The Lord of Lust
| Brathelathor, Level 18 Solo Controller the Lord of Lust (Leader) Medium immortal humanoid (devil, shapechanger) XP 10,000 |
| Initiative +15 Senses Perception +15; dark vision HP 668; Bloodied 334 AC 32; Fortitude 26, Reflex 30, Will 32 Resist 25 Fire Saving Throws +5 Speed 6, Fly 6 Action points 2 |
 Corrupting Touch (standard; at-will)
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| +23 vs AC; 3d8 + 13 damage. |
 Dazing Corruption (standard; at-will) ◊ Charm
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| The Lord of lust makes two Corrupting Touch attacks. If both attacks hit, the target is dazed (save ends). Aftereffect: The target attacks itself with a melee basic attack as a free action. |
| Telescoping Strike (minor; at-will)
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| Reach 3; The Lord of Lust's arm grows impossibly long and his dagger flicks out from it. +22 vs. Reflex; 1d10+13 and the target is slowed until the end of the Lord of Lust's next turn. |
| Charming Kiss (standard; at-will) ◊ Charm
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| +23 vs AC; the Lord of Lust makes a secondary attack against the same target. +21 vs Will; he target cannot attack the Lord of Lust and attempts to remain adjacent to him. If the target is adjacent to the Lord of Lust when the Lord of Lust is targeted by a melee or a ranged attack, the target interposes itself (as an immediate interrupt) and becomes the target of the attack instead. The effects last until the Lord of Lust or one of its allies attacks the target or until the Lord of Lust dies. If the target is still under the effect of this power at the end of the encounter, the Lord of Lust can sustain the effect indefinitely by kissing the target once per day. The Lord of Lust can affect only one target at a time with his charming kiss. |
 Dominate (minor; at-will) ◊ Charm
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| Ranged 5; +21 vs Will; the target is dominated until the end of the Lord of Lust's next turn. The Lord of Lust can dominate only one target at a time. |
 Painful Allure (Standard; encounter; recharges when first bloodied)
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| The painfully charming aura of the Lord of Lust extends across the battlefield. Close burst 10; +22 vs Will; 3d6+9 and the target is pulled 3 squares and immobilized (save ends). Aftereffect: The target is dazed (save ends). Allies in the burst gain a +2 bonus to damage until the end of the Lord of Lust's next turn. |
| Looks that Kill (immediate reaction; at-will) ◊ Fear |
| When struck, the Lord of Lust glowers terribly. +22 vs Will; The target is pushed 3 squares and immobilized (save ends). |
| Petulant Protection |
| When the Lord of Lust is bloodied, he gains a +2 bonus to all his defenses against melee attacks. |
| Change Shape (minor; at-will) ◊ Polymorph |
| The Lord of Lust can alter his physical form to take on the appearance of any Medium humanoid, including a unique individual. He can also lengthen various individual appendages. |
| Alignment Evil Languages Kelevan, Blackspeech, Supernal Skills Bluff +25, Diplomacy +25, Insight +20 Str 16 (+12) Dex 23 (+15) Wis 23 (+15) Con 15 (+11) Int 20 (+14) Cha 32 (+20) Equipment Dagger |
Lord of Lust's Tactics
The Lord of Lust will attack to use his charming Kiss ability early to gain a shield. Then he will use Painful Allure to damage all of his enemies. After that he will unleash will Dazing Corruption and Domination. When struck, he makes judicious use of Looks that Kill. He tries to keep back out of melee combat and use his ranged abilities, hoping to sow discord among his enemies and make them attack each other.
Lord of Lust Lore
The Second of the Lords of Sin
Brathelathor, called by some the Lord of Lust and by others Lady Lust, was one of the Seven Lords of Sin and among the foulest servants of evil ever to stain the histories of Farland. In truth, Brathelathor was neither wholly lord nor lady, but succubus and incubus alike: a creature of appetite, domination, and corruption, able to wear whatever sex, face, or flesh best served the ruin of the soul before her. Most folk of the West speak of Brathelathor as female, though older chronicles and frightened soldiers often name the same being as male. Both are true, and neither is wholly true.
Before her rise, Brathelathor was a minor demon lord from a particularly vile region of Malor, where she ruled a small dominion from a black tower of iron, bone, and glassy stone. Even there, among demons and succubi, her lust and sadism were infamous. In male guise, Brathelathor appeared as a tall, golden-haired, powerfully muscled figure, beautiful in the way a drawn blade is beautiful, marred only by the horns, fangs, and bat-like wings that betrayed the demon beneath. In female guise, she appeared smaller, shapely, radiant, and seductive, no less monstrous for the grace of the form. Though all succubi are skilled in deception and transformation, Brathelathor was granted by Vornoth a rarer and more terrible gift: the power to alter only portions of her body at will. An arm might lengthen like a serpent, a hand become a claw, a smile split too wide, or a beautiful face retain its charm while the eyes became wholly demonic.
Brathelathor’s ascent began with an act of such depravity that even the Abyss took notice. She came to Farland in secret and seized a noblewoman and her husband, carrying them away for torments so intimate, imaginative, and cruel that the tale is still not told plainly in decent company. Their suffering drew the attention of The Dweller, who saw in Brathelathor not merely a demon of lust, but an artist of corruption. Thus was the minor demon elevated and bound into a far greater evil: Brathelathor became the Lord of Lust.
As Lord of Lust, Brathelathor ruled Kelerak for nearly four hundred years. Her reign was not merely one of conquest, but of degradation. She did not simply command; she tempted, rewarded, compromised, humiliated, and hollowed out. Noble houses became dens of vanity and appetite. Merchants grew rich selling vice to the desperate. Soldiers forgot honor in favor of pleasure and privilege. The poor were exploited, the weak were consumed, and the strong were taught to love their own corruption. Under Brathelathor, lust meant more than desire of the flesh. It meant the hunger to possess, to dominate, to be adored, to be obeyed, to turn every other living soul into an object of appetite.
For all her cruelty, Brathelathor was not brave. She was arrogant, condescending, and deadly when her prey was helpless or deceived, but she lacked the iron courage of the greatest fiends. If seriously threatened, she would retreat, vanish, or flee into the Ethereal rather than face destruction. Her greatest weakness was also the source of her power: she could rarely resist her own appetites. Again and again, opportunities for subtle victory were imperiled by pride, cruelty, vanity, and the irresistible urge to corrupt what should merely have been conquered.
After the Liberation of Kelerak, Brathelathor was banished back to the Abyss, but exile did not break her ambition. Nine years later she returned to Farland, determined to reclaim the kingdom she had come to regard as her personal possession. To do so, she called in ancient favors from demons and promised still more in return, leaving herself deeply indebted to powers even she had cause to fear. She schemed with the Lord of Wrath, hoping to compel Sloth to send an army against Kelerak. When that failed, she turned to subtler methods, infiltrating the peerage of Dragonspur and plotting to murder King Naglor Osbern, assume his form, and take the kingdom from within.
This final design was undone by Valanduil and the Lords of the West. Refusing to allow Brathelathor another retreat into shadow, they pursued the demon from Farland back to her abyssal lair. There, in the castle from which she had once ruled her lesser dominion, the Lord of Lust was cornered and slain. So passed Brathelathor from the histories of Farland. Yet the death of a demon does not cleanse the wounds she leaves behind. The towers of Kelerak still remember her banners, the old noble houses still whisper her secrets, and in Dragonspur especially, the appetites she fed will trouble the city for generations to come.