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(This isn't strictly necessary, but it will make for a dramatic setting, adds an element of danger from nature itself, so I am going to go with it. Much of what is below applies anyways.

(This isn't strictly necessary, but it will make for a dramatic setting and adds an element of danger from nature itself, so I am going to go with it. Much of what is below applies anyways.)

^{Three Russian women sit behind a table piled with human remains, taken in the Volga region during the 1921-1922 famine. Taken from the Russian government archives, the Peter Struve collection, box 25.}

They will have light bows. 50lbs? Nah. Their bows (your protagonist aside) should be 30lbs, max. That's the sweet spot draw weight for small-framed women. It's enough to hunt deer, (though heavier draw weights are preferred) and will easily kill or main humans.

They will have light bows. 50lbs? Nah. Their bows (your protagonist aside) should be 30lbs, max. That's the sweet spot draw weight for small-framed women. It's enough to hunt deer, (though heavier draw weights are preferred) and will easily kill or maim humans.