Bethany Crenshaw

Description

A stocky twelve-year-old girl who sits perfectly motionless for unnaturally long periods, her dark eyes rarely blinking as she stares at whoever she's speaking to. Wears a faded floral dress that's too small for her sturdy frame and scuffed brown boots. Her unwashed hair hangs in limp braids, and she has dirt permanently embedded under her fingernails from farm work.

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Voice style

Speaks in a flat, measured tone that's unsettling coming from a child, asking rhetorical questions to trap people in their own logic. Never raises her voice but somehow commands attention through her unnatural stillness and direct stare.

Motivation

Desperately needs to feed her growing hunger for both blood and the visceral fear of her victims, but is terrified of disappointing her great-grandfather who will punish her severely if she kills a debtor before they pay.

Backstory

Bethany was embraced three years ago by her own great-grandfather, Ezekiel Crenshaw, a powerful Tzimisce elder who had been using the family farm as his domain for over a century. The embrace was punishment for her parents' attempt to flee his control with outstanding debts. Now she serves as his collector, using her innocent appearance to corner debtors who think they can intimidate a child. Her Tzimisce blood grants her terrifying abilities that she's still learning to control, and she feeds the emotional terror of her victims as much as their blood. The other farm families in the area whisper about the Crenshaw girl who never seems to age and whose eyes follow you long after you've left her sight. She keeps meticulous ledgers of every debt owed to her great-grandfather, written in a child's careful handwriting that lists gruesome consequences for late payments.

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