Schaal is best known for her quest to uncover the truth behind her father John William Bancroft's death. An Incarnate soldier himself, her father ran an orphanage where Schaal grew up mending clothes and developing a quiet, principled worldview. When she learns that Hank—her father's former platoon captain—has been systematically hunting down Incarnates, she pursues him not out of pure vengeance, but out of a desperate need to understand what happened and why Hank has turned against the very soldiers he once commanded.
The turning point comes when Schaal decides to travel alongside Hank instead of confronting him. She's banking on the journey itself to reveal the answers she needs. It's an unconventional move that speaks to her character: she's willing to get close to someone she suspects of murder because she believes the truth matters more than quick justice.
What defines Schaal most is her unwavering conviction that Incarnates are human beings deserving of respect and dignity. In a post-civil war world where these soldiers are widely feared and despised, she stands apart. She carries her father's old elephant gun and travels with a china tea set packed carefully in her suitcase—small details that reveal someone who honors both practical survival and gentler rituals, who refuses to let hatred reshape her.
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