Gransurg Blackmore

Number 16 of The Twenty Seven Dead Apostle Ancestors.

A magus from Austria whose research involves sanctification of birds. He wears a mask and outfit of a bird himself, as seen in Character Material, and his children vampires become half-birds. Probably because of his twisted taste, he was challenged to a fight by the Crimson Moon and he lost. He was just going to be left to die, but something happened that made Crimson Moon spare his life.

While Gransurg had also served the Crimson Moon after the 27 broke off from the True Ancestors, he became an independent Dead Apostle after the evaporation of the Crimson Moon by Zelretch.

Gransurg attacked the castle of the 16th Ancestor and destroyed that entire clan, and from thereon took on the name Blackmore. Since he had been recognized as one of the 27th while the Crimson Moon was still alive, the other Ancestors recognized his succession, and so Blackmore finally received a title appropriate to his natural power.

Reality Marble
The name of the Reality Marble used in his assault on 16th Ancestor was Nevermore. A canopy of death wings covering the sky; a "world of death" of absolute darkness swallowing even the moon and stars.

In the mage's world, birds are said to be beings who carried the soul after death.

The name of this Reality Marble, as well as the name he took upon himself (Blackmore), is probably in reference to the poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe.