Pestilence Death

Death is the Godfather Death from the Story of the Same name. He is known by many names, Famine, Fear, and Darkness to name just a few, but the name Essi has fixed on him is Pestilence, and she only calls him that, or just simply Death.

Appearance
Like Essi, he has dark black hair he wears to his shoulders, and ghastly pale, almost translucent skin. His eyes are as dark as hers, and his lips are black too.

He wears a black suit with a black high collared cape that clasps with an iron skull shaped clasp. He wears black boots and carries a tall, ornately carved black staff with a dark green globe on it.

Personality

 * Ominous. You never know he's there until he's right behind you
 * Stern. He demands Essi fit into the mold for Death's Successor
 * Frightening. And he enjoys doing that, unlike his Successor
 * Watchful
 * Very concerned with Essi following the rules.

Interests
Death is interested in his job and only his job. He watches peoples lives and it was because of that he found Essi.

Family
Death had needed a successor at the time when Essi's family died in the fire. Just before the baby could join them, he scooped her up and made her like him, untouched by life or death, a spirit. He named her Depression and told her her story every day, explaining how he had chosen her, and no one else.

As the years went by, he began to see her as more of a tool, other than a living thing, and only talked to her to lecture her on her conduct. Essi has never felt loved because he, Death, cannot love anyone, not his godchild, and not his successor.

Romance
As mentioned before, Death doesn't feel love. He did, before he signed the book, to become Godfather Death, in fact, he had fallen in love with a charming princess before he signed! Ah! How ridiculous indeed.