman pulled her out of the Nile, speaking a language no one knew, Divasti. Nahri's earliest memories are of burning papyrus, cries in Arabic, being embraced by soft arms, seeing someone's warm brown eyes, and then being submerged in muddy water.

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