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[color=a8a8a8][indent][indent]𝙺𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝙼𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗.

[s]𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝙿𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌 𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙿𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜. 𝚃𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜, 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝.

𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚖. 𝙷𝚢𝚖𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢. 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙿𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢, 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 ‘𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝’ 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚢𝚖𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜.[/s][/indent][/indent][/color]
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[color=a8a8a8][h3][i]Prior Life[/i][/h3][/color]
[color=a8a8a8][i]Hecuba, born in 1422, was the rebellious daughter of a minor German land-baron. Known to have been somewhat mean-spirited and irreligious (due in part to the extreme corruption of the local Roman Catholic Church). In particular, the parish's habit of selling indulgences and bestowal of religious artifacts led to Hecuba's collection of such curios and items of interest as a hobby, branching out naturally to the procurement of heretical and heathen tokens gained through coercion and blackmail of the baron's servants and staff. Hecuba's father spent most of his time abroad away from home in response to property he owned in Normandy being placed endlessly at risk by the conflicts of the Hundred Years' War, while her mother had died during childbirth, leaving the pernicious and capricious girl run of her father's estate. Not content to let her guards and servants do all the dirty-work themselves, Hecuba became obsessed with acts of violence, starting first with merely learning how to hunt and butcher animals, moving on to trapping and torturing animals, and then eventually to imprisoning and personally beating and torturing peasants and unfortunates of the barony itself. Her father's court became a haven for heretical figures who curried favor with her with offerings of obscure artifacts and pagan knowledge, further fueling her godless proclivities.

Precisely what transpired in the barony come the twilight of purgatory is poorly understood. A large amount of heavy fighting between the armies of men and the horrors of the abyss took place therein and nearby, with stories indicating Hecuba had fought on both sides. Some hypothesize she was captured or enslaved and forced to fight, others claim she had merely been given the excuse to devolve into her true violent nature by the mass outbreak of horror, but it is otherwise agreed that at the time she did not yet possess even but an inkling of the might wielded by the later figure of the She-Devil. As the reality of purgatory settled and the peoples of the land began the cycle of death and rebirth, Hecuba's estate became the focal point for countless desperate rituals, the ignorant, the malign, and the curious making use of encouragement and coercion alike, making use of her vast collection of relics and texts to perform all manner of profane acts in the earlier days of anguish.

The experiments culminated in Tiamat's Eclipse. The bloody events therein are not recounted in any written record, those few reborn lucid enough to recount it retelling incoherent, rambling, and disjointed tales of arms tournaments presided over by anathema and powers, disgusting and woesome orgies conducted by abominable fiends from the depths of the world, baleful displays of light that cut through the retina and mind like razors. Hecuba features in many of these retellings, with no rhyme, reason, or pattern as to her significance or actions beyond her mere presence, but whatever role she played, the She-Devil was the ultimate product of that awful affair.

Branded upon their flesh is the mark of the Seeker - and all who see it know true despair, in knowing that amongst the servitors of the adversary there are those who seek out and embrace the light intending only to snuff it out.

She-Devil Hecuba is a monstrous foe to all who would seek the Herald of Light, more a hellish beast than human now. Her immense strength and ability, already great on their own, have been heightened to inhuman proportions by the countless, profane and sickening powers acting upon her form and mind. She has taken unto herself and her soul - some say even willingly - the influence of multiple dread powers, such as the Erinyes, The Naked Complex, the Barbed Wheel, the Sterile God. Although lonesome, Hecuba is a Legion of the dark, for those that lay claim to her mind, body, and soul are many. A semblance of the being she once was remains still, cogent and capable of being reasoned with if only for a time. Some speculate that the mere presence of the Seekers' Sigil upon her body is evidence that she might be saved and redeemed one day, to then fight on the side of the light. What is most clear, however, is that in the relative present she is a nearly insurmountable (if thankfully rarely encountered), monstrous physical threat to any who would seek the Herald of Light, requiring significant guile and cunning to surpass where strength of arms would otherwise fail.[/i][/color]

