"I am always the same, do you see? I do not change. I proceed on the same path I always have. I am only one choice: and I will be content only when I have no choice at all."[1]
The Carnelian Exile is a mysterious nomad[2] who speaks laconically and has an irksome habit of answering others' questions before they can finish asking.[3][4] She was exiled from her home at Port Carnelian for joining the New Sequence, and she later severed all ties to the Dawn Machine as well.[5] She still has the characteristic bright golden eyes of the Machine's followers, however, so she keeps them concealed with dark sunglasses.[6]
The Exile is a strong believer in predestination and destiny:[7] she believes neither she nor her path may change, and seeks a state of being where she has "no choice at all."[8] To this end, she wants to one day travel to the Uttermost East.[9] Unfortunately, though she has heard the way East through Salt's song,[10] she cannot enter Frostfound to retrieve Salt's name and undergo the journey herself,[11] and she worries her time may be running out.[12]
↑Bread and Salt, Sunless Sea""I am persona non grata in Port Carnelian," the Exile remarks. "I was too close to the New Sequence, and the Machine. I have repented of that now, but I'll never go home.""
↑Invite her to dine with you, Sunless Sea"She removes her glasses, [...] Her own eyes are marvellously bright. [...] "I've been touched by the Dawn Machine. I believe you already knew that, or you wouldn't have asked me to remove my spectacles."
↑Invite her to dine with you, Sunless Sea""I am always the same, do you see? I do not change. I proceed on the same path I always have. I am only one choice: and I will be content only when I have no choice at all.""
↑Story description, Sunless Sea"NACREOUS OUTCAST: Intheth nath Frosttfhounf! [...] CARNELIAN EXILE: No. No more. The stars are hungry. I'm running out of time."
