Dakota

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Reputation(s)

Dustwitch: A k’ish, from the etymology of Commission, is a formal promise from driver to client to go beyond the road markers to get the passenger, cargo or message to where it goes. To complete a k’ish separates a Driver from a person with a vehicle. Dustwitch has heard that while it is known that Dustwitch is legend amongst drivers, having only failed a k’ish once, Dakota Delaray in all her years is the only driver to never have left a k’ish unfulfilled.

Sundown: He has heard of her racing prowess - that she won the Gran-Gran Crossland - but so long ago, he’d have assumed she was dead.

Tip: Tip has heard that she didn’t used to be called Dakota Delaray. The “Delaray” was the name of her ex-husband - Dex Delaray, fastest gun in the east

Thrice: Thrice has heard that the terrible warlord, Boss Noh, has put a bounty on Dakota’s head, but Noh won’t move their Mask and Murder Crusade westwards until “that bitch is dead”.

Mercy: There is a vision of a woman who comes out of the east, with coyote eyes and an angel by her side. This woman will be offered the empty throne of god, and if she takes it, the storm will drown the world.

Exit and Judas: Dakota drives the Truck because she is travelling, but behind the wheel of the Warbeast, no Hold can stand against her. She haven´t driven it since Camelot fell.

Toolwoman with No Name (so far)

A skipping rhyme this woman recalls from childhood / watching children / sung in secret (you pick where she heard it, really) -

The cold house is strong The cold house is tall The cold house is old The cold house can’t fall

It has walls of stone One two three and FOUR Knocked DOWN by the Driver In her beast of war