Babka

Their father's mother. Everyone in Marzanna's Reach calls her Babka because that is what Yara and Piotr called her, and the name spread. She came down to the village from her place on the eastern ridge every few weeks, before Yara was born. She came down on the day Yara's mother walked into the forest and never came back. Yara was twelve. Piotr was four. Babka arrived an hour after the door closed, found Yara, picked up Piotr, and stayed. She comes down on Tuesdays. She is sharp and opinionated. She is seventy-one years old, and is the only family Yara and Piotr have left.