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Lady Absinthia

With an outfit full of flourishes of black silk, fishnet, chainmail, leather straps, and tribbit skulls, and a head of short spikey purple hair, Lady Absinthia cut a distinctive profile as one of ELotH's most powerful reoccuring villianesses.

Birth

Lady Absinthia was born in year 15,673 (TU) in the city of Western Bank, and given the name of Nallah Simuth. Born to a poor servant woman who is unwilling to disclose the name of the father.

Life

Lady Absinthia had the Knack for Elemenstation but in a time when it was not known what this was or how to harness these abilities. She had the ability to make things happen... Dark things.. It isn't until, at the age of 17 when she meets a young man named Petago Kerrik that her true powers blossom.

The two quickly became inseperable. As Kerrik demonstrated more and more power, so too did Nallah. For almost 200 years they grew together in power, and the power kept them young, but although they remained physically unchanged, the power changed them. It perhaps began when Harbinger Portent brought Kerrik to the Great Stronghold of Anhelm to study for a year and Nallah in turn followed.

Both looking to shed their connections to their mundane lives, they assumed new identities. Nallah took the name Lady Absinthia and Petago took the name Lord Floppyshoe. Quick to point out that this hardly sounded Epic, Nallah suggested Char Reyarteb.

Fame

At the side of Char Reyarteb (after he was turned out by Harbinger Portent), Lady Absinthia helped him lay waste to many towns and commit terrible atrocities. They amassed followers of which Lady Absinthia was the unquestioned leader (Char had little interest in leading disciples after his disappointment with Korbrin Terribluth). At some point she invented a way to gain absolute power by crafting item later known as Wand of Unlight.

Death

When Char Reyarteb finally rose up and killed his master Harbinger Portent and took the Starborn Gem for himself, the gem dominated his will. The first act the gem compelled Char to undertake was to eliminate the strongest competition in both his life and in the struggle for control of Battal. When he returned to Lady Absinthia's castle with the Starborn Gem, she took him into her arms and they embraced. After a long moment Char took his snakehead dagger and drove it deep into Lady Absinthia's back. He held her tight as she struggled in the throes of death, finally lowering her gently to the ground and reverently closing her eyes. Even as the unconsumed portion of Char wept for her death, against all odds her body shed a single, dramatic tear.

After Death

The Cult of Absinth, lead by the surprisingly immortal Armano, lives on long after their leader is gone. Spreading chaos, and working Dark Elemenstation, they are devoted to ressurecting her. The cult is featured in ElamenSTAR Season 3, and makes an appearance in Tales of the Forever Road. Interestingly, they also work to thwart Char Reyarteb and his followers where possible and appear in Book 12 in the Battle of the Bands of Hardahrock, fighting along side the forces of good.

trivia

• The Swedish Punk Girl Band Nallah takes their name from Lady Absinthia's true name Nallah Simuth.
• Lady Absinth had a strong aversion to Cheeses.
• After she was killed, there was much rejoicing in the lands, and she was buried in Leng and in that society, Cheeses took on a religious significants.
• without Lady Absinthia, there would be no Char Reyarteb.. some say that this is the primary difference between Battal and Alternate Battal.
• Lady Absinthia was born under the Clockpace Comet.
• In the upcoming anime Elemenstor Gearstrike, the cult is successful in reviving Lady Absinthia and she is one of the primary antagonists.

Quotes

(taken from The Doom of All Things and the End of Time)

Fan Art