Nightweaver
Details
Full Name: Nightweaver, Sorscha, The Shadow Witch, The Night Witch
First Appearance: Bathed in the Blood of Ravens, Prologue / Threads of Night
Affiliation: Circle of Nine
Location: Pelrigoss
Archetype: Thought Caster, Shadow Sorcerer, Witch, Gaian, Radiant, Soulfyr Caster
Parentage: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Species: Human?
Height: 5’11” / 180cm // 5’4” / 162cm
Build: Fit // Hunched, Decrepit
Hair: Black // Mottled gray
Skin: Pale // Light gray
Eyes: Emerald // Storm gray
Age: 1,233+
Description
Nightweaver most commonly appears as a decrepit, hunched over, old hag who seems barely able to stand, let alone walk. This state of extreme aging is a side effect of an unwanted contract with a demonic host, who saps her of youth and prevents her from spending prolonged periods in her natural state. She is a being of unknown origin, who appears human. Her actions indicate that she is operating decades ahead of even the most powerful, knowledgeable people in the world toward a goal that only she understands. She has been a thing of legend among cultures the world over for thousands of years. Descriptions of her have been found by Mordechai that predate remembered, recorded history.
Background
Like Mordechai, Sorscha once suffered great memory loss and could not remember a time prior to 1,233 years before the start of Bathed in the Blood of Ravens. During the events of Threads of Night, she recovered her memories, revealing a great deal about the future of Ayrelon and a horrible fate which loomed over the entire world.
She has made it her duty to prevent the future she has foreseen. With untold patience, she has roamed the world, acquiring followers and manipulating major events toward her own design.
Fun Facts
While her actions could easily be described as evil, she does not see herself as such.
She is the mastermind of the Circle of Nine, and their unchallenged leader.
Not even the members of the Circle of Nine understand her plots and predictions, they have simply learned not to question her.
She is the oldest being to ever walk the surface of Ayrelon.
Character History
Nightweaver was a common NPC antagonist in tabletop roleplaying campaigns, even when that wasn’t the desire of R.L. Parker. Players, and even protagonist-aligned NPCs, often attributed events to her and the Circle of Nine which were not their doing. This made for some very fun adventures, and disastrous encounters for those parties that were unlucky enough to actually track her down and challenge her. There is so much more to her history that will be unveiled over the course of A Destiny of Blood & Magic, future short stories, and the novellas and series that follow.