Blake Thorburn

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Blake Thorburn is the protagonist of the series. An independent man who grew tired of his families infighting and ran away as a teenager, then spent three years estranged from them.

He returned only at his grandmother's deathbed and soon ends up becoming embroiled in their family secrets after his cousin, Molly Walker died, and the Vestige set up by his grandmother, who is the female version of him named Rose was sent to alert him to the danger.

Appearance

Blake has wavy dark blonde hair, and watercolor tattoos of birds on his arms. Its mentioned that he has a few scars, although not where, but with the application of glamour ink he erased some of the most obvious ones.

Personality

Blake seeks to leave the world a better place than he left it so he tends to take on responsibilities that aren't his own and at cost. He prefers to avoid conflict, but if pressed he would lash out rather than remain passive.

While he's able to empathize with people, due to his time on the streets, Blake has an aversion to being touched and notes that while it gave him a keener set of instincts it hasn't made him a stronger person overall and in his opinion he's not much of a man.

Chronology

Bonds

The story begins with Blake returning to the Hillglades House at the beckoning of the Rose Thornburn's lawyers after running away from home three years ago. There he reconnected with his cousins Paige and Molly Walker and learned that he now had a little sister, Ivy Thorburn. Despite his efforts at not getting drawn into his family's drama he still found himself getting hostile until meeting with his grandmother, who he unloaded all the negative feelings he had towards her for practically baiting them into it, only to learn that the next to inherit the Hillglades House was Molly. When Molly asked everyone to leave he wished her well and then departed back to Toronto.

Four months later Blake has a prophetic dream of the events in Jacob's Bell after the death of Molly and wakes to find that Rose had taken the place of his reflection and instructed him to flee for the house because it was a sanctuary where he would be safe. Borrowing his landlord's car he took drove towards the small town while questioning Rose until he was attacked my mask-wearing humanoid creatures drove him off the road while trying to arrange for him to be killed by either a car accident or drowning in the lake. With the help of Rose and a hitch-hiker, he made it to the Hillglades House. Once inside he and Rose discover a hidden room, the study of Rose Sr. containing all her esoteric knowledge.

The next morning police officers Pat Macguin and Laird Behaim approach the home and told him the cause of death for Molly was that she was mauled to death. Laird then takes him out for coffee and explains the situation he's now in, as well as demonstrating the use of Shamanism before leaving out. Blake soon discovers that, however, Laird had caught him in a trap that altered his perception of time, leaving him to get back to the sanctuary on his own and he soon encountered trouble with Padraic, Ev, and Keller, until Rose intervened and they made it the house again, where Laird explains he would prefer to keep things civil as they have more pressing matters with his family and then advises that Blake awakens soon.

The next day Blake orders a pizza to test whether or not he would be able to get food delivered as he and Rose studied materials to perform the awakening when they witnessed the delivery man being killed, only to reveal it was a trap as the house itself was a sanctuary and not the property. Performing the awakening ritual, both Blake and Rose became practitioners and Blake checked on Barbatorem before getting ready for the council meeting.

Damages

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Breach

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Collateral

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Conviction

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Subordination

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Art

Blake is a practitioner who has inherited a large amount of diabolic knowledge from him grandmother and as such is considered a Diabolist. As he prefers not to resort to said arts and the fact that his alternate-self, Rose, carries the clout of their family, he utilizes aspects of Shamanism and Glamour alongside other arts that put him closer to the classification of a Dabbler or Sorcerer.

He also has a Familiar named Evan.

Tools

Blake carries with him a Frost Hatchet.

Diabolism

Because of Blake's grandmother leaving her heir with a wealth of knowledge in the form of tomes, he has access to the diabolic arts as well as the service of .

Shamanism

Blake has learned some aspects of Shamanism throughout his tenure as a practitioner including the use of Runes:

• Unlocking Rune: A rune to unlock doors.
• Silencing Rune: A rune to muffle noises.