Frey Rose was afraid of showing her face to others, not only out of fear of being physically hurt, but also because of the knowledge she would be rejected. The tattoo that covered the left side of the young woman's visage was given to her as a child, and it marked her as a descendant of the condemned. For one persecuted since birth, all strangers needed to be feared as ruthless enemies. So she had passed her days ever hidden amongst the eaves.