Frees spirit of dead person, pushes other characters out of the way, contains sin of others in herself.
She has to free spirits of dead people and holds all of their sins.
What challenge does this character face?
Grandmother
Invites Billy into house to hide, lies to people trying to find Samuel by faking smallpox.
Older, smallpox (fake), compassionate.
Has to either give someone up to be murdered or protect him, risking her life. She ends up pricking herself many times with nettles to fake smallpox.
What challenge does this character face?
Physical/Character Traits
How do they interact with other characters?
Thomas Page
What challenge does this character face?
How do they interact with other characters?
Originally was very poor, then died from being consumed by maggots.
Physical/Character Traits
No interaction until death, when he is found and they examine his body.
Eaten by covered in maggots, dead, previously tired poor.
Eliza Crump
Physical/Character Traits
Poor, overworked, exhausted, covered in cloak when sleeping, gleaner.
What challenge does this character face?
How do they interact with other characters?
No interaction until death, where she is run over by a wagon. She is then removed by twelve gleaners and her imprint is used to make a statue.
She works for long periods of time - sunrise to midday, and gets very exhausted. To try an fix this she goes to sleep, but this backfires as the boy riding the wagon didn't notice her and ran her over.