Name: Amara "Mara" Nkosi  
Age: 25  
Race/Species: Human-touched-by-Death (Harbinger-class Reaper)  

Background:  
Mara grew up in a cramped Atlanta suburb, the middle child of five in a family where love was conditional—usually on how useful you could be. Her mother measured worth in church attendance and her father in silence. She learned early to disappear into daydreams of runway shows and animal documentaries, sketching designs in the margins of her schoolwork.