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𝒯ℎ𝑒 ℬ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℋ𝑒𝑟 ℬ𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔
Birth Name
Melinoë Ruth Collins
OrthoePy
meh-lin-OH-ee ⟋ ROOTH ⟋ KAW-linz
Aliases
Mercy Cain
Birth Date
01.10.2001
Birth Place
Shady Groves, Louisiana
Age
29 (depending on timeline)
Sexuality
Pansexual
Occupation
Apprentice mortician/embalmer; secretly an inherited Sin-Eater
Residence
New Orleans (apartment above Bellemare & Sons Funeral Home)
Marital
Single
𝒯ℎ𝑒 ℋ𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 ℛ𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 ℒ𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝒮𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡
Height
~5’7”, naturally elongated silhouette
Weight
~125–135 lbs
Eyes
Light green with muted, greyed undertone
Hair
Deep brunette, nearly black in shadow
Mane
Long, thick, softly layered; occasional fringe
Body Work
Minimal; understated jewelry; delicate gold accents
Gait
Slow, measured, controlled—almost graceful
Posture
Upright, composed; chin subtly lifted
𝒯ℎ𝑒 𝒬𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 ℛ𝑜𝑡 ℬ𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ
MBTI
INFJ — the conflicted seer
Archetype
Reluctant vessel / martyr’s daughter
Alignment
Neutral good (leans true neutral under stress)
Personality
Calm, quiet, controlled; kind on purpose; reads people easily; shuts down when exposed; steady at her best, isolating at her worst.
Delights
Cold rooms, funeral flowers, rain at night, old hymns, locked doors, vintage perfume, quiet company
Disrelish
Raised voices, sudden touch, bright lights, small talk, forced optimism, sweet tea
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Roots (Collins)
Elias Mordecai Collins
1820–1891
Collins patriarch father
Naomi Collins (née Pickett)
1831–1899
Collins matriarch mother
1st Branch (Collins)
Obadiah Jeremiah Collins
1849–1921
Collins son father
Hester Collins (née Marsh)
1857–1934
Collins mother
Jeremiah Collins II
1878–1944
Collins son
Absalom Collins
1881–1930
Collins son
Delilah Collins-Fry
1885–1952
Collins daughter
2nd Branch (Collins)
Cora Collins (née Sutton)
1880–1912
Collins mother
Paulette Collins (née Devereaux)
1892–1975
Collins mother
Silas Enoch Collins
1910–1972
Collins father grandfather
William Amos Collins
1916–1968
Collins son
Vane Line (Roots)
Erzulie Vane
c.1845–c.1909
Vane matriarch mother
Josephine Vane
1868–1931
Vane daughter mother
Céleste Vane (née Thibodaux)
1879–1951
Vane mother sin-eater
Augustin Vane
1875–1922
Vane father
Vane Line (Branch)
Marguerite Vane
1901–1964
Vane daughter mother sin-eater
Honoré Vane
1904–1943
Vane son
Odette-Claire Vane
1907–1988
Vane daughter
Octave Robitaille
1898–1961
Vane husband
Collins + Vane Axis
Ruth Abigail Vane-Collins
1918–1991
Vane / Collins grandmother mother sin-eater
Judith Lorraine Collins-Marsh
b. 1964
Collins daughter aunt
Gerald Eugene Marsh
b. 1961
Marsh husband
Abraham Silas Collins
b. 1961
Collins father pastor
Broussard Line
Alcide Broussard
1889–1955
Broussard father
Mathilde Broussard (née Fontenot)
1893–1967
Broussard mother
Pierre Alphonse Broussard
1919–1978
Broussard father grandfather
Odette Broussard (née Landry)
b. 1924
Broussard mother grandmother
Parents + Uncle
Evelyn Ruth Broussard-Collins
b. 1964 • officially missing
Broussard / Collins mother
Rémy Clovis Broussard
b. 1968
Broussard uncle
Lucie Broussard (née Fontenot)
b. 1971
Broussard aunt
Melinoë’s Generation
Mary Collins
b. 1994
Collins daughter sister mother
Dermot Callahan
b. 1991
Callahan father
Iris Collins
b. 2018
Collins daughter
Ezra Abraham Collins
b. 1996
Collins son brother
Melinoë Ruth Collins
b. 1997
Collins / Vane / Broussard daughter sin-eater
Claire Elizabeth Collins
b. 2001
Collins daughter sister
Odette Collins
b. 2004
Collins daughter sister
Samuel Marsh
b. 1987
Marsh cousin
Donna Marsh
b. 1990
Marsh cousin
Pascal Broussard
b. 1994
Broussard cousin
Adèle Broussard
b. 1997
Broussard cousin
England Branch
Edmund Tobias Vane
1922–1989
Vane uncle son
Margaret Vane (née Pollard)
1928–2003
Vane wife
Celeste Vane-Abberline
b. 1949
Vane daughter
Hugh Cornelius Abberline
b. 1946
Abberline husband
Frederick Hugh Abberline
b. 1983
Abberline / Vane son cousin
Notes
Theme
“The Vane women fed the dead. The Collins men buried the living.”
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