Tainted Eve
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| Creator: | David 2/BattlerockX |
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| First Appearance: | "Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight" #18 |
| Game: | City of Heroes |
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| Real Name: | Eve |
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Tainted Eve is a fallen angel and villain. She is the leader of the villain group known as The Libra Order.
Character History
Celestial Being
Eve was once one of the favorite celestial angels, so patterned after the original "Eve". She served the Celestial Hosts faithfully and without question in a variety of duties, from Warhost to Guardian Angel. But in the course of her duties as a Guardian Angel, she was assigned to watch over a troubled woman who killed her own infant in a fit of madness.
Weakened by grief, she was seduced and corrupted by a demon known as Balthas the Corrupter. This demon carried a special book of dark magic that allowed him to mask his true presence from all cosmic forces. Little did anyone realize that Balthas fell in love with Eve, and that their love would eventually bring about cosmic condemnation and his own obliteration. He did, however, manage to pass the book on to Eve.
For her part, Eve was found guilty of corruption and given the choice of condemnation. She chose mortality, knowing that doing so would make her a target by everyone. But by this time she had access to the book and began to learn its secrets and how to use the dark magics to her advantage.
She arrived on Mercy Island as a mortal with wings, a continual reminder of her status as a condemned angel. Soon afterward, she was recruited by the mysterious cosmic being known only as Libra, who explained that he was the one who gave the book to Balthas and that he would continue to serve as Eve's benefactor as long as she fulfills certain tasks on his behalf, including the creation of the supervillain group known as The Libra Order, to bring balance to the Rogue Isles.
Libra Order
As the leader of the Libra Order, Eve would serve as the chief recruiter for members, often following the direction by her patron and selecting members deeemd by Libra of having "unique value". She also made unusual arrangements, such as one with members of the Guardians of the Dawn to "borrow" the identities of certain Order members.
Some speculate that Eve wasn't as much of a leader in those early years as she was a physical surrogate for Libra.
Post-AFTERMATH
Following the destruction of Galaxy City, Eve said that she lost all connection to Libra. Being forced to function without the guidance of her patron, Eve built up a network of operatives that could provide various mercenary services.
Recently Eve orchestrated the attack on Galatea Powers by GodKiller at the behest of Ms. Maple.
Powers and Abilities
Tainted Eve is classified as a Mastermind archetype with magic origins.
Her primary ability is Necromancy. Using the powerful magic at her command, she can summon various undead monsters that would do her bidding.
Her secondary ability is Dark Miasma. She can tap into mystical forces to drain her enemies of their strength or to steal their life force for her own purposes. She can even use it to cloak herself from detection.
As a fallen angel, she can also fly.
She can also utlize mystic spells to conceal her celetial appearance, especially against detection by other celestial beings such as Tired Angel.
Other References
Although not seen, Tainted Eve was mentioned by UltraaLady in Issue #17 of the "Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight" series. She later appeared in Issues 18 through 21 as a guide for Daybright during the "Time and Changes" storyline.
