Character Profile – The Lost Artefacts: The Reaper (true identity unknown)

The Reaper exists as one of the most ancient and enigmatic beings in the supernatural world, embodying the ultimate transaction—wishes granted in exchange for souls eternal. As a direct descendant of Gedeon himself, The Reaper occupies a unique position in the supernatural hierarchy, operating independently from the politics that divide Ascendants and Sorcerers.

Distinguished by a traditional appearance that matches humanity’s collective imagination of death—a tattered black cloak that conceals a skeletal form with a void-like face—The Reaper’s physical manifestation is both familiar and deeply unsettling. Rather than walking, he hovers slightly above the ground, moving with uncanny smoothness.

The Reaper’s domain centres around any and all graveyards, though his influence extends to all burial grounds. These locations serve as both office and territory, places where the veil between life and death thins enough to facilitate his particular brand of commerce. His primary business—trading wishes for souls—operates according to strict rules that he enforces with unwavering consistency.

Those who make deals with The Reaper receive exactly what they wish for, though often with consequences they failed to anticipate. This perfect fulfilment of desire, coupled with eternal servitude as a ravaged, creates a transaction that The Reaper clearly views as fair, regardless of how his clients might later come to regret their choices.

Unlike many supernatural entities with significant power, The Reaper displays little interest in world-changing events or grand conflicts. His focus remains remarkably consistent—the individual transactions that expand his collection of souls. This apparent indifference to larger struggles makes his motivations particularly difficult to discern, as he operates according to principles entirely his own.

The Reaper’s relationship with his ravaged suggests a management style blending absolute authority with surprising delegation. While all ravaged ultimately answer to him, he permits figures like Freya considerable autonomy in their operations, creating a hierarchy among the soul-bound that mirrors corporate structure more than traditional supernatural power dynamics.

In conversation, The Reaper balances formal language with unexpected moments of dark humor, suggesting an entity who has observed humanity long enough to adopt certain patterns of interaction while remaining fundamentally separate from human concerns. Despite this, his age remains unknown. His negotiations reveal a being who understands human psychology with uncomfortable precision.

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