Spirit's appearance.
Bess appears as an attractive young human female perhaps 19 years old with long black hair and wearing simple but well-made peasant clothing. She always has a dark red ribbon tied in her hair.
The world the Spirit came from.
Earth, late 18th century, Scotland
Spirit's intentions.
Although typically quite horrifying to encounter, Bess in nonetheless a benevolent spirit. In life, Bess was the only daughter of a rural innkeeper. She was madly in love with a dashing young rogue and highwayman who was quite successful robbing travelers along the King's Road. Tipped off to their romance by a jealous stable boy, the King's redcoats laid a trap for highwayman. They took over the inn and tied up Bess with a primed musket pointed at her chest. There they waited to ambush the highwayman when he came to visit her. That night, seeing her love riding up the road towards the inn, Bess struggled to get free of the ropes. She was unable to free herself, but managed to free one hand just enough to reach the trigger of the musket pointed at her. Just as her love was about to reach the inn, she pulled the trigger firing the rifle into her chest, killing her instantly, but warning her lover with the sound of the shot.
Her spirit now sometimes appears to those about to walk into an ambush. She doesn't speak, but only appears bound in ropes with one arm free in the middle of the ambush area. She cries out briefly before immediately shooting herself, or drawing a dagger across her throat. The shock of her appearance and seeming death will invariably cause the ambushers to spring their trap too early, giving those approaching a chance to avoid or prepare for the danger.
Spirit's personality and mannerisms.
This spirit's manifestations are too brief to discern any personality, other than a desire to warn those approaching of impending danger.
How does it communicate?
As described above, Bess' sole method of communication is through her cry of anguish followed by her suicide.