-------------- Old Calladon - Marshesa Esquilenza

Farther below Old Calladon, ancient spirits stirred. From her long sleep, the Ghost of the Draconis arose. Though time had little meaning for her any more, Marshesa felt the warmth of new heartbeats, could hear the ring of goodness and mercy in the magius, echoing down from the upper levels to her dusty tomb. She donned her shell of living flesh and became the seductress, the High Priestess of Tiamat once again. In her mind, it was all still as it was, those long centuries ago.

Marshesa was one of the up and coming stars of Shang's army prior to the Second Orc Wars. As a female in the Church of Tiamat, she had little hope of gaining any significant power, but that did little to negate her ambition. She used her ample charms and sexual talents to literally sleep her way up the chain of command. She seduced, assassinated and embarrassed everyone that got in her way with little regard to the eventual consequences of her actions. She had gained great personal power and some position in the Church of Tiamat at Calladon before her life was ended as she lived it, by assassination. An underling of hers, who she found quite attractive and fun to play with at times, decided Marshesa was in her way and had one of Shang's weaponsmasters do away with her in a most bloody and public spectacle. Her dying words were, "I will never be defeated. I will be High Priestess of this church, and I will see you all dead."

Apparently Tiamat heard her curse and decided to allow it. Within a month of her death, assorted High Priests and warriors under Shang's service began to disappear. Since the timing came just at the height of the Second Orc Wars, no one was truly in the position to investigate. Once Shang's forces were defeated and Old Calladon began to fall into disrepair, she returned to the Draconis, the High temple of Tiamat at Old Calladon, and reclaimed her position as High Priestess. And now, the call of heroes reaches her ears again. Will she seduce and destroy them, or just kill them all outright? In nearly two hundred years, no hero has ever bested her.

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