# [[Maret]] Maret is a quiet washerwoman who lives by herself on the edge of [[Otari]]. She speaks very little, the town's children call her odd names, and she keeps deliberately apart from everyone — because she is a **ghast**. The party sought her out because [[Brelda Venkervale]] remembered the name Sythra and pointed them her way; Maret turned out to be descended from the line of [[Graveknight Armor|Sythra]] and [[Vayle]]. ## Appearance & Habits - Wears a long-sleeved, high-collared dress and headgear that covers her head, hiding her undead nature. - Her hands are wrinkled with age and washing; she is not human. - Makes her own perfume from ingredients gathered in the hills so she doesn't leave her scent on the clothes she washes. - Eats only berries, rabbits, and other small things she can catch — never humanoids. - Tries to make herself useful to the town despite hiding from it. ## Her Curse - Became a ghast **gradually and against her will** — not through the usual means, and notably *without* the typical ghast compulsion of having eaten her own kind. She doesn't know what happened to her and named no god as the cause. - Does have urges to eat anyone she meets, which is why she lives apart from everyone. She is strong-willed and has resisted those urges. - Confided to [[Vayle]] that she often feels ugly; Vayle admitted to feeling the same way, forging a moment of kinship between two undead outsiders. ## Connection to Sythra - Gave Vayle a hair spike (hair pin) that had belonged to Sythra — a piece from Sythra's hometown or city, with a design unique to that place, serving as proof of the shared lineage. ## The Rebirth Potion - Vayle offered Maret the [[Rebirth potion]] (the one [[Zuhri]] had carried). Maret accepted and drank it, beginning the eight-hour transformation into a [[sarangai]]. - During the transformation she is clumsy, enfeebled, and stupefied — vulnerable. The party spent the night guarding her hut through the eight hours, with Vayle staying inside with her.