Stefan Gloomfall
the Ash-Crowned Count
Stefan means 'crown' and Gloomfall is the twilight that buries kingdoms; together they name a ruler who sits on a throne of embers.
Power
You can ignite a memory in a living heart— the ash of what they loved most, and they burn from the inside out, but each fire costs you a year of your own remaining life.
- Familiar
- a leech named Cinder
- Bloodline
- House Cinderfall
‘You smell like the last fire of a world,’ she said, and she was not wrong. You had come down from the mountain pass where your village had been, carrying only a coal that still glowed. That coal has never gone out. It sits in a brass box now, warm against your ribs, and you have not seen daylight since.