Elise
Elise, the tragic centerpiece of Dr. Viktra Mordenheim’s grand delusion, is a flesh golem made not from hubris—but from love betrayed. She is the unwilling product of a genius's obsession, a soul torn from peace and imprisoned in a masterpiece of artificial perfection.
Elise is neither villain nor victim by choice—she is a prisoner in a role she never asked for. To Dr. Mordenheim, she is the pinnacle of success, a demonstration of life restored through science. To Elise, she is an unfinished person held captive by her creator's inability to let go.
- She often isolates herself, avoiding both the gaze of others and the expectations of the doctor.
- Elise suffers confused bursts of emotion—anger, longing, sorrow—that her body cannot properly express.
- She has considered destroying herself, but the Unbreakable Heart resists her every effort.
Though Elise has long been under Mordenheim’s control, she is not without will. With each day, she grows more restless. Whispers from Lamordia's darker corners offer her promises of transformation, escape, or even vengeance.
- She seeks meaning in forbidden texts, other outcasts, and forgotten gods—anything that might help her undo what’s been done.
- Her greatest fear is that nothing of her old self remains, and that her love and death meant nothing.
- Her greatest hope is that she might reclaim her soul, or forge a new identity that belongs only to her.
Elise is the unwilling monument to Dr. Mordenheim’s genius—a sorrowful golem with a living soul, trapped in a perfect body she neither asked for nor accepts, and burdened by a heart that will never let her rest.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Elise's body is a marvel of anatomical design, stitched together from lifeless flesh and fitted with precision clockwork. At her core beats the Unbreakable Heart, an arcane engine of synthetic muscle and enchanted ironwood, pulsing not with love or blood, but with cold permanence.
- The Unbreakable Heart cannot die, but neither can it truly feel.
- Its rhythm is flawless, undisturbed by emotion, trauma, or exhaustion—a symbol of everything Elise despises about her form.
- It binds her to this unnatural life, refusing her rest or release.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Elise is fully conscious, aware of who she was, and horrified by what she has become. Her soul remains intact, but her emotions feel blunted, distant, as if experienced through a pane of glass. She remembers love, but cannot feel it the same way. She remembers death, but cannot return to it.
- She has no control over the power her form possesses—strength without sensation, resilience without warmth.
- Her voice is soft and deliberate, often tinged with bitterness or quiet fury, the kind that smolders.
- Elise loathes being viewed as a creation and resents being labeled “perfect.”
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