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La Diabla
Alter Ego: various
Occupation: Sorceress
Known Relatives: none living
Group Affiliation: Baal & Associates
Background/History:
In the distant past, there was an evil sorceress obsessed with her beauty and
with gaining power. To that end, she secretly slew the queen of her land and
seduced the king. She manipulated him into marriage and intended to slay him as
well, but she became psychotically jealous of her stepdaughter who was even more
beautiful than she and who owned her father’s heart completely. She became so
obsessed with the girl that she poured all her efforts in to getting rid of the
child. Having sold her soul to a minor demon to gain the power to seduce the
king originally, she bargained it again to gain more power, so she could dispose
of her rival undetected. Poisoning the girl in a shapeshifted form, she thought
herself rid of the girl, but she failed, was thought killed, and her
stepdaughter lived happily ever after. Her death caused a conflict in Hell as
the demons fought over her. They agreed to share her and, eventually, she played
one against the other so that the lessor was able to take the place of the
greater. He allowed her to return to the material plane as a reward. She
returned to Earth and began to amass power anew, making various unholy bargains,
and taking so many different identities over the years that she no longer
remembered her true name. After having a particularly good time during the
Spanish Inquisition, a dying priest dubbed her "La Diabla", the Devil
Woman. She took it as her name and continued doing evil for decades. To preserve
her power and her youthful appearance, she would bathe in the blood of virgins
and cast herself into periods of deep sleep. She was awoken from her last nap by
the voice of Baal, the evil god whom she had invoked before and owed a debt to.
He had decided to take over this dimension and that she should help him.
Offering her a place of rulership over the Earth was a sufficient reward for her
services and she agreed to do his bidding. She spent much time acting as a
typical super-villain to test the mettle of various heroes, notably Speed and
the Protectors.
Personality/Motivation:
La Diabla is pure evil. She has no redeeming qualities, existing only for her
own pleasure. Her jealousy knows no bounds and her hatred for any woman that
could be considered more beautiful than she is frightening to behold.
Quote: "Evil should not look this good."