Red Wren

Red Wren is an Autumn Court witch who travels from freehold to freehold, teaching the Children's Contract.

Overview

Red Wren worked for an adoption agency before she was taken. One day, while escorting a young boy to his new family, she took a wrong turn and found herself in the Hedge. A True Fae, the Orchard Bird, wanted to take the boy, but Wren fought it off long enough for him to escape. The Orchard Bird took her instead, and she spent her durance as a tree, pecked by birds and carefully pruned by her tormentor.[1]

She doesn't remember how she escaped, but the thought of all the children she once helped gave her the strength to cross the Hedge home. For a time, she stayed in a freehold and even rose to the position of Autumn Queen, but she made too many enemies and lost the support of her Court.[2]

Wren tells people that the Children's Contract came to her in a dream,[3] though it is part of a forgotten sequence of contracts related to Land and Domain.[2] For six or seven years, she's traveled from freehold to freehold, teaching the Children's Contract in order to prevent the Others from taking kids. She can offer references, if asked, to confirm that the ritual works as promised.[4] The first time she attempted the contract, she used a boy called Henry; the rite did not go as planned, however. She ensorcelled Henry and raised him as her foster son/assistant.[2]

Wren is almost obsessively utilitarian; she's willing to do anything short of working with the Others for what she perceives as the greater good. That includes eliminating opposition to her plans.[3] She kidnapped the nephew of Jackie Snow in order to blackmail the King Queen into agreeing to the Children's Contract.[2]

Wren's skin looks like peeling bark or parchment, and dried leaves peep from out of her sleeves and collar. Her eyes are solid black and bird-like, making it difficult to know just what she's looking at. Even when standing in place, she tends to sway a little, like a tree in the wind.[5]

Character Sheet

Red Wren[5]
Seeming: Elemental
Kith: Woodblood
Court: Autumn
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 3, Wits 3, Resolve 4
Physical Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 2, Stamina 2
Social Attributes: Presence 3, Manipulation 4, Composure 4
Mental Skills: Academics 2, Investigation 3, Medicine 1, Occult 3, Politics 2
Physical Skills: Athletics 2, Larceny 1, Stealth 2 (Forest), Weaponry 2 (Staff)
Social Skills: Animal Ken 2 (Birds), Empathy 1, Expression 1, Intimidation 3, Persuasion 2, Subterfuge 4 (Greater Good)
Merits: Allies (Adoption Agency) 3, Court Goodwill (Spring) 3, Harvest (Emotions) 3, Holistic Awareness, Mantle (Autumn) 3, Resources 1
Willpower: 8
Clarity: 5
Virtue: Faith
Vice: Pride
Initiative: 6
Defense: 2
Speed: 9
Health: 7
Wyrd: 4
Glamour/per turn: 13/4
Contracts: Dream 2, Elements (Wood) 3, Fang and Talon (Birds) 1, Fleeting Autumn 3, Smoke 2
Pledges: Pledge of Ensorcellment
Weapons/Attacks:

Type Damage Dice Pool
Knotted Staff 3(B) 8

References

  1. ↑ CTL: The Fear-Maker's Promise, p. 5-6 Buy it from DriveThruRPG!
  2. 1 2 3 4 CTL: The Fear-Maker's Promise, p. 9 Buy it from DriveThruRPG!
  3. 1 2 CTL: The Fear-Maker's Promise, p. 6 Buy it from DriveThruRPG!
  4. ↑ CTL: The Fear-Maker's Promise, p. 5 Buy it from DriveThruRPG!
  5. 1 2 CTL: The Fear-Maker's Promise, p. 15
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