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Empusa Reborn

Incubation Time:

Estimated incubation period: 3 days and 3 nights of undeath to fully re-form. Empusae form when cursed witches die in betrayal—burned, drowned, or betrayed by lovers. They claw back into the world during a lunar eclipse.

Monster Type:

Demon

Alignment:

Evil

Ingredients

  • 1 cursed bridal veil

  • A drop of virgin blood

  • 2 stolen names

  • One gold-plated leg (kept hidden under flowing garments)

  • A hairpin from Hecate’s temple

Preparation

Habitat:

Dwells in ruins, crossroads, or lavish manors that shouldn’t exist on any map.



Diet:

Blood


Appearance:

Shape-shifter, often appears as a beautiful woman with glowing red eyes. When enraged or exposed, reveals a demonic form: elongated limbs, one brass leg, serpentine fangs.



Behavioral Notes:

  • Seduces, then drains victims of life force and identity.

  • May mimic voices of loved ones to lure prey.

  • Servant of Hecate, seductress, and devourer of blood

Warnings:

Never follow a stranger who calls you by a name you’ve never told them.

She cannot cross running water unless it’s dyed red.

If she ever sings your mother’s lullaby—run.

Story Sparks

Appears to a jilted prince, offering revenge in exchange for his name.

Resurfaces in a modern city nightclub where her victims vanish unnoticed.

Claims to be the long-lost wife of a powerful sorcerer—he’s not thrilled.

A cursed village births one every full moon, and no one knows why.

Falls in love with a human who’s immune to her powers—and now she doesn’t know whether to kill them or save them.

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