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The daughter of high-power defense attorneys, Darcy Graves grew up in a home where every conversation was a debate, argument, or negotiation. It was exhausting. But while her parents were often too busy meeting with clients or working on cases to bond with her, the dead were always there to listen.

Graves enjoyed her time in the cemetery. It was a quiet place to calm her thoughts and talk through her problems...but one day her one-sided conversations started to change.

It began with a faint whisper. A woman's voice that seemed to respond to Graves' complaints. Intrigued, the teenager listened...and followed the voice's instructions until it guided her to a lead-lined box buried in Van Cortlandt Park. But while most high school students would freak out if they were to unearth a severed lich hand, Graves was certainly not most teens. The hand now free of its prison, the lich's voice grew stronger... It had spent years looking to find a student she could pass her knowledge to, and Graves was eager to learn.

Now a fledgling necromancer, Darcy balances not only her homework at Blackmore Academy...but the demands of graveyard denizens, each of whom have their own unfinished business that they seek her aid in resolving.

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Character Information:

  • Name: Darcy Graves
  • The dead have been making a whole lot of demands lately, and only Graves has the courage to oblige. That severed lich hand she found in the cemetery has proven itself a valuable ally, allowing her to latch onto her enemies and steal their power for herself. Her curiosities about the passage of life are further put to use with Jar of Dead, collecting the remains of the fallen, shaking them up, and throwing them back at her enemies to grant those remorseful spirits a final shot at revenge. With Grasping Hands she strikes a deep crack in the earth, allowing those down below to grab onto enemies' ankles and stop them from escaping her reach. And when all else fails, a Borrowed Decree will summon the dead to fight alongside her.

Appearance

  • Graves is a short, slim young woman with pale white skin. She has green eyes with dark makeup and long eyelashes, black lipstick and fingernails, a hooked nose, and short white hair with bangs covering the left side of her face, with a top knot on each side. She wears a red Blackmore Academy uniform jacket with a white shirt, a uniform gray skirt over 3 layers of black skirts leaning to her left side, pantyhose ripped at the knees, fingerless black gloves, and worn black boots. She carries a backpack with a skull motif and has a green pin in her jacket, a spiked bracelet in her left hand, chains over her skirt, black pendants in her chest in the shape of a skull, and a pair of black coffin-shaped earrings.
  • Her weapon is the necrotic severed hand of her lich mentor, flaming green. She carries her Deadhead skulls in a green jar. Her ghouls are skinny green undead humanoids with black legs and a floating skull head burning with green flames, like the lich hand.

Personality:

  • Graves is cynical and snarky, but she also shows a sensitive side, being sympathetic to the plight of the dead. She considers her role as a voice for them as "an honor". The other heroes often think Graves is in over her head.
  • Graves has a strong conviction that the Lich is helping her, and disregards those who warn that she may have been manipulated. While Graves doesn't usually antagonize people she's unfamiliar with, she often pushes people away if they try to reach out to her. Graves likes people who are blunt and direct. Graves seems to like cats, and believes that the world would probably be better off if 90% of humans were replaced by cats. Graves has a low opinion of the law. She likes to skip her school classes.

Relationships:

  • The Lich: Speaking through its severed hand, the Lich is Graves' mentor. Graves idolizes the Lich and considers her to be her best friend. Graves promised the Lich that she'd do whatever it takes to complete the ritual, believing it would make her happy. While Graves deeply trusts the Lich, there are implications that the Lich is just using her to get what she wants. While occasionally warned about the dangers of a lich's hand, Graves ignores the warnings. Lash tells Graves that he will "kick the shit out" of the Lich if she becomes a threat to Graves. The Lich knows Grey Talon and warns Graves of him. Talon has dealt with Liches before and warns Graves that she may not have much time left. The Lich warns Graves about Seven's power. She wants Abrams' Tome. Graves also thinks her mentor would want to get her hands on Kelvin's stone.
  • Her parents: Graves's parents are prominent defense attorneys. Their law firm is called "Whiteside & Graves". They may have helped out Wraith before. Calico assassinated one of their clients at an office Christmas party. Lady Geist knows Graves's parents. She thinks they're nice people and doesn't want them to be mad at her for killing Graves in the ritual. They donate to the Geist Foundation. Graves doesn't like her parents, but she doesn't want them dead. It's implied that Graves's parents are disappointed in her.
  • Apollo: Graves and Apollo are classmates at Blackmore Academy, and are each other's lab partners. Apollo believes Graves is a "decent" lab partner, but disapproves of her truancy. Graves calls Apollo "the Golden Boy", and doesn't hate Apollo as much as she wishes she did. Graves and Apollo are familiar with each other's parents, and insult each other over their parental relationships.
  • Calico: Graves recognizes Calico from the Christmas party she attended at her parents' law firm. Graves likes Calico and wants to stay in touch with her after the ritual. She also likes Ava, despite finding her ugly.
  • Mina: Graves seems familiar with Mina and hates her. This familiarity likely comes from Mina being an alumnus of Blackmore Academy. Graves expresses glee at hearing about Infernus carding Mina on her 16th birthday.

Background:

  • The daughter of high-power defense attorneys, Darcy Graves grew up in a home where every conversation was a debate, argument, or negotiation. It was exhausting. But while her parents were often too busy meeting with clients or working on cases to bond with her, the dead were always there to listen. Graves enjoyed her time in the cemetery. It was a quiet place to calm her thoughts and talk through her problems...but one day her one-sided conversations started to change.
  • It began with a faint whisper. A woman's voice that seemed to respond to Graves' complaints. Intrigued, the teenager listened...and followed the voice's instructions until it guided her to a lead-lined box buried in Van Cortlandt Park. But while most high school students would freak out if they were to unearth a severed lich hand, Graves was certainly not most teens. The hand now free of its prison, the lich's voice grew stronger... It had spent years looking to find a student she could pass her knowledge to, and Graves was eager to learn. Now a fledgling necromancer, Darcy balances not only her homework at Blackmore Academy...but the demands of graveyard denizens, each of whom have their own unfinished business that they seek her aid in resolving.

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