Merrick Blackmarsh
the Ashfen Warlock
Born of peat and brackish water, named for the dark throne in the fen.
Power
Flame-rooting — you draw fire from the marsh's own peat and guide it through stems of rosemary and rue.
- Familiar
- a red-bellied black snake named Torch
- Coven
- Ashfen
‘The marsh remembers,’ you heard her say, the day the reeds caught fire. You were ten, watching the flames spell letters in the smoke. You didn't know then that the marsh was spelling your name.
Where the name comes from
Blackmarsh — Black (dark) + marsh.