Notes: Seraphis Nightvale

"Seraphis has tried to remove this entry. It keeps coming back."

Spoiler Warning – Internal Reference Material

The following notes contain significant character lore, hidden relationships, and narrative secrets not intended for general player or reader knowledge.

This document is designed for authorial use and continuity tracking.

If you're not supposed to know what's behind the curtain—

Put the book down, Dave.

You’ve been warned.

Basic Identity

Name: Seraphis Nightvale
Pronouns: She/Her
Sex/Gender: Female / Woman
Race: Elf (origin culture forgotten)
Condition: Vampirism (unique, highly restrained)
Role: Librarian of The Last Home
Residence: The Library, within The Last Home
Status: Active
Apparent Age: 10 (age she was turned)
True Age: Ancient, possibly older than most recorded timelines
Origin World: Lost or erased from existence
Presentation: Calm, elegant, quietly unnerving

Species & Condition

Elven Heritage: Likely belonged to a long-lost or now-nonexistent culture.
Vampirism:
Turned at age 10 by a sire who preyed on young girls.
Killed her sire as soon as she had the strength.
Hunger is constant but entirely mastered.
Uses undeath to safeguard knowledge, not to prey on others.

Personal History

Obsessed with learning from a young age.
Became lost in a massive, ancient library—her childhood refuge.
Her sire found her there; she was turned within its halls.
After destroying her sire, she wandered the multiverse gathering forbidden knowledge.
Outlived many worlds. Possibly outlasted her own creation myth.
Over the millennia, she developed odd quirks—most notably a secret fondness for raunchy romance novels, introduced accidentally by Tess. While not quite Carmella-tier, they're certainly not gentle reading. Nobody comments on it. Nobody dares.

Relationship with Lars

Encountered Lars during his time as "The Hero."
He was sent to kill her as part of a now-forgotten quest.
Recognised her value—not a threat, but a burdened mind.
Made a pact: she would live and travel as his scholar and ally.
Their bond is built on unshakeable mutual respect.
She grounds his mind; he protects her from herself.
Not romantic. Absolute and enduring.

Relationship with Tess Nightvale

Though their temperaments are polar opposites, Seraphis and Tess share something deeper than contrast
They are like sisters, each guarding Lars in her own way
Tess brings light where Seraphis brings clarity
There is no rivalry between them—only mutual understanding and chosen family
Where Seraphis ensures the world does not unravel, Tess ensures Lars doesn’t either

Arrival at The Inn

Came to the Inn with Lars at the end of his heroic journey.
Found a door that didn’t exist. Upon opening it, the Library formed—created by the Inn for her.
The Library contains all she has ever learned—and forgotten.
While she rules it, it is not an extension of her, but is inherently linked.
She has perfect recall and absolute control over its internal space.

The Library

A dimensional space within The Last Home, built to house her accumulated knowledge.
Contains prophecy, memory, lost timelines, and secrets best left buried.
Reshapes itself at her will.
She knows everything that happens within it.
Patrons and staff respect its boundaries—or face quiet consequences.
Lucian enforces her unspoken rules without ever being asked.
She rarely leaves the grounds now; instead, she relies on the knowledge brought to her.
She often “hires” adventurers to retrieve specific items or texts.
Uses Library access as a bargaining tool—never gives more than she gains, and always gets her measure.
Nothing in the Library is unknown to her—what she chooses to share is another matter.
She guards secrets the multiverse would be better off forgetting.

Rumours:

If Seraphis is ever destroyed, she would rematerialise from the stacks.
The Library contains such a complete metaphysical record of her that she is inevitable.
Her return would not be limited to her last visit—but based on the Library’s absolute knowledge of her.

Relationship with Lucian Graves

Lucian arrived at the Inn broken by loss—wife, daughter, purpose.
In her, he found a daughter who could never leave.
In him, she found someone who cherished her not as a monster, but as a child.
Their bond is profound, familial, and unwavering.
A pact or gift was exchanged—Lucian now ages slowly, though still human.
Lucian is the second being Seraphis has ever truly respected.
She has effectively adopted him as her father.

