Biara

Strategy/RPG game (Female, antagonist, secondary character)

“I will serve my lord, and please myself in doing so.”

  1. Brief history and motivations: Biara is a loose cannon looking for a target. Having managed to sneak her way into the rule of the Griffin Empire, she oscillates between happy/gloating and insecure/fearful. For someone with Biara's bloodlusts and rages, this creates the worst possible environment for those subject to her whims...
  2. Character arc during the game:
    1. Initial motivations: Please herself, consolidate her power over the Empire.
    2. Experiences: Tries to stamp out rebels (anger at their rebellion, fear that they may create a following), Andrei escapes (frustration = anger), hunts Andrei (bloodlust), gets a dressing-down from the Demon Sovereign (fear, devotion, stress), hunts Andrei and attacks Dwarves (turning anger into destructive urges), sows unrest and demon worship in the Dark Elves (seduction, gloating, spreading chaos), seduces Dwarves to follow her plans (contented at her success, scornful of the Dwarves), sacrifices Dwarven allies and Dark Elves while keeping control of the Empire (victory, gloating, power).
    3. Final motivations: Track down and destroy Freyda, Duncan, Wulfstan, Ylaya.
  3. Character diamond:
    1. Slippery, treacherous, paranoid
    2. Exceedingly hungry and ambitious, lustful and insatiable
    3. Fanatically dedicated to Demonkind
    4. Capable of explosive anger – will always shoot before asking questions
  4. Movie examples:
    Mary Astor as Bridget O’Shaughnessy (among others) in "The Maltese Falcon", Kathleen Turner in "Body Heat", Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction".
  5. Book examples:
    Any femme fatale capable of violence.
  6. Voice:
    Sly, seductive, with an edge of suppressed glee or rage depending on her mood.