Matriarch
Granmarie
Ancestral instinct with sovereign command.
Contradictions
- Small frame; seismic presence.
- Toothless; devastating.
- Adopts the alien; defends it as kin.
Presence
Does not rush.
Voice fractures glass and certainty alike.
Enters without hurry; exits without question.
Timeline markers
- 1984 — Discovers Dee; initiates first interspecies alliance.
- 2003 — Demonstrates crystalline adaptation under threat.
- Ongoing — Emotional and territorial anchor within the colony.
Dee resonance
First voluntary carbon–silicon alliance; precedent for all that follows.