Cradle · Character

Sha Miara

Also known as Luminous Queen Sha Miara

Minor
First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 10

Sha Miara is a minor character in Cradle (Book 1).

Gender: female
Age: 10-11
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 10
Books: 2

Sha Miara is the young Monarch of the Ninecloud Court, a child ruler whose authority far outstrips her apparent age. She first appears in Unsouled as a fleeting, dazzling vision of power, cloaked in peacock feathers and wielding a sword of rainbow light as she surveys the elders with a sovereign's bearing. By Uncrowned she resurfaces as a girl of fourteen or fifteen with pale skin and long blood-red hair, grave and focused, her composure hinting at the immense power behind her youthful face. Across the series she embodies the gulf between Cradle's highest powers and those still climbing toward them.

Description

Sha Miara is a girl of roughly ten or eleven, with a slight, youthful frame and vivid, fiery red hair. Glistening peacock feathers wrap her completely, their blue-green iridescence and shifting eye patterns forming an extravagant, living mantle. She carries a sword of blinding rainbow light, a brilliant prismatic presence against the feathers. Her gaze is steady and observant, lending her small figure a striking air of command. A girl of fourteen or fifteen with pale skin and long blood-red hair. She has a youthful face and stands with a grave, focused expression, often seated calmly or staring upward with intensity.

Story so far

BOOK 1Unsouled
- Appears briefly as a child monarch in a cloak of peacock feathers
- Bears a sword of rainbow light
- Surveys the elders with the bearing of a true ruler
- Offers an early glimpse of the vast powers beyond the Sacred Valley
BOOK 7Uncrowned
- Reappears as a girl of fourteen or fifteen with pale skin and blood-red hair
- Presents a grave, focused demeanor despite her youthful appearance
- Is seen seated calmly or staring upward with intensity, conveying quiet authority