Rebecca Quay

Rebecca is a small, mousey white woman in her early 40s. She keeps her thick black hair tied back in a hasty ponytail and wears thin, stylish spectacles. She often chews on pens without thinking about it.

Rebecca is the de facto leader of The Merchants, because frankly none of the others feel up to the task and she's the only one that can consistently make herself obeyed. She keeps a fairly loose hand in terms of leadership, unless the krewe is given a particular job, in which case she gives some military officers a run for their money.

Rebecca is a professor of Ancient History and will never, ever shut up about the subject once she is prompted to discuss it. She's incredibly passionate about her work and takes every opportunity to throw herself into it. As a result she has a somewhat decent job as a curator for the British Museum, which also makes the work of the Merchants all that much easier.

Rebecca received The Offer from her Geist when, ten years ago, a plane carrying herself, her partner and their young family crashed in the Pyrenees. By the time mountain rescue teams reached the crash site she was the "miraculous" only survivor. She has since thrown herself into her work - both mundane and supernatural - with a burning passion. The pain of the loss is numbed but she still has a tendency to get awkward around people she is close to, as if she's afraid of what might happen to them.

She has spent some time exploring the Underworld (not nearly as much as the Styxside Krewe) and done a lot of research into the Sin-Eaters as a group, and is perhaps the most knowledgeable Sin-Eater in London when it comes to understanding their unique condition.