The Velvet

"The Glory is a question, and the Moth always answers Yes. The Black-Flax’s answer is No, and that is always its answer."

- De Horis, Vol 1

The Velvet, also called The Black-Flax and The Moldywarp, is one of the Hours, associated with hour II, or 2:00am. Its Aspects are Heart and Moth. It is said that The Velvet woke when the roots of the Wood of the Mansus first tasted blood, perhaps upon the death of The Wheel, and it continues to dwell in the Wood with The Moth and The Malachite. The Velvet is obsessed with hunting down and hiding secrets and may literally bury them in the dirt of the Wood.

The Velvet has a Nameless Name which brings fog and mist in its wake. The Nameless Name is never seen except by the greyest of cats, but various hints suggest that the Name is, or is similar to, a cat itself. In the Exile legacy, a gift of seven pentiments will please the Nameless Name, who will in exchange arrange for the character's total obscurity. The Name possesses small nondescript shrines all across Europe and the Near East.

Books

 * De Horis (Book 1)
 * Kitling Ripe and the Moldywarp's Grave (and Other Stories)
 * The Geminiad