Geneviève Lorelei

Lady Geneviève Lorelei, also known as The Iron Woe, is a noblewoman and the former head of the Lorelei family. As an NPC, she was played by Dungeon Master Liam O'Brien in.

Appearance
In undeath, Lady Geneviève is a ten-foot-tall figure of livid dark brown bone, close to black. Her jawbone of battered teeth widened beyond comprehension, and in place of eye sockets and the tongue, long since rotted away, was a black mist or smoke spilling outward. Geneviève wore tattered, decomposing robes of the traditional Lorelei green color around her scraping hips.

Personality
Katerine told Geneviève's son, Haldur, that Geneviève was "unbridled and wild". She rejected the Taming and accepted the animal within to her family's frustration.

Background
Geneviève Lorelei rejected the Taming ritual and accepted the animal, which placed her at odds with her family. Her "unbridled" nature brought Geneviève into a "whirlwind romance" with a drow from Xhorhas, a man the family did not approve of. Their relation brought them a child born out of a wedlock, Haldur Lorelei.

Geneviève was murdered not far from Castle Lorelei's grounds, in a battle where her lover's twin brother died, while he was being taken away by Kryn soldiers. Geneviève's body was found in a wolven heap and was buried in the family mausoleum, having a monument constructed by her sister and son.

Geneviève's drow lover eventually came back from Xhorhas, seeking revenge. He attacked the Castle Lorelei with a small army of undead and killed everyone in the keep, including Geneviève's sister, Katerine. The also mutilated Haldur and took him to the mausoleum, as captive. There, using necromancy, he reanimated his loved one's remains, turning Geneviève's corpse into a dark undead entity, called the Iron Woe.

However, Haldur's children found them, and in the battle that followed, Benicio Lorelei destroyed the Iron Woe, putting his grandmother again to rest.

Appearances and mentions

 * One-shots

Trivia

 * Despite the Dwendalian Empire being largely inspired by 15th century Eastern Europe and Russia, Geneviève's name uses the French pronunciation ("jean-vee-ev"), rather than the more Germanic/Celtic pronunciation of "Genevieve" ("jehn-uh-veev").
 * She had the same birth name as Jester Lavorre.