Ressa
Who she is
The Abider of a Deep crew. On every descent she reaches out her hands and Abides with them, so that Oranth’s weight becomes something they can carry. She can hold a crew for six hours, eight on a good day, and years of descents have toughened her gift without making her invincible.
Appearance
Straight black hair cut at the jaw, falling across one side of her face, and a sly smile when she’s winning at tiles, which is often. She wears slate-blue coveralls under a worn brown vest. On a descent her face goes gray and tired with what it costs her.
Personality
- Competitive at tiles, and she complains about the games she loses.
People in her life
As the story unfolds
These details come from the story itself. Choose the last chapter you’ve read, and only what has been revealed up to that point will appear.
Station Seven
When the surge throws the crew across the floor, she counts them, all eleven. After the first blast she kneels by the storage room doors with her hands out, straining to hold those who are still alive. Then she can’t, and Oranth’s full weight comes back all at once.