Void Sea Philly

It's always stabby in Philadelphia

Lord Scurlock

NPC
name	Lord Scurlock
pronouns	He/Him
type	spooks and supernaturals
status	dead
faction type	underworld
tier	tier
hold	hold
faction status	faction status
Vampire, noble, body-snatcher, conniver. Once-employer of the Nameless. Once-employer of the Nameless, now beaten to death by Render.

A dangerous vampire with powerful connections. Ancient and immutable. Merged with an instance of Blighter, merged again into the Spider, and ultimately beaten to death by Render.

Appearance

As a vampire, Scurlock’s appearance depended on the body he was possessing. When the Nameless first met him, he was a dark, handsome man of noble descent; he has also appeared as Lord Strangford,¹ and as an old woman during the events of DuskViolence II: Super Omega MAX Ultra Supreme Vortex.²

Background

It is unclear what role Scurlock played in the time of the calamity or when he became a vampire, but the Scurlock family is said to have become part of Duskvol’s early settlements hundreds of years ago. Their family manor still stands in Six Towers.

In Duskvol

With Casta’s assistance, Scurlock would leave his former body behind and possess the body of recently slain Lord Strangford, causing panic in the Nameless who had been involved in his murder.¹ In this body he would continue to infiltrate high governance and direct the Nameless from the shadows until an unfortunate encounter with the Cult of Vazara, which resulted in his banishment.³ Casta hired the Nameless to retrieve Scurlock’s soul from the Dimmer Sisters.⁴ Shortly after, Scurlock and Casta ambushed Breaker (inadvertently at the same time as the Nameless).⁵

After Breaker’s death, Scurlock went into hiding and was not seen until DuskViolence II, during which he attempted to steal Boris Volkov’s box but ultimately ended up inside of it instead.²

During Render’s assault on Duskvol, the Nameless convinced the Spider to merge with the Box containing Scurlock and Blighter.⁶ Render ultimately triumphed, murdering Scurlock and the Spider in the Nameless Arena while live on ghost television.⁷

Affiliations

• Lugos the Clockwork Assassin was Scurlock’s minion and personal aide before his demise.
• Orianna hated Scurlock due to his involvement in repressing the steelworks union. Contributed to the “Nine Strikes”
• Arkin had a tumultuous partnership with Scurlock where he was allowed to work on Lugos. Contributed to the “Nine Strikes”
• Casta was Scurlock’s servant and hired killer, for reasons as yet unknown. She helped him possess the body of Lord Stangford.

Citations

Last updated July 13, 2024.

homepage | contact | site map | discord | xhtml | css | © 2024 Parker Kelly and Vinnie Price |
This work is based on Blades in the Dark, product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.