Crooked Rook

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Appearance

She appears as an elderly woman of the stiff-backed/strong & no-nonsense variety.  She carries but rarely wears a mask.<ref>8.7 Spoilers: New Other Correspondence</ref> She has skin that ranges from dark, cold purple at the broader, flatter parts to a warmer pink and orange-pink in places.<ref>Shaking Hands 9.5</ref> She is described has having "the face of a demon", with a narrow overall structure, narrow eyes, all framed with white hair so fine and light that it hangs like a halo around her head and down her shoulders. <ref>Shaking Hands 9.5</ref>

"She wore a black dress that was layered in panels, more at the lower body than the upper, each panel decorated at the edges.   More decoration was mounted at her back with crescent blades and a birdcage, scrolls were pinned to her sleeves so they hung down with the fabric, and an assortment of items were dangling from her belts, all like they were supposed to be there.   One of her hands rested atop an asymmetrical walking stick coated in so much black lacquer that the wood only remained in the shape of the branch it had once been.  It had been a nasty branch too, straight, with bits sticking out all down its length, almost like wide thorns." <ref>Shaking Hands 9.5</ref>

She tends to hold a bone-white mask depicting a serene grandmother's face over her lower face. <ref>Shaking Hands 9.5</ref><ref>Shaking Hands 9.Z</ref>

Abilities

She has demonstrated the ability to manipulate the spiritual makeup and to undo or twist the bindings of Others after trapping them in boxes<ref>8.7 Spoilers: New Other Correspondence</ref>. This can allow her to radically alter the type of the Other in question.

She mentions that she's a member of a sect of Oni who build boxes and cages, with an implication that these are related to the positions and roles that Others take in the world.<ref>Shaking Hands 9.Z</ref>