Eiseth (EI-SE-TH)

A demigoddess of terrible infernal wrath, Eiseth is a fallen angel now known as the Erinyes Queen, Hell’s Valkyrie, and She Who Defies Limitation. When the throes of the Exodus had just begun to ripple throughout the multiverse, Eiseth was a movanic deva serving in the infantry of a good god who most believe is now long dead. Eiseth perpetually found herself frustrated—held back, even—by the failings she saw in her empyrean angel commander and in the hosts of less dedicated angels around her. The young deva ached to become an empyrean herself so she could command her own legions as she saw fit. But her ambition didn’t end there; Eiseth set her sights on rising to the rank of an empyreal lord of duty and vengeance.   Over time, she became convinced that when her superior fell, she would grow in power and step in to take her place. Envy and impatience continued to fester in Eiseth’s heart until, one day, after her commander made a decision she considered particularly foolish, the deva rammed her halberd into the chests of the commander and the leader’s most trusted advisors. When Eiseth was called before a tribunal of solars to account for herself, she plainly stated her reasons for the murders, certain that she had made the right decision to further Heaven’s cause. Instead of rewarding Eiseth, however, the horrified angels handed down a swift, harsh punishment. The deva never gleaned the full details of her sentence, because as soon as she sensed the tribunal turning against her, she fled her celestial home.   For 603 years she wandered creation, unsure of why her wicked deeds were not considered committed for the greater good, with growing hatred of her former celestial brethren burning a hole in her once-pure heart. Near the end of these 6 centuries, Eiseth saw a vision of herself in a dream. In it, her angelic wings were pitch black, her pristine robes tainted with the blood of her celestial enemies, and her once-golden armor a pure, matte ebony. She presided over an entire realm of suffering saints and screaming souls—a queendom nestled into a strange mountain of iron and brass blades. Gripped with the desire to make this vision a reality, Eiseth dedicated herself to searching for this mountain, and find it she did: in Dis, the second layer of Hell.   For his part, the infernal king Dispater welcomed this strange new denizen, enamored of her ever-burning fury and her dedication to smiting those she once called kin. Millennia later, after scores of damned souls had became the first erinyes, word reached Hell’s Valkyrie that some mortals had begun calling her a Whore Queen, associating her with Ardad Lili simply by virtue of their femininity and their homes in Hell. Eiseth rolled her eyes at the ridiculous notion that the mortals’ misogynist epithet against her might in any way temper her fury or skill. The epithet did change her, but not in a way mortals anticipated or desired: it prompted her to travel with a contingent of erinyes to the Stainless Caress to meet its new queen. Ardad Lili’s cunning and singularly focused hatred of Nirvana impressed Eiseth, who then reached out to Doloras and Mahathallah. The four demigoddesses, finding that their interests did not conflict, named themselves Queens of the Night and formed an alliance of convenience to further their own agendas.   Over time, the Queens of the Night became closer to true allies, recognizing that in the fires of Hell, their strength is greater together. Eiseth now builds her armies in Dis, laughing each time infernal denizens tell her she’s reached the pinnacle of power to which a woman might climb in Hell. Though Eiseth keeps the true name of her home closely guarded, the damned call it Widow’s Cry, and it echoes with the screams of the suffering. Most believe these are the cries of wronged mothers and maidens, but the truth is much darker: they are the howls of fiends undergoing transformation. Eiseth’s forces grow stronger daily as she prepares to invade Malebolge and unseat Moloch. Once she takes that iron throne, Eiseth intends to marshal all of Hell’s armies and finally defeat Heaven for good.