Lia Tammaas, Eater of Tongues is a Tempter Demon from Infernalism: The Path of Screams (Before the Demon: The Fallen Game Setting).
Overview[]
A minor spirit of deceit, this djinniya quite literally speaks with a poisoned tongue. In the guise of a beautiful houri or beggar-girl, she seduces greedy or unfaithful men; sometimes she leads them to secret riches, or lets them into great and sacred archives; on other occasions, she simply charms them into carnal frenzies. Whatever service she performs, Lila demands a single kiss, deep and sensual.
While it lasts, it's wonderful.
Suddenly the woman bites down and rips the man's tongue from his mouth. As he recoils, she grasps her own tongue, tears it from her mouth, and stuffs it into her victim's face. The djinniya's tongue binds in place instantly, and from that day forward he cannot speak without uttering great lies or horrible truths. As for Lila, she disappears with the man's old tongue; according to The Second Key to Ablamerch, the demoness has a hall in the Pit of Dusts where the walls are decorated with the tongues of her old conquests. Sometimes they sing to her, or scream lullabies in unison. Occasionally, she takes them down, dries them in the heat outside, grinds them into powder and mixes them into love-potions and liar's brews.
Like all djinn, Lila arose from smokeless fire. Capricious and fierce, she was driven from the sight of men by Solomon, and might have been captured by that magus if not for the treachery of three soldiers. who betrayed their master for Lila's sake. She rewarded them well in her new home; while most of her lovers leave trophies on her walls, the three betrayers became immortals. Centuries later, it is said, they guard her hall in the Pit of Dust. Their only doom is boredom - if they leave the hell, they'll crumble into sand.
As for the men whose tongues are lost to Lila, they become exiles of a different sort. Everything they say becomes an insult, a vicious lie, or a prophecy of doom (Flaw: Bitter Tongue). In game terms, the spirit isolates her intended victim, then seduces him into kissing her (with a mystic Charm if need be). When he agrees, she tears out his tongues and replaces it; a successful Rage roll (difficulty 5) with three successes or more accomplishes the deed. If she succeeds with less than three successes, the temptress rips out his tongue but cannot replace it; if she rails or botches, the victim gets away with his tongue intact. Lila cannot rip the tongue from an unwilling victim - he must kiss the djinniya of his own volition (charmed or otherwise). If forced to fight (which she is loath to do), Lila uses her other magical Charms, or simply disappears in a cloud of acrid smoke.
Even when she isn't tearing out tongues, Lila is mischievous and perverse. She loves to curse, pit partners against one another, set heads of state at odds, and taunt children with her filthy jests. In most guises, she appears as a dark-skinned Arab woman with breathtaking good looks; when revealed in her demonic form, her skin turns ash black and her eyes burn like tiny hells. Her voice, in either guise, is sweet and clear, which makes her coarse suggestions that much more disturbing.
Stats[]
Willpower: 8; Rage: 6; Gnosis: 8; Power: 100
Charms: Airt Sense, Armor, Blighted Touch, Corruption, Create Winds, Element Sense (fire), Materialize, Meld (fire), Soul Reading, Tongue of Lies (costs 3 Power)
Materialized Attributes: Strength 6, Dexterity 6, Stamina 6
Abilities: Alertness 5, Awareness 5, Brawl 4, Empathy 5, Intimidation 5, Seduction 8, Subterfuge 8, Etiquette 4, Melee 3, Stealth 2, Academics 3, Culture (Arabian) 4, Metaphysics (all) 3, Occult 4
References[]
- MTSC: Infernalism: The Path of Screams, p. 116-117