Name: Elspeth Ault

 

Alias / Known As: Tabitha (true name); The Olive Woman; The Wandering Midwife

 

 

Age: Appears early 30s; actual age unknown

 

 

Origin: Unclear; arrived aboard The Gift of God from lands south of Spain

 

 

Affiliations: Ally to Maggie Barclay; practitioner of sacred mysteries; enemy of Rowan

 

 

Summary:

 

 

Elspeth Ault walks in scripture and silence, her every step weighed with purpose. Resurrected by the Apostle Peter and sustained by divine will, she moves from town to town guarding the balance between power and mercy. To some, she is healer and holy woman. To others, a whisper too close to witchcraft. With Rowan rising and darkness coiling through the glens, Elspeth returns to the fray—not as a savior, but as a sentinel. She does not burn. She burns away.

 

 

 

 

 

Notable Traits:

 

 

— Wields spiritual authority rooted in scripture, not sorcery

 

 

— Bears an ancient ledger that names the accused and the anointed

 

 

— Immune to Rowan’s temptations, but not untouched by his pull

 

 

— Keeps her true name close, for it holds power

 

 

 

 

 

Status: At large; watched by the town, wanted by the witch-hunter, anointed by something older than kings