38 lines
1.4 KiB
Markdown
38 lines
1.4 KiB
Markdown
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type: npc
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campaign: The Hollow Between
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role: village headwoman
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status: alive
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# Mara Thornfield
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> [!info] Quick Reference
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> **Role:** Headwoman of Briarcross
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> **Location:** [[campaigns/the-hollow-between/locations/briarcross]]
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> **Public face:** Practical, unsentimental, deeply tired
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## Appearance
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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.
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## Personality
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Mara is steady, guarded, and sharper than she first appears. She dislikes panic, hates performative courage, and trusts competence more than charm.
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## Goals & Motivations
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- Keep Briarcross intact through the current crisis
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- Restore the old customs strongly enough to quiet the bell
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- Prevent outsiders from turning the village into a story people tell elsewhere
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## Connections
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- Relies on [[campaigns/the-hollow-between/npcs/brother-hale]] for ritual knowledge she does not admit believing in
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- Distrusts [[campaigns/the-hollow-between/npcs/ysa-of-the-reeds]] even when Ysa is correct
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- Feels protective anger toward [[campaigns/the-hollow-between/npcs/tam-rowan]]
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## Secrets
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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.
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