Bryanna is a widow. She married for security and was married to her husband for around ten years or so before he died from a wasting disease. Truth be told, she didn't lament his passing and in fact flourished on her own.
That’s interesting, because now that I’ve thought about none of my OCs were ever married or even close to it. So another person’s death can be related to this fact, and that reminds me of Ercan. I didn’t plan him as Inquisitor, just someone who could end up in the Inquisition eventually.
He had an older sister and they were pretty close, and they were both old enough to remember their mother well. So those are two deaths that hurt him, because he got the chance to really know them before they died, but his younger sisters never did. So, he becomes the oldest one and eventually the only man at the house and he has this strong urge to take care of his sisters and he is willing to do the most unspeakable things just to keep them safe. Wow, that was long…