Plavaya

A mysterious and beautiful human mage named Plavaya took up residence in an abandoned temple on Mount Akkotüssen for many years, ruling the surrounding countryside. She surrounded herself with a brave entourage of knights, many who were smitten by her charm. She ruled the area around Mount Akkotüssen for two hundred years, and those who met her said she was as beautiful and graceful towards the end of her life as she was in her youth.

Though few knew it, her longevity, beauty, and much of her power came from an infernal source. Pazuzu, a dark lord of the Abyss, had used her small region of influence as a safe haven for lesser demons, in exchange for these gifts. As Pazuzu allowed her to begin aging, finished using her for his dastardly purposes, she rebelled against him. She and her knights attacked and killed some of Demogorgon’s lieutenants, which aroused the demon lord’s ire. He rebuked her and condemned her and her knights to be bound to her temple, to life eternal as monstrosities. Her knights were made skeletons, made to guard their matron, even in death. To Plavaya’s chagrin, she was turned into a hideous serpent-haired Medusa. Over the years, her abandoned structure gained a dark reputation, few dared to brave its interior. At one point, a devil of the Nine Hells, constantly at war with demons such as Pazuzu, offered Plavaya a small way to gain revenge on Pazuzu. He could not heal her horrific countenance, nor make her mortal, but he was able to bestow a great treasure on her. She now guards this object of great power, an object that Pazuzu covets dearly.