The Shade of Attlemoore
Trisha Tan for The Handmaiden
Feminine 19-25 voice, hushed, singsong.
The Handmaiden is a ghost who was the attendant to the lead character in ages past during a great reign of terror. The Handmaiden is supportive, and a little psychotic beneath the surface; she rather liked the reign of terror, in fact!
She has a few vocal ticks, like whispering rhymes mid sentence as though remembering a poem that never existed, or reverently chanting 'yes indeed' as more of a sentence break than actual agreement.
(871 words)
- female adult
(Airy and pleasant) Names, lovers, knick knacks and tears - my, don't we lose a few things over the years? Yes, indeed. Ah, but to be named. How important it is to the living - how romantic to have a word that is yours and yours alone? And how humblingly unimportant it feels to the dead.
(Pleasantly bloodthirsty) The living must be reconquered. Blades and armies trapped in mud. The lord darkling must know - it ends in blood.
