The Countess

"Your blood will boil!"

Character Names: Countess Nena Bismaquer / The Countess

Good or Evil: Evil

Age / Birthday: (2)25 / October 13

Physical Appearance: tall; lithe; leggy; chesty; cold, pale skin with a bluish tinge; long mane of wiry black hair; bloodred eyes; white lips; clawed hands; abnormal veins and thorns along her arms and legs. silver shoulder plates; black leather bra and haltier; elbow-length gauntlets; black, knee-high jackboots.

Personality: Intelligent; aggressive; sadistic; reclusive

History: Countess Bismaquer was borne into a wealthy minor royalty family (Nobles) some two thousand years before the peak of the Silver Millennium. The Countess was with an unsound mind (as a result of forced corruption by Azazrael, the Maiden of Misery): she married a soldier at age 15, and while he was away she took to kidnapping servant girls in her castle. She had several accomplices to aide her with this. The Countess would often bathe in the virgin girls' blood, in the deluded belief that doing so would keep her young. After a time, the King caught on and had The Countess punished: she and her minions were buried alive below her castle, and her riches were given to the clergy, although more is rumored to be hidden in the cellars. Time passed, and her castle fell into ruin. All that remains now is a solitary, rotted tower out in the wilderness, what is now known as the Black Marsh. Two hundred years after her imprisonment, Azazrael has summoned the spirit of The Countess, allowing her to reclaim her body at the bottom of the Forgotten Tower's cellars, along with her undead minions: Bismillah, a guard at the Bismaquer Castle and also buried with The Countess; Stéphanie Adoré and Michelle Grise, both servant girls killed by The Countess and now serving her in spirit form, their loyalty to their cruel mistress surviving still.
The Countess is still obsessing with containing her youth, and sends her henchmen out into the Counties to seek new victims (primarily Soldiers of Light). Azazrael has advised The Countess to locate an artifact known as the Heartstone, said to be kept in the purest of hearts. With it, The Countess will remain immortally beautiful; the stronger Soldiers of Light will be eternally weakened.

Strengths: High tolerance to pain

Weaknesses: Her obsession with youth will often force The Countess to ignore logic and proportion.

Hobbies: Seeking the Heartstone; performing her youth rites; poring over her remaining riches

Favorite Color: Red

Likes / Dislikes: wealth; youth; her mistress Azazrael / the Silver Millennium courts

Weapon (if one): Bloodthief (serrated sword) and metal buckler

Attacks:

Blood Crescent
Simply put, this spell increases an enemy's susceptibility to the harsh effects of the elements and elemental magics. Skin burns like paper, chills cut to the bone, and lightning is drawn to the victim as if they were a bar of iron in a rainstorm.

Fire Whip
The Countess collects a large amount of elemental fire and contains it within a globe of energy. Discharging it toward her enemy, those energies are released in a devastating explosion upon impact.

Glacial Spike
Offensive spell. A shard of ice is launched from The Countess's weapon and will freeze her target. The freezing damage of this spell can shatter an opponent into icy shards.