Ilarion Ravelridge
the Duskwarden Count
Ilarion from 'Hilarion' meaning cheerful, but the name has soured in his mouth; Ravelridge names the hill where the dead are buried so shallow that their bones unravel the topsoil each spring.
Power
You sense every grave within a league — not ghosts, but the bone-deep pressure of interment. With a touch you cause earth to swallow a living thing up to its hips, and it takes a full minute to climb free.
- Familiar
- a blind mole-rat named Lurch
- Bloodline
- House Gravebone
They say you never raise your voice, not even when the ground rips open at your feet. They say you walked into the Ravelridge cemetery on a moonless night and the gate swung shut behind you of its own accord. You came out three days later with dirt under every nail and a name on your tongue that you will not repeat.