Fanny Weldon

Frances "Fanny" Weldon is a character from Heaven's Bones. A former resident of Alabama, she is the daughter of Beatrice Weldon and Dr. Alistair Weldon, wealthy plantation owners. She was treated harshly by her father, but was mostly neglected and ignored. Fanny had a friend in Sadie, a slave who served as a maid. One day Sadie tried to escape the plantation, but she was caught and murdered by Fanny's father. He never told Fanny.

Frances died in the fire that consumed the plantation during Sherman's March, but she rose as a ghost in Riverbend, a very small domain copy of the Riverbend plantation in the Mists. Frances would wander the Mists from time to time, and also manifested at the Riverbend plantation on Earth, a location that was known to be haunted by her spirit. Fanny did not know she was a ghost until two decades after her death, when she was told of the arson that consumed the family manor by Daniel Greensmith.

In 1882, Fanny helped Dr. Sophie Huxley escape from Riverbend and the Mists. Fanny shortly thereafter encountered the spirit of Sadie, who told Fanny that she lingered on because her bones were taken by foxes and thus she was never buried. Daniel Greensmith discovered the bones and buried them, laying Fanny to rest once and for all.