Mary Wells

Mary Wells
Biographical Information
Birth:	London, England
Status:	Deceased
Physical Description
Species:	Human Ghost (formerly)
Gender:	Female
Hair color:	Brown
Eye color:	Hazel
Relationships
Family:	Unnamed father Ichabod Crane (ex-fiancee)
Allies:	Moloch † Jeremy Crane †
Enemies:	Ichabod Crane Abbie Mills † Katrina Crane † Nick Hawley
Appearances
Portrayed by:	Heather Lind
First appeared:	"The Weeping Lady"

"She's the ghost of a woman who drowned in the Blind Brook River. Dripping wet, glowing green eyes, whole nine."

—The Weeping Lady's description

Mary Wells was the former betrothed of Ichabod Crane. She followed Crane to the American colonies after he gave his allegiance to the Revolution, and tried to bring him home. After confronting Katrina Crane out of jealousy and accidentally plummeting to her death, she became a mournful spirit, known as the Weeping Lady, that would haunt the site of her demise for more than two centuries.

History

Early Life

Mary was once Ichabod Crane's betrothed; because their fathers had long been close companions, as children the two were casually promised to one another. Before he left for the colonies, however, Crane and Mary agreed to end their engagement. After news reached England of Crane's altered allegiance, however, she gained passage on a Dutch East India Company trawler and followed him to America. She told Crane she had come to take him back to England, "...so you can finally make an honest woman of me....How could I not come? Once I heard you'd been coerced to throw in with the colonists. Not to worry, Papa Wells can fix it, as long as you recant."

Crane told her he had no intention of recanting, and that they had broken off their engagement before he had left England several years previously. He cared for her, but as a brother. Mary, however, insisted that her feelings for him had only grown deeper during their separation, "I know you, Ichabod. You're too kind. Too noble. You would never shame our families. Never leave me a broken and defamed woman...But it's you that must come to your senses." She then verbally attacked Katrina, whom she thought was trying to steal Crane from her, despite Katrina being engaged to Abraham Van Brunt. She told Crane that whatever plans he may have had, whatever loyalties he had formed, they must end with her arrival, "You mean you had no intention until you laid eyes on me again, but seeing me now, your heart still beats for me, as it always did."

Mary later demanded Katrina meet with her in private and confronted her, "How have you tempted my love? Ichabod is not the same man he was, it's you who have turned his heart against his country, against his family... it's you who have turned him against me...Do you deny seducing him? Deny bewitching him?... You are manipulating, and you're using him and changing him! You are a wicked harlot...and I won't have you taking him away...!" She then attacked Katrina and fell over the edge of the cliff, apparently fatally hitting her head in the fall. In her own way, protecting Crane, Katrina then forged a note to him and told him Mary had left again for England.

Mary's mournful ghost, also known as The Weeping Lady, would haunt Sleepy Hollow for over 200 years after her death.

Back with Vengeance

The Weeping Lady targeting the people in Ichabod's life whom he cared about.

Mary's Ghost was summoned by Jeremy Crane and she altered from the Weeping Lady to a far more vengeful spirit.

In her spirit form, her eyes were glowing green, and she wore a long black veil. Rather than simply weep for her loss, she began to prey on women she thought were standing between her and Crane. Her first victim was Caroline, a seamstress and re-enactor whom Crane had become friends with. She was targeted because of her warm feelings for Crane. Mary appeared inside Caroline's home moments after she and Crane affirmed their friendship, and dragged her through a watery portal to her death.

Mary was thwarted in her attempt to drown Abbie Mills when she opened a portal at the library, after Crane reached through and dragged Abbie back out. But in doing so, he lost a letter from Katrina, who revealed her love for her husband, and incurred the spirit's wrath. Crane then told Abbie, that ,"One of the reasons I broke off our engagement was, indeed, Mary's jealousy. She was irrationally possessive, any woman to whom I so much as spoke was trying to steal me away."

The spirit then hunted Katrina, and dragged her though the watery portal, but Crane and Abbie were waiting where the portal opened in the river, and rescued Katrina. Crane then tried to coax Mary out, and told her, "I didn't mean to disappoint you, but your anger, your jealousy.... We're here to help you, Mary, to free you from this torment." They incapacitate the spirit while Katrina prepared a spell to release her. Crane asks her why she still haunts the river and she points an accusing finger at Katrina before she is finally released and vanishes.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Ghost physiology: Once Mary was raised as a spirit by Henry, she became a vengeful spirit whose primary goal was to take out the women in Crane's life who were close to him.
  • Sonic scream: Mary is capable of a banshee like scream, causing objects she focuses on to shatter such as the windscreen on the couples car.
  • Intangibility: As demonstrated, Mary is able to phase through solid objects like a traditional ghost, if desired, such as when she phased through Crane to get to Katrina. Once she had phased through him, she left him soaking wet.
  • Portal creation: After grabbing her victims, Mary is able to open a portal to the Blind Brook River. The portal would open underwater so that Mary could drown her victims.
  • Enhanced durability: When tangible, Mary is extremely durable, as she is able to withstand multiple bullets, as if they were nothing. A cross bow bolt with it’s tip containing Greek Fire and Basilisk venom also had little effect on her.

Appearances

Season Two

"This Is War"

"The Kindred"

"Root of All Evil"

"Go Where I Send Thee..."

"The Weeping Lady"

"And the Abyss Gazes Back"

"Deliverance"

"Heartless"

"Mama"

"Magnum Opus"

"The Akeda"

"Paradise Lost"

"Pittura Infamante"

"Kali Yuga"

"Spellcaster"

"What Lies Beneath"

"Awakening"

"Tempus Fugit"

Gallery

Behind the Scenes

Trivia

• It is likely that Mary Wells suffered from narcissistic personality disorder, people who do so tend to be grandiose, lack empathy for other people, and have a need for admiration. They are frequently described as arrogant, self-centered, manipulative, and demanding. They may be convinced that they deserve special treatment and often try to associate with other people they believe are unique or gifted in some way, which can enhance their own self- esteem. They tend to seek excessive admiration and attention and have difficulty tolerating criticism or defeat.