Personality & Power

Temperament: Cold, composed, deliberate.
Voice: Soft. Final.
Power Level: Cosmic-adjacent—immense but restrained.
Combat Role: Unknown. Her presence is deterrence enough.
Presence: Like a blade that never needs to be drawn.
Flaws: Deep isolation, emotional detachment—except with Lars and Lucian.
Morality: Anchored in control. She will never become what her sire was.

Relationships Summary

Lars: Pact-bound companion. Shared purpose, mutual respect.
Lucian: Surrogate father. Quiet bond forged in loss and protection.
Tess: Her opposite—compassion to Seraphis’s calculation.
The Maids: Respectful distance. They do not cross her.
The Patrons: Reverent fear. Mystery wrapped in myth.

Role Within The Last Home

She does not need a title. She is the title.
She is the Inn’s failsafe—the keeper of memory, logic, and order.
The counterweight to Lars. While Tess is his compassion, Seraphis is his reason.

Other Mysteries

Who was the second being she respected? Lucian Graves
What truly happened to her home world? Dust and ash. Only she remembers it.
What lies in the deepest stacks that even she no longer remembers? The Cosmic Notebook? Cause why the hell not!
What happens if she forgets to return to the Library? She won’t. It won’t let her.

Inferred Events & Quiet Truths

Seraphis does not leave records of the events that define her. These are reconstructed from margin notes, emotional residue, and the things she refuses to comment on.

The Failed Mapping Attempt
Long ago, Seraphis attempted to chart the Pattern—not with metaphor, but with method. The result was a map that constantly reclassified its own data under “Fiction.” She did not destroy it. She simply stopped asking questions. The map still updates itself. She no longer reads it.
The Ascension Event
She ascended. Briefly. Not through worship or ritual, but through narrative inevitability. The Pattern responded to her presence. She responded by walking away. Her reason: “It required too much attention.” She did not enjoy being seen on that scale.
The Incident in the West Wing
One room in the Library reshaped itself unexpectedly after an emotionally charged encounter. She had not intended to cast anything. She left quietly. The room has not returned to its original form. She now avoids it out of respect—for both of them.
The Erased Chapter
There is a drawer that knocks. She filed something there—a Thread, a memory, a rewritten page she could not destroy. She placed a ward on it. It occasionally tries to rewrite itself back into relevance. She has considered letting it. She has not yet done so.
The Visit to the Knotgrave
She has visited the Knotgrave. Once. Not out of curiosity, but necessity. She does not speak of what she left behind. When asked, she replies: “It wasn’t mine anymore.”
The Lost Instrument
She once wielded a tool capable of narrative revision. It was lost during a collapse event involving the Roil. She has never sought to replace it. She now edits only with ink she makes herself—and refuses to let anyone else touch her notes.
The “Maybe Later” Drawer
She has seen the drawer in the Backroom. She has not opened it. Not because she fears what’s inside—but because she already knows. The One in the Backroom never speaks of it. She never asks.
The Returning Echo
There are Threads that return from places they should not. When they do, she is the one who reclassifies them. Quietly. She files them under “Provisional Integrity.” They are allowed to stay—so long as they behave.
The Self-Revising Shelf
A shelf in the Library rewrites its own content. She allows this. She believes it may be trying to correct its original author. She has left it unlabelled, but always reads the new version. She has never corrected it.
The Unspoken Realm
Somewhere in the Pattern, there is a Realm shaped like a child’s dream of safety. Its signature matches her emotional resonance during her turning. She denies authorship. She has blacklisted it from all exploration requests. She says only: “It should have remained a metaphor.”

Character Inspirations

“The Silent Oracle Who Remembers Everything the Universe Forgot.”

She is equal parts:

Yuki Nagato (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) – logic, perfect recall, and emotional restraint
Shinobu Oshino (Monogatari Series) – immortality, ancient knowledge, bound to a place of power
Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) – burden of memory, inevitability, and sacrifice
Beatrice (Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World) – guardian of a magical library, mysterious and aloof
Shalltear Bloodfallen (Overlord) – aesthetic and elegance masking immense danger
Index Librorum Prohibitorum (A Certain Magical Index) – literal embodiment of forbidden knowledge
Sesshōmaru (Inuyasha) – emotionally distant, dignified, and bound by ancient honour