image 1 a digital artwork of matthias nonius from the book harrow the ninth. a brown skinned man stands holding a black bloodied rapier in one hand and a black bloody dagger in the other. The rapier is simple and unadorned, but has a string of small bones hanging off the hilt. He has short black hair, his nose is broken, and his face is bleeding in multiple places. He has simple black face paint on the cheeks and chin, in suggestion of a skull. He is wearing black breeches, a black hood pushed back off his head, and black armour over his chest, hips, forearms, and legs. He is surrounded by candles flickering with blue fire.ALT
i,ahe 2 the same drawing as above but zoomed in on the torso and headALT
i,ahe 3 the same close up as before but without the face paintALT

“I speak your name, Matthias Nonius, cavalier of the Ninth House. I charge you to protect the Reverend Daughter of Drearburh, and to slay her enemies”