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Rooie |
A bastard of this particular kind is closer to a demon then a normal woman because of the special abilities she has inherited from the father. And should give life to a girl after mating with a holy man too, then that girl would become even more important. For this reason, Rooie was held in captivity in the castle of the Hailagmannuz, just to produce offspring. Her master was Kzyl-Orda. She already had a boy from him and was just pregnant from a second baby when she managed to escape the horror castle, taking with her her son and a very important holy manuscript.
She sought refuge in a little church and confessed to father Maximillien the terrible things she had been forced to do and at the same time, told about her knowledge of devilish creatures on earth. Maximillien understood he was listening to a devil or at least to a woman carrying a devil inside her. So he alerted the inquisition and within month they had formed a party and they burned her.
By that time her new baby had already been born. She was named Marie. Just before the inquisition burnt Rooie, her son had escaped, taking with him his baby sister.
But burning is not enough to kill a devil, not even when that devil is half human. She had many skills, like being able to transform or project a physical image of her old self.
Rooie had not chosen for this life of being half demon, half woman and not being able to ever die, to rest. One day she learned that her son, who thought his mother was dead and had become a devil himself seeking revenge, had been killed by a knight called Guillaume van Beaubreuil. Being able to kill a devil meant that this man had a very special weapon. And Rooie needed that weapon to die herself. She took her old form and lured this knight to the tower where she spent her long and lonely days. There she begged him to finish her and leave her burnt body.
Dutch edition De Tranen van de Duivel, © Uitgeverij Farao-Talent 2002
Artwork taken from volume 1, Marie and volume 2, De Rooie (La roussotte)
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