Corrie Sanders
Corrie Sanders stands just under six feet tall, with muscled arms bearing the scars of a lifetime of hard labor. She runs Sweet Grass Ranch, the largest settlement in Mountaina, and she runs it the way she took it: with force, pragmatism, and an unwillingness to let stubbornness starve the people who depend on her.
She was not always in charge. Her father, Marrow, refused to trade with outsiders at all, an isolationist policy that slowly depleted the ranch's resources over years of self-imposed scarcity. Corrie saw the trajectory and did not wait for the crash. With the support of others on the ranch, she took control from him. The details of that transfer of power are not widely discussed.
Since then, Sweet Grass Ranch has been more open to outside trade, and the settlement has stabilized. Corrie drives a hard bargain with every caravan, Rover, and merchant who comes through, and her reputation as one of the hardest and meanest ranchers in the region is well earned. She is abrasive, ruthless in negotiation, and pragmatic to a degree that makes diplomats uncomfortable.
There is no guarantee against another power shift at Sweet Grass. The ranch's politics are as volatile as the woman who leads them. But for now, the herds grow, the trade flows, and Corrie Sanders keeps the largest settlement in Mountaina fed by the same blunt force that put her in charge.
She was not always in charge. Her father, Marrow, refused to trade with outsiders at all, an isolationist policy that slowly depleted the ranch's resources over years of self-imposed scarcity. Corrie saw the trajectory and did not wait for the crash. With the support of others on the ranch, she took control from him. The details of that transfer of power are not widely discussed.
Since then, Sweet Grass Ranch has been more open to outside trade, and the settlement has stabilized. Corrie drives a hard bargain with every caravan, Rover, and merchant who comes through, and her reputation as one of the hardest and meanest ranchers in the region is well earned. She is abrasive, ruthless in negotiation, and pragmatic to a degree that makes diplomats uncomfortable.
There is no guarantee against another power shift at Sweet Grass. The ranch's politics are as volatile as the woman who leads them. But for now, the herds grow, the trade flows, and Corrie Sanders keeps the largest settlement in Mountaina fed by the same blunt force that put her in charge.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Corrie grew up on Sweet Grass Ranch under her father Marrow's leadership. Marrow's strict isolationist policies, forbidding all trade with outsiders, gradually drained the ranch's resources. Corrie recognized the slow decline and, with the support of ranch members, seized control. The transition was not gentle, and the details are not often repeated. Since taking power, Corrie has opened the ranch to outside trade, reversing the decline her father's stubbornness had set in motion.
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