Editing Edith James (section)

==Appearance==
Edith has bleached blonde hair and wears a toque.<ref name=":0">“Who can teach us the basics?” Lucy asked.  “Both for practice and how this world works?  Matthew?”<br><br>“Edith can,” Matthew said.  “And Charles?”<br><br>Edith, with the toque, nodded.  She’d been so quiet, throughout. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/05/12 Excerpt] from [[Lost for Words 1.2]]</ref><ref>“The people who will look into this will be in need of those clues, and we’ll be desperate and in need of them,” Matthew said.  “If my life partner is willing to oblige me, I’d like to offer you a deal.  Edith?”<br><br>The woman with bleached blond hair and a toque took a few steps forward.  “She’s in a lot of pain, Matthew.  You’re too much a part of this to get involved, and you’re fragile.” - [[Blood Run Cold 0.0]]</ref><ref name=":2">“What a mess, what do we do?” the other woman asked.  Louise was pretty sure she’d seen her in town.  Short, wide hips, maybe thirty.  She had bleached blond hair underneath a toque, and the lights caught her eyes, making them seem too bright.  Her expression was very serious.  Worried. - [[Blood Run Cold 0.0]]</ref> She is roughly 30 years old, and short,<ref name=":2" />with wide hips.<ref name=":4">There were others down the path too.  Faces that she did feel like she had seen around town.  A woman with wide hips and bleached-blond hair. Maybe twenty-five to thirty five?  Verona wasn’t so good with that age range.  - [[Lost for Words 1.1]]</ref><ref name=":2" />

She appears to be a normal human, but to the [[Sight]] her eyes glow like fire.<ref name=":1">'''Edith James / Girl by Candlelight<br>Type according to Matthew:''' Complex Spirit<br>'''Appearance: '''Human?  Bleached blond hair.<br>'''Appearance with Sight''':  Eyes glow like fire<br>'''Awakening''': Skull → Gave red gem, took ash → coin
*Quiet so far
*Married to Matthew (didn’t take his name?)
*Knows fundamentals.  Sorta human? - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/05/14 Excerpt] from [[Notes on Others]]</ref> Even to the unawakened, the light can seem to catch her eyes a little more than it should.<ref name=":2" />

When the Girl by Candlelight emerges from the body of Edith James, the body's back and ribs can open up to form a circle, tipped with candles.<ref name=":3">By the cabin, Edith knelt.  No toque like the first time they’d seen her, but the same bleached blond hair, recently done so there were no roots.  She wore a white dress, and leaned far enough forward her face almost met her knees, her back arched.  At the spine, it had parted, ribs splaying and pointing upward to form a circle.  Half the ribs had candles of varying lengths perched at the points.<br><br>Inside that circle of ribs sat a woman, her skin faintly patterned like she’d been burned, but not distorted or misshapen by that burn.  Her eyes were orange lights, her hair ash white, and she wore clothes that burned at the edges, like the papers did.  A white candle that might have been five or six feet tall and thick as a tree trunk was set across her shoulders, burning at both ends.  Whichever way she leaned, wax dribbled down its length.  At varying times, it ran down her arms, onto her shoulders, back, and down her front, with enough of it pooling in that circle of ribs that her legs were mostly hidden.  Sometimes it solidified, other times it congealed, and other times it broke away.<br><br>The woman bent down, wax dripping and breaking away in segments as she lowered her face to his, kissing him. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/18 Excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.2]]</ref> Alternatively she can bend over backwards and her chest can open.<ref name=":5">Edith bent over backwards, her ribs opening up, and the Girl by 
Candlelight emerged, unfolding and stretching out.  She hauled the candle out of the space where her heart should be, as long as she was tall, and rested it against one shoulder, the flames at both ends flaring.  She shot a look back at the four, who were tense. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/24 Excerpt] from [[Back Away 5.d]]</ref>

The spirit herself has ash-white hair and burning orange eyes, her clothes smolder at the edges, and she bears a giant candle across her shoulders burning at both ends. Wax constantly runs down her body, and her skin has faint patterns on it that resemble burns but do not disfigure her.<ref name=":3"/><ref name=":5" />