Julian Coseley

"Our enemy is a Winter-long identified by the initials 'J.C'. His motives are obscure: he has always professed alignment with the Obliviates and their successors, who have no truck with the wars of the Hours. But here he is, to spoil our day."

- After uncovering Julian's identity

, also known as J.C., is a Long of the aspect. He is best known for his 17th-century book The Six Letters on Necessity, which warns about the dangers of occultism with reference to the Intercalate. He was a mentor to Claude Hersault, who may have been the recipient of the book's namesake Six Letters, but they later had a falling-out, and Hersault denounced Coseley as a "Worm of Worms". According to Teresa Galmier in The Locksmith's Dream: Stolen Reflections, Coseley held that Janus was none of the gods.

Coseley is a member of the Obliviates, which suggests that he may have ascended under The Elegiast. Given the oaths of secrecy sworn by the Obliviates, it seems likely that Coseley joined them at some point after his 17th-century works.

Apostle Legacies
In all three Apostle Legacies, Julian is one of the possible Long enemies who seek to prevent the ascension of a new Name. Julian does not have a preference for any kind of attack, but has a higher-than-average chance to increase his skills. In a Starlight confrontation, he is immune to attack from Maids-in-the-Mirror.

When defeated, he gives the player a letter in which he denounces the Mansus and its status quo: "Enemy, I am not so easily destroyed. But I will acknowledge that you have defeated me, and so I will reward you with my counsel. You are a fool, cozened by a fool to emplace one more stone in the walls of the Mansus. You may, if you choose, cast that stone away into night. Should you so cast it, you will die empty and alone, as do all, even the Long. You might die free."

Studying the letter will generate one Dread and remove the Mentor card, making it possible to win only through the Evening Falls minor victory.