Rowan Abigail McGowan has Poise.
Not the finishing school kind. Far from it. Not the "walk with a book balanced on your head" kind. Rowan has more skill balancing a saddle and a sack full of feed while avoiding the usual hazards of a horse barn. No, Rowan's poise is the kind you get when the dead are restless, the living are scared, and someone has to ride into the middle of all of it.
As a Spirit Rider, Rowan feels the connections more than most people. Pain, fear, grief, rage- all of it presses down on her. But she doesn't not break, despite only being a teen. She breathes, steadies herself, and keeps on going.
For a horror setting like Jackson, that is poise.
Not looking calm because nothing is wrong, but staying steady because everything is wrong and someone still has to do something about it.
Jackson, IL NPC
This is the start of Week 2, and the topic is Intellect. Monday is "Fair of Face." That goes for a few of my characters, really.
Alicia Wrenfield: A West Haven witch-scholar whose beauty makes people underestimate how ruthless her research can be. She is in her early 30s and is a former MacAlister student who still lives in town. She is an accountant at Gilbert & Todd Bank downtown by day, and an astute researcher at night. Her online fights with "The Wizard" on the local "Weird Jackson" Dial up BBSes are legendary.
Jackson Soundtrack
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