Jarek Velvetfall
the Ashgrin Count
Jarek, named for the winter-born and the fierce spark of a jest, and Velvetfall, the ash that settles like a worn-out laugh on the velvet of a dying fair.
Power
You blow cinders into a living creature's eyes and they live the memory of their own worst prank gone wrong, reliving the shame until dawn; but each use steals one of your own memories, and you never know which one until it's gone.
- Familiar
- a ferret named Pepperpot
- Bloodline
- House Sootfall
The carnival came to your village every autumn, and every autumn it asked for a price. The year you fed it your shadow, the carousel's painted horses galloped into smoke, and you have been chasing the smell of burnt sugar and the echo of tinny music ever since.