Myriam
- "Leave me be! I'm no house wife!"
- ―Myriam having second thoughts regarding marrying Norris.[src]
Myriam was a huntress during the American Revolutionary War who resided within the Davenport Homestead.
Growing up, Myriam chose to live a life in the wild, instead of conforming to the traditional alternatives of convents or brothels for a woman. In doing so, she severed all ties to her immediate kin, and lost the whereabouts of her family.
Biography
Life on the Homestead
Following the discovery of the Davenport Homestead's rich lands and abundant wildlife, Myriam went to request permission to hunt there, but was confronted by a group of poachers. She attempted to sway them into hunting legally, but was unsuccessful and they attacked her.
The Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton, commonly known as Connor, later found the injured Myriam and brought her to stay at the Homestead manor, where Achilles Davenport tended to her wounds. While Myriam recovered, Connor killed the poachers.
After recovering from the attack, Myriam began to sell her surplus kills to the Homestead residents, and began trading her furs around Colonial America. She then set up her camp in the northwestern part of the Homestead, where she hunted, skinned, and roasted her kills.
Later, after two of her snares were snapped by a prowling white cougar, Myriam requested the aid of Connor, who assisted her in tracking it. After a lengthy pursuit, Myriam eventually succeeded in killing the beast.
Relationship with Norris
After a failed attempt to gain her favor with wild flowers, Norris decided to give Myriam a new knife, after Connor had informed him that her current one had broke. Later, Myriam got into another confrontation with a poacher, and used Norris' knife to fend off the poacher's attacks. After this, she recognized her feelings for Norris on a personal level.
Over time, the relationship between the pair culminated to Myriam's eventual marriage to Norris, though Myriam began having second thoughts as the date approached. These nerves led to her fleeing from Connor as he came to check on her during the wedding day.
After a lengthy chase and discussion with Myriam, Connor reassured her into marrying Norris. During the ceremony, Father Timothy suggested Connor act in place of Myriam's father, which he accepted, giving her to Norris in marriage. Once the two were wed, the couple held a reception at Oliver and Corrine's tavern.
Trivia
- Both Myriam and Norris were illiterate as they required Dr. Lyle White to read a letter received from a person regarding Norris' mined goods.
- Myriam seemed to hold utmost respect for Achilles, lingering behind at his funeral, even after everyone but Connor had departed.
- Myriam was a skilled free-runner, which she demonstrated as she fled before her wedding ceremony.
Gallery
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Connor helping Myriam after the attack -
Connor bringing Myriam to Achilles at the Homestead manor -
Connor bringing Myriam to Norris as requested by herself in the role of a 'father'.
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