Ressa

Identity and portrayal

Appearance

A woman from Lowmere introduced with a burned arm, a visible knife, hard measuring attention and later a scarred/blunt presence children trust. Exact age, hair and complexion are not locked.

Voice and manner

Hot, blunt and contemptuous of sacred euphemism. She uses anger as a public tool and answers institutional defence with language polite rooms would rather exclude.

Skills, Essan and limitations

Knife confidence, village networks, testimony, copying names, evidence preservation and turning anger into collective action. No Essan gift is established.

Knowledge limits

Knows Lowmere's losses, village rumours, the packet/ledger evidence and the difference between protected and sacrificed communities.