From IoD Lost

Overview

Titles: Lady of a Thousand Faces, Baroness of the Ashen Marshes, Countess of the Keep of Sanguine Shadows

Appearance

The Lady can appear as pretty much anything that she wants and tends towards forms that are truly horrifying, some of which are not even remotely human-looking. One known appearance is that of a shrivelled old hag who seems to be suffering from hideous skin diseases and contusions, with an appearance that causes revulsion in those who see her. In complete contrast to her looks her voice is as sweet as honey and oozes charm.

Personality

She takes a vicious delight in torment and pain, often torturing the Lost she takes for very little reason whatsoever. She seems to derive great pleasure from making hideous creations or for twisting those she takes from innocent people into depraved monsters.

Abuses

Those taken by her can become mostly anything depending on her needs. Ogres, Beasts and Darklings are especially common. Elementals to do with the mines or the marsh are not uncommon, neither are Wizened made to serve a particular purpose of hers (she always has a chirurgeon or two about to handle the transformations of other servitors). The only Seeming that she rarely creates are Fairest, seeming to despise making such beautiful things, though more disturbing ones such as Shadowsouls and Draconics made into terrible creatures are not beyond her.

Practices

She takes especial delight in messing with the minds of those she takes, often removing all of their memories and implanting them with a selection of other memories taken from others she has taken. This tends to disorientate and often cuts down on the amount of servitors she loses through escapes as many do not have enough connection to the world they were born in left to return with.

Tactics

The Lady takes people in many different ways, but is especially fond of those who break the rules (go into forbidden places and that sort of thing). She has been known to take a more pleasing form and persuade mortals to go with her, but usually those who are taken are dragged away unwillingly.

Those who try to escape are known to be allowed two attempts, that’s not to say that the Lady gives them the opportunity to, just that those attempts end in the person being dragged back and tortured. Those who try and escape a third time are hunted down and killed by one of her other servants, usually one of her staunchest loyalists (who probably also leave the hedge sometimes in pursuit of those who escape her).

Changelings

Environment

Her realms consist of the Ashen Marshes, a horrible place of foul, dank water, which are full of vile creatures made to be her servants (some of which were once human, others were never so). The marshes are deadly dangerous to cross and full of poisoned water, poisonous or otherwise deadly plants and creatures as well. The land is naturally dark and even what passes for daylight there is dim and cold.

In the middle of the marshes is the Keep of Sanguine Shadows. This looks very much like you would expect an evil, haunted castle from any fairy tale to look. The place has extensive dungeons underneath it as well as caves and mines. Most of her Lost servants are kept in the Keep or the labyrinth below it.

Gentry

The Lady tends to be at war with other True Fae quite often. Her ways of war tend towards the more subtle and brutal, using spies and assassins to infiltrate the forces of other Keepers and take out key servants (or particular favourites) so that they cannot be used against her. She especially tends to make and train a cadre of Mirrorskins for use purpose, usually having their faces removed surgically and other faces “grafted on” as necessary until the magic of her Realm turn them into something that can shapeshift at will.

Durance

Experiences

Memories

Escapees

Velvet
Silk (NPC)
Ellen
Kieran
Joshua Crowther

Quotes

Rumors

OOC Considerations

Inspirations

Contact

For more information, please email Mairi White.