Marnia

Marnia. The Princess of Woe. Monarch of Ashes. Bringer of Sorrow.

Ominous titles indeed, but they most assuredly fit. In life, Marnia Alvaren was a conquering tyrant. At the head of her army of monsters, she violently expanded her kingdom's borders, taking what she wanted from the surrounding lands and ruling over what she took with a fist clad in steel. Deadly both with arms and sorcery, she was rightly feared.

That is, until the inevitable happened. She killed plenty of would-be heroes in her time, on the battlefield and off. But the problem with taking on such challengers personally is that you must win every time. They only have to win once. Marnia learned this the hard way, with an enchanted blade run clean through her lung and heart. She collapsed at the feet of the heroic paladin who had managed to slay her, expression one of mild surprise. A world celebrated her end...

Except that it wasn't her end. Oh, she was dead enough. They burned her body. Funny thing, though. Her warped, blackened crown was taken elsewhere, and altered for use in a very particular school of magic. Summoning. Those who possess her crown and know how can call forth her royal highness Marnia Alvaren, made whole once more with her power intact...and bound to the will of the one who summoned her. She must do as they desire, assuming they have the power to call and control her. As might be imagined, she can get a bit nasty about her new servile existence. Of course, she's still a powerhouse, and if given enough magic to call on, can even grow to tremendous size.

Normally when summoned, Marnia appears in a swirling portal of lightly smoldering grey ashes. The arms, armor, and crown she bears are intact as they were in life. Her hair and skin are incredibly pale, her eyes a sharply icy blue. She stands near seven feet tall, unless intentionally given enough magical power by her summoner to make herself larger. Although she has no way of percieving the world around her until summoned, she generally arrives with some idea of her summoner's intent.
Fantasy or modern age, as long as one has her focus (the twisted remains of her original crown) and is a capable summoner, they can bring Marnia into being. Why would anyone want to? To lay waste to one's enemies, to protect someone special.....to fold laundry. There isn't much of a limit. A summoner might even try to befriend her, although that would take a lot of work and luck. The Princess of Woe isn't very nice. She's a monster, but a monster on a leash.

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