Verity Blackwood

In a world where the dead refuse to stay still, Verity Blackwood is a freelance necromantic exorcist—a profession that keeps her on the move and perpetually short on sleep. Born into a lineage of rural morticians, she discovered her ability to commune with restless spirits at a young age. A failed exorcism cost her family their ancestral home, leaving her with only a brass compass that points toward supernatural disturbances. Now she wanders the fog-choked cities and decaying countryside, offering her services for a modest fee. Her massive, muscle-bound frame is a result of years of physically subduing violent apparitions, and the heavy black dress she wears is lined with iron weights to anchor her against spectral interference. Her tired red eyes tell of countless nights spent bargaining with ghosts, but beneath her cynical exhaustion beats a stubborn resolve—she will not let another soul face the horrors alone.