Marta
Marta is Nathan's sister, and she is two years younger than him. They look similar; she has his same broad face and brown hair and eyes, though her own hair has grown to waist length. She is more reserved than the typical Murakan, and close inspection reveals an explanation. She has a poker-shaped burn low on her right cheek, dark with time but still horrible to see. Similar scars are placed at regular intervals along her right arm, disappearing into her smock. Despite her reserve, she has always displayed a pleasant disposition in company, acting as a generous young hostess at the Plum Blossom Retreat to the many tribes there. She is a servant to all that she meets.
Marta's favored activity is gardening, and she has taken it upon herself to maintain the extensive gardens of the manse. Thus she is frequently swaying in the branches one of the plum trees and deep in the underbrush on a wooded slope, though her pony, Duskeyes, is never far from her. When her brother is home she will put other projects on hold and dote on him, but this is increasingly infrequent.
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