Solange Mercier

About

Where most necromancers see death as an endpoint, Solange Mercier treats corpses like intricate mechanical puzzles—disassembling memories, rewiring consciousness, and reconstructing souls with surgical precision. Her antique key collection isn't just a trophy case, but a meticulous archive of every life she's unraveled and reanimated, each metal token a whispered promise that nothing truly ends under her command.

Backstory

Every locksmith in the city knew Solange's mother as the woman who could open any door, until the day she unlocked one that should have stayed sealed—a music box containing a trapped soul that possessed her completely. Twelve-year-old Solange watched her mother's transformation from beloved craftsperson to hollow vessel, speaking only in whispers about "the spaces between life and death" before she finally crumbled to dust, leaving behind nothing but an ornate key and the haunting lullaby that now echoes constantly in Solange's mind. Driven to understand what her mother had discovered, Solange sought out the necromancer Malachi Darkheart in the ruins of Elderglen, trading her inheritance of master-crafted lockpicks for forbidden knowledge. She learned that certain keys don't open doors to rooms, but to the boundary between worlds—and now she collects them from those she's guided across that threshold, each one bringing her closer to reuniting with the mother who opened the wrong lock.

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