Täkka Kettinen
Occult scholar and spirit-touched survivor
Täkka Kettinen
Species
Human
Appearance
Täkka Kettinen is a narrow-shouldered woman whose movements are economical until she believes someone is lying, when every gesture becomes sharp and birdlike. Her skin has the dry, pale texture of birch bark, crossed by faint gray veins that darken near the inherited mark on her wrist. She has a chipped front tooth, a crooked nose that was broken by a revenant child, and fingers stained permanently brown by lampblack and old blood. Her eyes are watchful and severe, yet her smile is unexpectedly warm and almost grandmotherly. She walks with a slight limp but can cross loose rubble without making a sound. The contradictory impression she leaves is of someone both fragile and impossible to corner.
“Her voice is low, clipped, and carefully measured, with hard consonants and a faint northern cadence. She speaks as if each sentence is being entered into a ledger.”
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Distinguishing Features
A black, unhealing ring encircles her left wrist.
Her bone lantern is made from the fused finger bones of seven unknown wardens.
She has a small brass nail driven through the back of her coat collar, which she claims keeps ghosts from counting her.
Her shadow sometimes turns its head a moment after she does.
She smells faintly of wet stone, juniper smoke, and extinguished candles.
Voice
“A low, dry contralto with a faint rasp, like paper dragged over stone. She becomes almost inaudible when speaking to the dead and painfully clear when accusing the living.”
Clothing
A patched charcoal wool coat fastened with mismatched iron toggles, a faded red undershirt, wrapped linen trousers, felt boots, and a belt hung with measuring cords, chalk, grave-salt pouches, and tiny labeled bones. Her coat lining is covered in cramped notes written in three alphabets.
Body Language
Täkka keeps her elbows close to her ribs and angles her body toward exits. She studies hands more than faces. When someone speaks a name connected to the Old Hills, her left thumb begins rubbing the black mark around her wrist until the skin reddens.
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