PERSONAE · THE RAMPART FOOTHILLS

Hessa One-Ear

aka Hessa, One-Ear

A Finder who has been into the Leaning Columns more than anyone living and lost half a crew to an Old Work engine that discharged back — she knows where the unmarked falls are, and she sends newcomers to the Mosswound to learn the risk before the deep fields.

Hessa lost the ear to an Old Work engine that discharged when her crew pried it free. She is missing three fingers on the same side. She does not talk about it much, but she will tell you where not to step, and that is worth more than any guide who has never been wrong. She works for the Finders — buys workings loose, sells them through the Ledger's network — and she keeps the job because she is the only one who comes back.

KIND

mortal

SPECIES

Human

ROLE

relic-runner and Finders' field agent

LOCATION

Pinewatch Camp

Connected

The FindersFACTION · Hessa works the Leaning Columns as the Finders' fiel…Pinewatch CampPLACE · Hessa operates out of Pinewatch Camp — it is the mos…The Leaning ColumnsPLACE · Hessa knows the column-field better than anyone livi…The Last ColumnPLACE · Hessa uses the Hum-Stone as a navigation landmark an…The MosswoundPLACE · Hessa sends newcomers to the Mosswound to learn the …The Falls CacheITEM · Hessa knows the cache is real — she got to the ledge…

Voices & Sounds

Game Data (1)

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data/content/npcs.json

idhessa_one_ear

genderfemale

canon_refcharacter.hessa-one-ear

nameHessa One-Ear

regionthe_rampart_foothills

factionthe_finders

health60

disposition45

greetingA Finder who has been into the Leaning Columns more than anyone living and lost half a crew to a resonator that answered back — she knows where the unmarked falls are, and she sends newcomers to the Mosswound to learn the hum before the deep fields.

spawn{"x":666,"z":-1080}

behaviorwander

wander_radius3.5

topics{"self":"relic-runner and Finders' field agent. Hessa lost the ear to a resonator that discharged when her crew pried it free. She is missing three fingers on the same side. She does not talk about it much, but she will tell you where not to step, and that is worth more than any guide who has never been wrong. She works for the Finders — buys resonators loose, sells them through the Ledger's network — and she keeps the job because she is the only one who comes back."}

racereshi

Type Fields

kindmortal

speciesHuman

rolerelic-runner and Finders' field agent

locationplace.pinewatch-camp

affiliationsfaction.the-finders

disposition45

voice_notesDry, accurate, no sentiment. She rates risk in precise numbers: 'seventy in a hundred you don't come back from that.' She's probably right.

All Relationships (6)

member_of

→The Finders — Hessa works the Leaning Columns as the Finders' field agent in the Rampart Foothills — she buys resonators loose and routes them through the Gaunt Ledger's network.

located_in

→Pinewatch Camp — Hessa operates out of Pinewatch Camp — it is the most she'll call a home address.

guards

→The Leaning Columns — Hessa knows the column-field better than anyone living and informally controls who the Finders send into the deep fields — she is the gate before the gate.

references

←The Last Column — Hessa uses the Hum-Stone as a navigation landmark and sends newcomers here first — the stone teaches the hum before the deep fields teach it harder.
←The Mosswound — Hessa sends newcomers to the Mosswound to learn the hum before the deep column-fields — it is her filter and her gift to the ones who listen.
←The Falls Cache — Hessa knows the cache is real — she got to the ledge behind the ice twice and came back empty-handed both times, once with a sprained wrist.

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