Editing Darklord (section)

===Cassandre Desesprits===
Darklord of Miseria. Born to a humble farmer's family, Cassandre was gifted with the ability to see and communicate with the spirits of the dead, which also made her a very effective seer. When this was revealed to her village, she became an immediate celebrity, and this situation - never permitted time to herself or any true friends, but also showered in displays of good will and thanks - twisted her heart. She became completely self-centered, egotistical and immoral, regarding all others as nothing more than things to use for her own amusement and gratification.

When a war broke out amongst the local villages over the ability to use her seer powers, Cassandre exploited this to become a veritable queen, feeding just the right predictions to all factions to keep the war dragging on perpetually for over two years, wallowing in opulence whilst others bled, died and starved over her. Inevitably, the war drew to its climax, with both factions preparing to launch a decisive blow with a super-spell; Cassandre manipulated them into both acting at the exact same time, figuring that this would cause the spells to negate each other and stalemate, thus preserving the war and her power. Instead, they magnified each other, resulting in the annihilation of the warring armies and Cassandre being literally blown into Miseria.

Cassandre's curse is, fundamentally, that she will never again enjoy the lifestyle she once enjoyed. Although surrounded by people who genuinely like and care for her rather than her gifts, she pines for the days when people doted upon her every wish and resents being forced to work for a living as a barmaid. Her [[diviner]] powers have dwindled and become almost useless, but her spiritual powers have expanded; she now commands incorporeal [[undead]] with the proficiency of a master [[necromancer]], and her life is supplement with the years drained by her [[ghost]]ly minions. None of her schemes to regain her "royal" status will ever work, and so she seems doomed to an eternity as a beloved but otherwise unremarkable barmaid.

When she closes the borders, Miseria is surrounded by thick red fog that causes those who try to leave to age and eventually crumble to dust, whereupon they become ghosts under her command.

If slain, Cassandre becomes a ghost herself, but then resurrects 2d4 days later. Only if she is confronted in ghost form by an exorcist of the local deity Saint-Ambroise who can denounce her for her crimes in life will she be banished from the world of the living forever.