Seamstress (NPC)

## Erratic Seamstress (Encounter)

### First Encounter

*The first thing you notice is a long veil made of rags, leaves, and scraps of fur, held together with a snow-white thread. Then you notice a woman with a gaunt face and graying hair. She's busy sewing more scraps of random material to the end of the veil. Her fingers flash so fast you can barely see them. When she stops sewing and raises her eyes to meet your gaze, a chilling truth is revealed: the Wyrdness transformed the tips of her fingers into long, sharp needles "Do you need any sewing? I can take care of garments, body, or soul. They're all the same anyways."*

* **"WHO ARE YOU?"**
*"Me? Oh, there's nothing to say, really. I'm Neith. A seamstress. In my past life, I used to make gowns, cloaks, and garments, mostly for women and noble knights. Now I've been... improved." She looks briefly at her needle-like fingers. "And after that my clientele changed. Currently, I'm making sheets for my protector. And, let All-Mother be my witness, she's a demanding customer..."* [Received: Trust Increase]
"YOUR PROTECTOR?"
*She smiles mysteriously. "Well, you probably wouldn't like her very much. But she keeps me safe. She's very protective. But it seems she's about to go into labor soon. She forgot to bring me food and kept pushing me to sew more and more... I'm exhausted, to be honest."*
ASK HER TO COME WITH YOU TO YOUR VILLAGE*You can see she's surprised by your offer. "Oh... You'll have to wait a moment. I have a commission to finish first." You stand and watch as she finishes the long veil. The last piece she adds is the fur of a feral cat, still dripping with blood. The Seamstress then folds the veil into a neat square and places it on the rock. "Here. I think she'll like it." She shudders. "I really hope she does. Now, let's go and see this village of yours."* [Unlocked: Seamstress]
**--ENCOUNTER END--**
* **ASK HER TO SEW YOUR BODY** *Heal a bit of your HP*
*The pain is brief and not as bad as you imagined. The body under the stitches heals before your eyes. It seems in the wyrdness, her talent for sewing made her able to join more than just pieces of cloth.*

### Encounters

Encounter #2: *"What am I doing here? Well, looking for anything that could help our village... here, take this. I don't have any use for it, but maybe you will".*

* **Ask her to sow your body.** *You will get HP*
* **Ask her to sow your mind.** *Discard 1 card*
*Even though she doesn't puncture your skull, you still feel sharp needles digging deep inside your brain.*
* **Leave**

## Seamstress (Village Encounter)

### First Encounter

*She looks at the expanding village with a critical eye. "You did a good job gathering all these pieces together. But we need to do more before they become a real village. We need to join them, but I've yet to find the right thread..."*

* **TALK**
"SO, WHO'S THE PROTECTOR YOU TOLD ME ABOUT?"
*"Well, the last time I saw her she was really... big. Clearly ready to give birth. She's probably hunting for food now. It's not easy to feed that many children." She notices your confused stare. "Don't worry. She's not dangerous. She's just a poor woman with... a special relationship with the Wyrdness. And she's a mother, after all. She won't turn to violence unless her children are threatened. And I just finished this cloth. It would be really comforting for her to have it. Can I count on you to get it to her?"* [Received: ] [New Quest: The Weaver of Tendons]

### Encounters

#### The Canvas

* **"YES. TELL ME EVERYTHING"***"At some point in this scattered timeline, the woman you met was one of the nobility. However, she never fit in with that crowd. The blood in her veins boiled. She was longing for adventure, love, and more authenticity than the platitudes of the courtly life." The Seamstress sighs. "But at some point, she was... forced into a role she was expected to fulfill." Her eyes glaze over, as if she's no longer looking at you but at someone from the distant past. "This ended badly for everyone involved. Her husband demanded love, and her love was something she couldn't and didn't want to give. And with time, her heart broke. I couldn't sew it back together even through I tried. Because she didn't want it anymore... But... with a broken heart that refused to be cured, eventually came a broken mind. She became known for her cruelty. Some said she was obsessed with her beauty and youth. The truth is that she was obsessed with pain. There are legends of the pictures she painted with the blood of young women. And the baths where she soaked in their blood. The truth is this. She had so much love inside for other people that she couldn't silence all of the voices within. I appealed to those voices while trying to heal her. She couldn't silence them and still see good in the world, so she started to destroy everything in her reach. It was a scream of pain... muffled by the even louder screams of her victims. Now, I'm going to turn the piece of flesh you brought me into a fabric. That fragment of skin comes from someone who loved other so much that even the Wyrdness couldn't mute that feeling. Even after being turned into a beast... after becoming cursed with an insatiable lust for blood, this fabric - her skin - still longs for the touch of another person. And there's nothing that defines a human being more than this need. Since we need to help out another lady, the mother of spiders... we need a special thread. A thread to connect her body and mind, and sew them together, so that she doesn't risk being lured further into insanity by the Wyrdness. Knowing that nothing connects her to the reality as much as beautiful garments, and having fabric woven from love and humanity, I can create something... to keep her far from the reach of the Wyrdness. Now, give me a moment. I need to prepare a gown worthy of her dreams." She disappears for a moment and then comes back with the strangest dress you've ever seen.* [Received: ] *"Please, get it to her... and let's hope for the best."* [Updated Quest: The Weaver of Tendons]

## Vendor Menu [Blood]

The Seamstress has multiple upgrades that can be purchased with Blood.
The vendor menu can be found here: Seamstress (Village Building)