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Lady Death. by =UnseelieAllure:iconUnseelieAllure:

Categories Fan Art > Cartoons/Comics > Digital > Books/Novels

©2008-2009 =UnseelieAllure
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The setting for the original Lady Death comic was medieval Sweden. The woman who would become Lady Death was born as a mortal named Hope. Her father was a local nobleman named Matthias who was forcibly conscripting peasants into military service as feudal levies. The exact nature of the war that Matthias was prosecuting is not specified, although evidence from the recent revision of the character by Avatar Press suggests that it may have been one of the Northern Crusades (also known as the Baltic Crusades).

Unknown to his innocent daughter, Matthias had a dark secret. Although congratulated by the Church for his work against the pagans, he was despised by the common folk as a cruel tyrant. Matthias was outwardly pious, but secretly dabbled in black magic and demonology. He was actually a descendant of the fallen angels who had led the rebellion against God. By contrast, Hope's mother was a woman so pure and innocent that her bloodline reached Heaven. Hope's mother died when Hope was still in her late teens, and she was left to live with her father.

Eventually, Matthias' cruelty triggered a peasant uprising. Matthias narrowly escaped death at the hands of the rebels by summoning a demon, but Hope was captured by the rebels and accused of witchcraft. Faced with the prospect of execution by burning at the stake, Hope uttered an incantation that she had overheard her father use. This incantation summoned a demon who offered her a bargain -- he would rescue her from death if she would renounce her humanity and serve the powers of Hell. Hope accepted the bargain and was transported into the infernal realms.

Once in Hell, Hope became entangled in a civil war that was raging between Lucifer and an army of renegade devils led by a powerful sorcerer. Hope was devastated when she learned that the ambitious sorcerer challenging Lucifer for the control of Hell was her own father.

Gradually corrupted by the nature of her surrounding, Hope was tainted with evil. She allied herself with an exiled craftsman who forged weapons for the infernal armies. While speaking to him, she declared that the innocent woman she had once been was dead and that she would henceforth only be known as Lady Death.

In her new persona, Lady Death led an uprising against the Lords of Hell. During the final battle, Lucifer cursed her never to return to Earth while the living walked. Lady Death swore an oath that she would circumvent Lucifer's curse by exterminating all life on Earth.

Lady Death finally ended Lucifer's control over her by casting him through Heaven's Gate (a place where evil cannot go), and in doing so became the new ruler of Hell. Many of the beings living in hell believe that the ascension of Lady Death signaled the beginning of the age of judgment - the final battle between good and evil for the fate of the Earth.

Art © Kassandra Leigh Purcell Character © Brian Pulido and Steven Hughes.

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~LadyDeathDemon Sep 7, 2008, 11:43:05 PM
fantastic work!

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~BazNevermore Sep 7, 2008, 11:43:54 PM
One of my favourite comics. This is a unique and simply beautiful interpretation of Linsners character. I love it. Dynamic, haunting and romantic.
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*Meilous Sep 8, 2008, 1:06:10 AM
very beautiful @_@

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~Splotchy77 Sep 8, 2008, 1:17:32 AM
Freakin Incredible Kass. Instantly going into my Faves.

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~KeyD Sep 8, 2008, 1:42:47 AM
wonderful version of lady death
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Mood: Wow! ~Whispersforgotten Sep 8, 2008, 1:50:47 AM
Amazing and beautiful back story, please is there any more of it?

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~The-God-Smiley Sep 8, 2008, 2:41:31 AM
this picture is awesome. I like the colors on it.

I saw the anime for lady death, It was really great,. But the anime cuts off right after, she fights lucifer, then I think he is, revived? I didnt quite understand the last like 3 minutes after she fought him, but I'm glad to hear the original ending is better :) II want to see if I can pick up the comics now.

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*bdunn1342 Sep 8, 2008, 4:21:50 AM
Lovely piece. I especially like the color and lighting. Very nice work. :)

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~LayraBlack Sep 8, 2008, 5:24:14 AM
Wonderfull story

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