Geneviève Lorelei
| Geneviève Lorelei | |||||
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 Official art of an undead Geneviève, by Kendra Wells from "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23).[art 1] | |||||
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| Actor | Liam O'Brien | ||||
| Race | Human (Werewolf) | ||||
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| Full name | Genevieve Lorelei | ||||
| Pronouns | she/her | ||||
| Titles | Lady | ||||
| Also known as | The Iron Woe | ||||
| Languages | Common | ||||
| Places | Castle Lorelei, Wildemount | ||||
| Family | Lorelei family
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Lady Geneviève Lorelei, also known as The Iron Woe, was a noblewoman and the former head of the Lorelei family. As an NPC, she was played by Dungeon Master Liam O'Brien in "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23).
Description[edit | edit source]
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Appearance[edit | edit source]
In undeath, Lady Geneviève was a ghastly ten-foot-tall figure of dark brown, almost black bone. Tattered, decaying robes in a faded ghost of the traditional Lorelei green draped around her scraping, lumbering hips. Her eye sockets were seeping black, and a jawbone of ragged teeth widened beyond comprehension, black mist or smoke spilling out in place of a tongue long since rotted away.[1]
Personality[edit | edit source]
Katerine told Geneviève's son, Haldur, that Geneviève was unbridled and wild, spurned the taming and embraced the animal within more than the family would have liked.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Background[edit | edit source]
Geneviève Lorelei was wild and unbridled, she spurned the Taming and instead embraced the animal inside which placed her at odds with her family. Her nature brought her into a whirlwind romance with a drow from Xhorhas, a man the family did not approve of. She had her son - Haldur Lorelei - with him out of wedlock.
She 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.[2] Geneviève's body was found in a wolven heap. She was buried in the family mausoleum, having a monument constructed by her sister and son.
"Liam's One Shot: 'Song of the Lorelei'" (OSx23)[edit | edit source]
Geneviève's lover eventually came back from Xhorhas, wanting revenge, attacking Castle Lorelei with a small army of undead and killing everyone in the keep,[3] including Geneviève's sister, Katerine, before mutilating Haldur and taking him to the mausoleum, as captive. There, using necromancy, the drow reanimated his loved one's remains, turning Geneviève's corpse into a dark undead entity, the Iron Woe.[4]
However, Haldur's children found them, and in the battle that followed, Benicio Lorelei destroyed the Iron Woe, putting his grandmother again to rest.[5]
Relationships[edit | edit source]
Appearances and mentions[edit | edit source]
- One-shots
- "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23) (first appearance)
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- 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.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ See "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23) at 3:10:42.
- ↑ See "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23) at 4:23:35.
- ↑ See "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23) at 4:22:43.
- ↑ See "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23) at 3:10:54.
- ↑ See "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23) at 4:14:20.
Art:
- ↑ Official art of an undead Geneviève, by Kendra Wells from "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.
- ↑ Official art of Geneviève's lover, by Kendra Wells from "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.