[COLOR=b8b8b8][i][h3]The She-Devil's Sins[/h3][/i][/color]
[color=a8a8a8][i]Hecuba is a being of lightly fettered rancor made manifest. Her sins are boundless and without limit and pointless to recount in any detail. Her greatest flaw of benefit to Seekers is her profound susceptibility to occult forces. The same means by which she shackles and is shackled to the various beings that empower her renders her supremely vulnerable to arcane and esoteric power. It is also worth noting that for somebody so far-gone, she can be surprisingly coherent when caught in-the-moment. If she can be caught up by some means in conversation, she can be waylaid and distracted for a time - and perhaps even bargained with, coerced, or even momentarily turned. Her loyalty and focus are therefore questionable. In the same manner, Hecuba is much akin to a siege engine - only loosely directed in any kind of confrontation, she makes only the most pitiful of distinctions between her foes and will not prioritize. She will just as willingly charge into an assembled group of a Seeker's comrades as she might try to pursue the Seeker, or an unarmed and fleeing group of peasants, and is thus easily distracted and evaded.[/i][/color]

[COLOR=b8b8b8][i][h3]The She-Devil's Failings[/h3][/i][/color]
[color=a8a8a8][i][list][*]Lost in the Dark - A Seeker she may technically be, but Hecuba is a slave of the adversary and therefore subject to their whims. They spend most of their time in the dark places of the world, and cannot harry and pursue Seekers for long before her dread masters call upon her to withdraw.
[*]She Was Never One of Us - Hecuba is reviled and hated by anyone and everybody with common sense and more than two neurons. Even cultists and other mortal servitors of the adversary will refuse to work with her, or even to remain in her presence without fleeing or resorting to violence. Many will simply attack her on sight. The sentiment is mutual, of course.
[*]Her Body is a Marred- Twisted as it is, Hecuba is only very vaguely and indistinctly recognizable as Human once the armor is peeled away.
[*]Her Mind is Damaged - She is just foolish enough to consistently make tactical blunders and be outwitted, and just intelligent enough to be bargained with and coerced. 
[*]Her Soul Is A Wound - The very process which created the She-Devil and grants her power also renders her especially susceptible to occult and arcane powers and influence.
[*]Just Another Plaything - Although she is readily counted amongst the greatest of the adversary's mortal servants, she is just another mortal. The very beings she serves and that grant her power will turn on her in a heartbeat, torturing her and afflicting her with incalculable suffering for any or no reason, at any time they choose.
[*]There Shall Come a Reckoning - Hecuba's passage is not subtle. There shall be plenty of forewarning with her approach.
[*]And Ye Shall Bear Their Punishment - Hecuba's connection to various abyssal entities subjects her to resonance from their upbraiding. Injuring or slaying them will injure and impair Hecuba substantially, for a time.
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[COLOR=b8b8b8][i][h3]The She Devil's Strengths[/h3][/i][/color]
[i][color=a8a8a8][list][*]Witch Engine - Hecuba is almost unmatched in physical altercations, be it in duels or in pitched, thronging battles. Trying to confront her head-on as anything other than a feint or distraction would likely end in misfortune without careful planning or nigh-miraculous skill and ability exceeding her own.
[*]Their Hand Upon Our World - Hecuba is under the influence of a number of powerful abyssal entities which, in addition to twisting her form and granting her profane might, can bestow her with additional, twisted boons as they deem fit.
[*]Guttering Hope - Hecuba is branded with a corrupted Seeker's Sigil, allowing her to track the Herald of Light - and to respond to the presence of other Seekers.
[*]The Dreaded - Mere word of Hecuba's approach is enough to send most normal folk, soldiery, and even comrades following Seekers running for the hills in terror.
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[COLOR=b8b8b8][i][h3]The She-Devil's Tainted Virtues[/h3][/i][/color]
[color=a8a8a8][i][list][*]Violence: VIII
[*]Fortitude: VIII
[*]Soul: VII
[*]Passion: - (Whatever Womanly charms she had are long gone.)
[*]Perception: II
[*]Command: - (Not even cultists are foolish enough to work with her. Only inhuman forces beyond the ken of the just might appear with her, and even then it is more likely that she shall follow them than the other way around.)[/list][/i][/color]Written by [@Terminal][/hider][/center]
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