Morrigane
Queen Morrigane the Veilwalker is the enigmatic and spectral monarch of the Shadowfen Kingdom, a sovereign power within the Noctavian Empire where the dead whisper through every tree and shadow. Once a fae of great beauty and insight, Morrigane sought forbidden truths within the spirit realm—and in doing so, unraveled her mortal essence. Transformed into a Fey-born Wraith, she stands as a liminal being between life and death, command and prophecy.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Morrigane is seen as half-monarch, half-deity. Shrines to her appear throughout the Shadowfen and even beyond, where those grieving the dead or fearing the restless spirits whisper prayers to the Veilwalker.
Her sacred symbols include:
- A veil pierced by a thorn
- A withered rose drifting in water
- The lantern of black glass
Her favored color is violet, her sacred number seven, and her high holy day is the Eclipse of Mourning, when the veil is said to thin and the spirits speak most clearly.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Queen Morrigane’s form is a drifting silhouette of shadow and silver flame. Her translucent figure flickers like a dying lantern, adorned in ceremonial robes woven from veil-silk and memories of the dead. Her eyes glow faintly violet, each a well of sorrow and unspoken secrets. Her voice echoes as if spoken through ancient tombs—calm, haunting, and compelling.
She never walks. She glides, her incorporeal form trailing veils of mist and mourning. Her mere presence dims torchlight, silences birdsong, and cools the blood of even the most resolute.
Special abilities
As a Shadow Priestess, Morrigane wields necromantic mastery over the living and dead alike. Her powers include:
- Necromancy: The reanimation and binding of undead, from noble shades to nightmarish wights.
- Incorporeal Form: She can slip into the Veil at will, phasing through solid matter, avoiding harm, or vanishing into shadow.
- Spectral Conjuration: She summons specters, banshees, and soul-wrought beasts to her aid, often without a word or gesture.
- Deathsong Rituals: With her voice alone, she can draw the souls of the dying, or lull violent spirits to sleep.
Some claim she can see a person’s death just by looking into their eyes.
Social
Reign
Morrigane rules the Shadowfen with absolute, spectral authority. Her governance is not one of law alone, but of ritual, memory, and spirit-binding. Each edict she issues is inscribed not only on parchment, but etched into the soulscape of the region, upheld by ancestral spirits and deathless servitors.
She presides over the Council of Whispers, a court composed of revenants, ghost-scholars, and long-dead aristocrats who serve eternally in her name. Decisions are not made quickly, for the dead are patient—but they are final.
Her kingdom does not fear her. They revere her. For Morrigane is not merely a queen—she is a spiritual axis, a conduit for those lost and lingering.
Contacts & Relations
Morrigane is soft-spoken, inscrutable, and terrifying in her composure. She speaks as if from another time, with the weight of millennia in her cadence. Though calm, she is not distant—she mourns for the lost, remembers every name, and can recite the epitaphs of soldiers who fell centuries ago. She does not forget. She does not forgive.
Among other rulers of the Noctavian Empire, Morrigane is regarded with uneasy awe. She does not attend court—court attends her, often sending emissaries to bargain in her gloom-shrouded sanctum. Even Empress Malvera treats her not as a vassal, but as a peer in power.
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