Thessa Quent
Thessa Quent is a spectral mediator whose work is as fraught as the haunted terrain of The Glimmer Sink itself. A devoted member of The Pale Chain, Thessa believes that ghostly phenomena are echoes of unresolved trauma, both personal and communal. She has dedicated her life to fostering fragile truces between the living and the dead, navigating spectral outbursts and the tangled emotions they reflect. To many, she is a peacemaker. To others, she’s a meddler walking a line that risks unleashing even greater chaos.
Thessa’s methods differ from many in The Pale Chain. She avoids rituals of banishment or containment, instead treating specters as individuals with needs and grievances. Her approach is quiet, patient, and profoundly empathetic. This has earned her a small but loyal following among the Sinkers, but also skepticism from more traditional members of the Chain, who see her compassion as dangerously naive.
Her quiet intensity and air of melancholy make her both enigmatic and approachable. Thessa carries the weight of her own loss—her younger sister vanished into The Whisper years ago, and some suspect that every soul she seeks to soothe is a stand-in for the one she couldn’t save. She doesn’t deny it, but neither does she dwell on the past aloud.
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