The Black Demeter is a Minion Spirit.
Overview[]
The Black Demeter was originally a powerful, ancient Incarna (demi-goddess). Millennia of neglect led to a great loss of power. To make things even worse, a small Cabal of Verbena summoned her to Earth shortly before the disaster that shredded the Gauntlet and left it with a new layer of Avatar shards. The Black Demeter's attempt to cross the Gauntlet was disrupted, and the Incarna shattered into eight weaker Avatars. The shattering broke her mind, leaving her an insane, pitiful remnant of what she once was. The Avatars are in permanent telepathic contact with each other, and they often become confused as to which Avatar see what.
The dissonance between her various locations has broken her mind even further. She exists now to attract worshippers who will do her bidding. She seeks to resolve the dissonance by making each of her locations as much alike as possible. One side effect of this desire is her ability to move objects from one of her havens to another [simply by expending five Power points]. If she translocates a living being, roll her Rage (difficulty equal to the target's Willpower). One success allows her to move the object or being to one of her other locations. Each additional success inflicts one level of unsoakable bashing damage.
Since she cannot Slumber to regain Power, she must regain it through sacrifice. She has her followers bring her humans so she can feed on their life force: Each human so sacrificed fully restores her Power pool (for that one Avatar).
Appearance[]
The Black Demeter's incarnations appear as Middle-Eastern women wearing simple, black robes. Her worshippers often provide her with an elevated chair where she sits and offers demented prophecies. Her Appear Charm is permanent - she's trapped in the Gauntlet, unable to move under her own power.
Stats[]
Willpower: 6
Rage: 7
Gnosis: 6
Power: 40
Charms: Airt Sense, Appear, Blighted Touch, Corruption, Deathly Fertility, Influence, Mind-Speech, Sacrifice, Translocation
References[]
- MTAs: Mage Storytellers Companion, p. 48-49