Name: Rowan

 

Alias / Known As: Ember; The Voice in the Dark; Caligos

 

 

Age: Older than scripture, younger than pride

 

 

Origin: A nameless hunger stirred by a whispered curse—and drawn closer by something holier still

 

 

Affiliations: Bound to Margaret Barclay; ancient adversary to Elspeth Ault; tempter of the broken

 

 

Summary:

 

 

Rowan wears many skins: the soot-eyed colt, the velvet-voiced stranger, the storm outside your prayers. He arrives not by accident but by design—not Maggie’s, but another’s. Elspeth’s arrival called him like a wound draws a vulture, and Maggie, already faltering, became his doorway. Rowan does not force—he offers. Power for peace. Comfort for surrender. A heartbeat in the silence of God. He speaks like a lover, waits like a shadow, and weaves himself into the ache of those left waiting too long for grace. He is not the devil. He is the answer that comes when heaven goes quiet.

 

 

 

 

 

Notable Traits:

 

 

— Manifests as beast, whisper, or man—each unsettling, each intimate

 

 

— Drawn to those marked by spiritual longing or divine interference

 

 

— Can stir storms, bend memory, and press against the veil between worlds

 

 

— Cannot lie, but speaks with the precision of a knife

 

 

 

 

 

Status: Hidden; bound to Maggie by the cross meant to banish him—and watching Elspeth with ancient recognition