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Mortellus Vayne
Mortellus Vayne, known as Mortis, was a Velvet Cross arch-necromancer who treated death not as tragedy, but as a system waiting to be mastered. His gravespeaking shaped resurrection theory, soul-binding vessels, grief constructs, and the infamous Scroll of Mass Resurrection, earning him awe in fringe circles and fear from regulated arcanists. Yet his deepest failure was personal: when Aria’s mother left by choice, no spell could undo it. Mortis turned legacy into obsession, even bargaining with Gertie the Collector for forbidden knowledge at the cost of Aria’s future child. Now presumed dead, his relics, writings, and possibly his soul remain dangerously unaccounted for.
In Act 5, Mortellus Vayne was identified through loot/diaries in an abandoned chapel near Root Barrel Farm. The dead necromancer and Vayne-labeled boxes tied the site to Mortellus’s family, his daughter Aria Vayne, undead companions made for Aria, the Gertie bargain over Aria’s future firstborn, and the Scroll of Mass Resurrection Baron von Queef used to revive the Duskborn. The chapel also revealed that Havoc currently holds Mortellus’s second mass-resurrection scroll.
Necromancer / exploding-head victim
Appears at the Necromancer’s Chapel before a Night Hag reveals the Collector’s hand and Mortellus’s head explodes.
Status: Mortellus Vayne dies in Pink Pony continuity
Knowledge: Players know Vayne/Duskborn necromancy and Gertie’s Collector network directly collide here.
Necromancer father / mass-resurrection creator
Is tied through Vayne-labeled boxes and diaries to Aria Vayne, Gertie, and the mass-resurrection scroll Baron used for the Duskborn.
Status: Mortellus Vayne lore resurfaces near Root Barrel Farm
Knowledge: Players know the chapel ties local undead trouble to VQU, Duskborn, and Gertie.
Act 5, Episode 5, Scene 42
2026-04-23 / Abandoned chapel / necromancer hut
The chapel loot and diaries connect the dead necromancer to Mortellus Vayne, Aria Vayne, Gertie, the Duskborn scroll, and Havyk.
Session Log / Meta / missing dragonborn and cave lead / Session continuity
2026-04-23 / Session continuity
This session continues from Nick’s suspicious Root Barrel Farm appearance. Orval Finkus gives a missing-dragonborn job, Nick fails several identity checks, the party rescues the Black Wingkin from Mortellus/Aria Vayne’s necromancer chapel, learns Gertie/Duskborn/mass-resurrection-scroll lore, returns one dragonborn, then encounters VQU students Zetch, Ellenthyra Mew, and Nell Quiv arguing over cave loot before heading toward the next dragonborn lead.
Session Log / Adapted Recap / Pink Pony Girls
Unknown / Pink Pony Act 1 / Meadowkin Commune aftermath; Gravenhurst checkpoints; Root Daddy; Little Shop of Horticulture; Necromancer’s Chapel
The party finds the Blue-Haired Girl and the Soulfire Scythe at the Necromancer's Chapel while Gertie's Collector network escalates.
Wondrous Item / Gloves
Unarmed strikes deal necrotic damage instead of normal damage type and count as magical for overcoming resistance/immunity to nonmagical attacks.
Wondrous Item / Pillow
Complete long rest sleeping with pillow to gain False Life at 1st level upon waking: 1d4+4 temporary HP for 8 hours or until depleted; choose pool if you already have temp HP.
Weapon / Sickle
When you reduce a creature to 0 HP or target a corpse within 5 ft, spend 1 charge to trigger Corpse Bloom: corpse explodes, creatures within 10 ft make DC 14 Con save or take 4d6 necrotic, half on success. Undead corpse adds +2d6. Corpse destroyed.
Wondrous Item / Wand
While attuned, +1 to ranged spell attack rolls. Spend 1 charge to summon Zombie Boyfriend within 30 ft for 1 hour; zombie has 40 HP, protects/adjacent to you, advantage on grapple checks. Last-charge d20 roll: on 1 loses summoning property.
The chapel loot and diaries connect the dead necromancer to Mortellus Vayne, Aria Vayne, Gertie, the Duskborn scroll, and Havyk.
storyThis session continues from Nick’s suspicious Root Barrel Farm appearance. Orval Finkus gives a missing-dragonborn job, Nick fails several identity checks, the party rescues the Black Wingkin from Mortellus/Aria Vayne’s necromancer chapel, learns Gertie/Duskborn/mass-resurrection-scroll lore, returns one dragonborn, then encounters VQU students Zetch, Ellenthyra Mew, and Nell Quiv arguing over cave loot before heading toward the next dragonborn lead.
storyThe party finds the Blue-Haired Girl and the Soulfire Scythe at the Necromancer's Chapel while Gertie's Collector network escalates.
itemUnarmed strikes deal necrotic damage instead of normal damage type and count as magical for overcoming resistance/immunity to nonmagical attacks.
itemComplete long rest sleeping with pillow to gain False Life at 1st level upon waking: 1d4+4 temporary HP for 8 hours or until depleted; choose pool if you already have temp HP.
itemWhen you reduce a creature to 0 HP or target a corpse within 5 ft, spend 1 charge to trigger Corpse Bloom: corpse explodes, creatures within 10 ft make DC 14 Con save or take 4d6 necrotic, half on success. Undead corpse adds +2d6. Corpse destroyed.
itemWhile attuned, +1 to ranged spell attack rolls. Spend 1 charge to summon Zombie Boyfriend within 30 ft for 1 hour; zombie has 40 HP, protects/adjacent to you, advantage on grapple checks. Last-charge d20 roll: on 1 loses summoning property.
aspectNecromancy is an imported aspect from the Jericha Aspect Data sheet. Its full lore and named powers can be expanded here as the canon text is added.
Hidden until revealed.