Marie the Alewife

By Sheila Thomas

Characteristics: Int +1, Per +2, Pre +1, Com +1, Str 0, Sta 0, Dex +1, Qik 0

Size: 0

Age: 29 (29)

Decrepitude: 0

Warping Score: 0

Confidence Score: 1 (3)

Virtues and Flaws: Covenfolk; Second Sight;

Busybody

Personality Traits: Gregarious +2, Superstitious +2,

Pious +1

Combat: Brawling (fist): Init +0, Attack +1, Defense

+0, Damage +0

Soak: +0

Fatigue Levels: OK, 0, –1, –3, –5, Unconscious

Wounds: –1 (1–5), –3 (6–10,) –5 (11–15),

Incapacitated (16–20)

Abilities: Area lore: original home 2 (people), Area lore: covenant 4 (people's business), Awareness 3 (fae), Athletics 2 (dancing), Carouse 2 (anecdotes), Concentration 1 (brewing), Craft: brewing 5 (taste), Craft - cooking 3 (roasting), Craft: sewing 2 (mending), Etiquette (Magi) 1, Faerie lore 3 (domestic fae), Folk ken 3 (women), Intrigue 2 (gossip), Local language 5 (anecdotes), Music 1 (folk songs), Second sight 4 (domestic fae), Stealth 2 (moving quietly), Teaching 1 (girls)

Appearance: A cheerful, lively woman in neatlymended plain clothing which attracts less attention than her bright smile and brown eyes. She is of middle height and weight with a well-defined figure.

Marie was born in a village about ten miles from the covenant, but ran away from home when she was about ten years old because she was so often in trouble for "seeing things" and "telling lies." She has the Second Sight and gets on very well with the minor fae who, outside the Aegis, can be found around farm and home. When she ventures outside, she seems to attract such fae to her.

The covenant took the girl in and taught her useful domestic skills, and she decided to specialise in brewing. She is very gregarious and a bit of a chatterbox. She likes dancing, has a pleasant singing voice and looks forward to any cause for celebration. Her piety and superstition are about average for village folk, which makes her rather more pious and superstitious than most covenantbred people. She is married to one of the soldiers and has three children. She is proud of her husband and his role in the covenant. She does not keep a very close eye on her children but seems to find out if they have been up to mischief. In fact, she often knows quite a lot about what other coven-folk are up to, too.