![[Mother Hawthorne.png]] the grandmother Ancient. Blind in one eye. Buried in furs. Mother Hawthorne is Amelia’s grandmother. No one remembers her real first name, and no one knows exactly how old she is. She has managed to outlast a whole generation of Hawthornes one branch below her on the family tree. She rarely speaks and can barely get around on her own. It would have been impossible for her to strangle Amelia. Mother Hawthorne is the grandmother of Thomas and Jimmy. Quote: “...” Quote (only to a Maven with The Pallid Mask marked): “I have looked into the gloaming eyes of Death many times now, and each time I have told that pallid harbinger, ‘No! Not today. Today is not the day I take your bony hand in mine and walk to that shadowy realm beyond the Black Gate.’ You can do that, too, my dear. You can fix your gaze upon the Reaper and decline his cold affections. The more interesting question is ‘Why do it?’ Why should I want to keep living in this frail body, barely seen to by kin who no longer remember my name? Why should I want to keep silently tittering in my husk? Because I want to see the looks upon their faces when they realize it’s all coming to an end.”