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+type: npc
+campaign: The Hollow Between
+role: village headwoman
+status: alive
+---
+
+# Mara Thornfield
+
+> [!info] Quick Reference
+> **Role:** Headwoman of Briarcross
+> **Location:** [[campaigns/the-hollow-between/locations/briarcross]]
+> **Public face:** Practical, unsentimental, deeply tired
+
+## Appearance
+
+Broad-shouldered, mud-spattered, and always carrying a ring of keys she never lets anyone else touch. Her clothes are plain and durable, but she wears a silver ferry token on a cord at her throat.
+
+## Personality
+
+Mara is steady, guarded, and sharper than she first appears. She dislikes panic, hates performative courage, and trusts competence more than charm.
+
+## Goals & Motivations
+
+- Keep Briarcross intact through the current crisis
+- Restore the old customs strongly enough to quiet the bell
+- Prevent outsiders from turning the village into a story people tell elsewhere
+
+## Connections
+
+- Relies on [[campaigns/the-hollow-between/npcs/brother-hale]] for ritual knowledge she does not admit believing in
+- Distrusts [[campaigns/the-hollow-between/npcs/ysa-of-the-reeds]] even when Ysa is correct
+- Feels protective anger toward [[campaigns/the-hollow-between/npcs/tam-rowan]]
+
+## Secrets
+
+Mara's family has quietly maintained one part of the old bargain for generations: someone in her line must carry the bridge keys and keep the western hill path closed after the first bell. She has recently failed to do this twice.