Zaria Velvetgrave
the Ashwarden Countess
Named for the soft ash that settles on velvet after a fire, and the grave that holds what the flames refuse to consume.
Power
Ember-thread — you can trace a single ember from its birth in the hearth to its death in the cold, and pull it back into flame with a touch, but each revival sears a tiny scar into your palm that never heals.
- Familiar
- a soot-furred fox named Cinder
- Bloodline
- House Velvetgrave
You still keep the key to a house that burned to the ground three centuries ago. It fits nothing, but it opens the lock of every door you ever claim as your own. The fire that took everything else gave you that.