Vivian Hardwick

Malleus Vivian Hardwick is a character in the Knights of the Borrowed Dark series. She is🚨SPOILER ALERT🚨 Denizen's mother, who poses to be his aunt. She is a dedicated woman who had a grudge against the Clockwork Three for killing her husband, Soren Hardwick. She is one of the Knights of the Borrowed Dark.

Appearance
Denizen describes her with cheekbones that looked sharp enough to cut glass. She has pale, cold, grey eyes and hair the colour of steel scraped back from her skull into a tight knot. She wears armor and a white cloak pinned to pauldrons on her shoulders. Her massive gauntlets hold a blunt hammer.

History
She first appears in chapter six in the first book and continues to reappear frequently. Denizen first sees her in the hallway of Seraphim Row. She tells him about his powers as a Knight. When Denizen falls unconscious, she and Grey take him to his room. She appears again with Grey when Denizen wakes up, and she tells her son about the Cost, the iron that spreads through your hands and forearms when you use magic. Near the end of the first book she reveals that she is Denizen’s mother. She dies fighting Dragon in the last book, taking her opponent with her.