Wherein your humble scribe presents a Barbarians of Lemuria villain he put together on a whim, for use in his own (highly-derivative) Kaalmuria setting.
Pianova Triosso is a powerful sorceress who makes her home in the Orecchi District of the City of Secrets. She is quite ill-disposed to men, seeing them as little more than chattel to be used to their best ends by women. Pianova seeks to use her arcane powers to overthrow the patriarchy that dominates Liria in favor of a new, women-centric government and will happily destroy any man who stands against her in this mission. She is exceptionally militant about her beliefs and sees any woman who does not stand firm against the barbaric animals called males as a collaborator who is scarcely better than a man (and no more deserving of pity).
Pianova is actively seeking out several artifacts she needs to cast some of her more aggressive incantations and heroes operating in Liria will quite likely run into her machinations at some point. The sorceress employs a number of spies and agents throughout the city’s taverns and inns, and little happens in Liria that she is not aware of.
Essences
Lifeblood 10
Arcane Power 15
Villain Points 5
Attributes
Strength 0
Agility 2
Mind 2
Appeal 2
Combat
Brawl 1
Melee 1
Ranged 1
Defense 3
Careers
Sorcerer 3
Sage 1
Assassin 2
Serving Wench 0
Boons
Quick Recovery
Power of the Void
Flaws
City Dweller
Greed
Distrust of Men
Languages
Lirian, Sorceric, Kellic, Thaxian
Equipment
Lirian Kris, d6-2
Heh. We don’t call them “males” anymore, V.P.–the term “gyno-impaired” is much more precise.
I had a NPC like this in a modern setting, a witch named Hearth Moon Rising who was pursuing her own agenda through deals with Cthuluesque-types.
I’m just not that PC, G-Man 🙂
Great minds think alike. Though in this case I was drawing inspiration from a couple of ridiculously intense feminists I’ve known over the years…