The Wicked Lady is the mime-queen of II-6. She is a pyromancer.
Biography[]
History[]
As mime-queen of II-6, the Wicked Lady presides over three of the four most notorious slums in the citadel: Jacob's Island, Whitechapel, and the Old Nichol, as well as the docklands. She keeps the people in her territory in a cycle of poverty and misery.
The Mime Order[]
The Wicked Lady attends the meeting of the Unnatural Assembly after Hector is murdered with her mollisher, the Highwayman.
The Wicked Lady and the Highwayman participate in the scrimmage. She and Paige face off against one another at the beginning and then again near the end. She is protected during the scrimmage by Bloody Knuckles and Bramble Briar. During part of their fight, the Wicked Lady tells Paige that they almost asked her to join them as part of the gray market, but then Paige started meddling. The Wicked Lady says it's a shame to have to kill her, but she has her orders. Paige realizes that the Abbess and the Rag and Bone Man have conspired to put the Wicked Lady on the throne as Underqueen, but she will be their figurehead. Paige kills her for Vern, Wynn, Cutmouth, and Ivy.
Physical Description[]
She is a burly woman in her thirties. She has a smaller build, only half of her mollisher's height. She has a klaxon voice and lips purpled by aster. She has ash-blond curly hair. She has a silver canine.
Personality[]
She is a brutal ruler of her territory. She is a Ripper hunter. She is a favorite among gamblers. She is cruel and shows no compassion for the people under her control. She is called a murderer and a madwoman by many. The Wicked Lady is just another greedy, selfish, rich mime-queen. Her dreamscape is a junkyard.
Trivia[]
- She fights with a cutlass.
- As a pyromancer, she can essentially set fire to spools.
- She has the Rag Dolls tattoo hidden on her upper arm. It marks her as part of the gray market.