I enjoy building characters more than writing them, lol, so here is a space for that.

Belzora, believed to be a miss spelling of Rosabel, could be sourced from a town of the same name in Texas.

Character would be ½ "ghost wolf" (a small population of [red wolf / gray wolf / rare Texas wolf] crosses found along the gulf coast. ½ Carolina Red Wolf.

If human origin:

Melungeon · mixed-race group from south central Appalachia.

- Confederate grandfather?
- Generally Union or sympathizers?
- Mixed pagan beliefs, spiritually.
- Deep lore re: forest, darkness, silence.
- Superstitious people; not well educated.
- Family from coal mining town.

Shelton Laurel Massacre.

Barghest: In Northern English folklore, the Barghest or Barguest is a mythical monstrous black dog with large teeth and claws;[1] however, in other cases, the name can refer to a ghost or household elf, especially in Northumberland and Durham, such as the Cauld Lad of Hylton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barghest

"Ghost" in Northern England was pronounced "guest", and the origin is thought to be of the combination burh-ghest, "town-ghost". Others explain it as cognate to German Berg-geist, "mountain ghost" or Bär-geist, "bear-ghost".[1] Another mooted derivation is Bahr-Geist, German for the "spirit of the funeral bier".[2]