Ilarion Vermilveil
the Ashveil Count
Named for the red veil of ash that settles on everything after a fire, and a laughter that never reached his eyes.
Power
You can step through any flame as if it were a doorway, but each crossing leaves a thin layer of ash on your skin that flakes off for hours afterward—and the ash remembers where you've been.
- Familiar
- A charcoal-hued serpent named Emberfang
- Bloodline
- House Vermilveil
Every evening at dusk you sweep the hearth of your study, though no fire has burned there in three lifetimes. You arrange the ash in neat rows, like graves. It is the only ritual you still keep, and you keep it because you forgot why you started, and that seems reason enough.