The Dancing Master

The Dancing Master is a Pair of shoes made by Saffiya out of Cinnamon roots. They were given to Ruin to wake her from the dead and later passed from dancer to dancer until he landed in the cisterns, where he taught Solace to dance.

Appearance
The shoes are made out of gnarled cinnamon roots.

Personality
Very possessive. To be able to dance, the shoes would whisper to whatever girl was wearing them at the time, or squeeze around her feet and force her to keep them and do as they want.

Background
Made by Saffiya.

The Book of the Scald
Being given to Ruin, the girl woke from the dead and followed the shoes´ instructions to dance. But the Dancing Mster disliked Ruins taste in dances slipped from her feet. He was then picked up by a girl who had "better taste in dances" and green ribbons in her hair. He stayed in the Dukes Palace and was used by many dancers before some other girl took the shoes home. The girls mother though threw them in the Cistern.

After Ajanabhs "death" the cisterns were less and less used and dried out, leaving a maze. The dancing master uses it to teach willing girls to dance. When Solace comes to be taught, the shoes are already tired from lying in the dark and waiting for someone to come along and leave again. He tries to keep her, holding on to her feet, but Solace jumps in the air as the shoes and the maze had taught her, shattering the Dancing Master at the impact.

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