Arzerae Iazaraesh

Arzerae Iazaraesh
Behind her curious eyes, like liquid sapphires, lies a mind clouded by delusion. While she believes herself to be a fair princess with blonde curls locked away in a tower, underneath her skin is a monster that feeds off of the suffering of sentient beings.

Childhood
Arzerae was raised on the Hive World of Monstrante among Mon’keigh and by Mon’keigh, given the name of Novianna. As the daughter of Lord Aramus Octavis, she was given a sheltered upbringing away from the common rabble. Servants would be sent up to wait on her, but none would last long—many would flee screaming after enduring her mischiefs and torments for but a day. After coming of age and leaving the nest, she took on a job under a branch of the Departmento Exacta, gaining a reputation as an efficient debt collector with a vicious streak.

Capture
One day, the Kabal of the Shadowed Eye razed Monstrante under the advice of the Haemonculus Kehnazoh Iazaraesh. Within mere hours, it was stripped of every soul and left a smouldering husk of its former glory. Rather than being thrown into the slave pits with the rest, she was brought straight to the Haemonculi’s lair...right alongside her father. When she laid eyes upon the fleshcrafter, she knew instinctively who they were to her. Dangling from the Haemonculus’ ear was a bone earring that matched her own—one that she was told belonged to her mother.

The Truth Revealed
It turned out that Lord Octavis had met the Kabal once before, as a noble of an entirely different planet. He had foolishly tried to parlay with his captors in Aeldari, but his mangling of the language only singled him out for special attention; he would be made to learn as he wished, but any mistakes would only intensify the torture. Much to the Haemonculi’s chagrin, he learned quickly, earning her grudging respect. As a reward, he was granted a singular wish—an heir to his House—in the worst way possible, then released onto Monstrante to raise the genetically-engineered abomination.

An Ultimatum
Kehnazoh Iazaraesh welcomed her daughter home and urged her to take on the “family business,” but Arzerae could not accept that her entire upbringing had been a lie. Naturally, she refused. The Haemunculus’s smile turned into a scowl of contempt as she declared her experiment a failure and ordered Arzerae cast away to the gladiator pits to die an ignoble death. Now, Arzerae seeks to claw her way back out to demand answers or meet the Emperor trying.