Thursday, September 29, 2005
Villain Casebook
Bloody Mary
It's said there has always been a Bloody Mary, but then with an assassin of her caliber legends spring up like drops of rain. She's told at least five convincing, provable and conflicting accounts of her life including that she was trained at the original Shaolin Temple, that she is the reincarnation of Kali born to usher in a new age of destruction, and that she is Morrigan, Goddess of Death, bound to a mortal body until she kills as many people as there are stars in the sky. That she is a metahuman of some type is undeniable. She's been seen to walk through walls, and survive a direct hit from a space-based laser platform. She seems to have a weakness regarding fire but most that have faced her and lived have outwitted her in some way rather than face her in direct combat. She only tries to kill a person once per contract. If she fails, the contract must be renegotiated. Given her price and that she only accepts payment in advance in diamonds of the first water, most don't follow up. Little is known about how to contact her, or what her terms are. It is known that (1) she will only kill someone with genuine metahuman capability, (2) she will make only one actual attempt at killing the target and (3) if she is lied to or the contract misrepresented, she will kill everyone involved with the offer.