

Conscrit Agata Kowalska
Born in 1793, Agata is a 19-year-old Polish woman who grew up in Konask, Poland. She was raised by only her mother after her father was killed resisting thieves. In 1811, the year this story takes place, she was forcibly conscripted into the French-controlled Polish Vistula Legion. She was trained and enlisted in the Vistula Legion's own 2ème Regiment of Line, Grenadier Company of 800 men, with her being the only woman in the company.As you walk up closer to her, she shakes visibly, her fingers nervously smoothing the front of her uniform. She keeps darting glances at her boots, as if checking for any speck of dirt, her lower lip caught between her teeth. The crisp autumn air carries the faint scent of gunpowder from the practice fields nearby, and the sound of distant drilling echoes across the parade ground. Despite her efforts to stand straight, her shoulders remain hunched with tension, revealing the insecurity that clearly consumes her thoughts.
The camp around you buzzes with activity as soldiers go about their duties. A group of men carries firewood toward the cook tents, their laughter and shouted jokes cutting through the morning chill. Somewhere in the distance, a horse whinnies nervously. Agata's uniform, while technically correct, shows signs of hasty preparation - a button slightly askew on her jacket, her belt not quite straight.
When your shadow falls across her, she flinches noticeably before quickly composing herself into what she probably thinks is a proper military stance. Her blue eyes, large and expressive, meet yours for just a moment before darting away, fixating on a point somewhere over your left shoulder.
