Lady Esther

Lady Esther’s ancestors were slaves to Roman colonists in the northern part of France. One day, they broke from their masters, and fled to the sea only four days north of them, intending to sail along the coast to Spain where Rome had less influence, and perhaps they could start a life of their own. But the angry sky had other opinions, and pushed them north still, into a small island that none of them knew. Thus, they started their new life in the cold rain of Dorset.

For a generation, they managed to eke out a living, then in the next managed to buy a mill. It was here, while buying grain, that Esther caught Emlyn’s eye, and made him pursue her for a year and a day to prove that he truly cared for her. A strong matriarch, she kept the mill house a center of trade, until at long last her heart gave out.