1. pall
Defined by what happens to them, not by who they are, Loader's characters pall quickly.
A pall of darkness cloaked the valley.
2. shroud
‘he was buried in a linen shroud’
Visitors have complained about the scaffolding that shrouds half the castle.
The mist shrouding the valley had lifted by eight o'clock.
the shroud of silence
3. burial shroud