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Noxus. She was once the mistress of a powerful noble house, until the bite of a vile spider-god transformed her into something utterly inhuman, yet still beautiful—an arachnoid creature, drawing unsuspecting prey into her web. Elise now feeds upon the naive and the faithless, and there are few who can resist her seductions.
![]() | "Beauty is power too, and can strike swifter than any sword." — Elise |
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Background[]
Early years[]
Elise was born centuries in Noxus into the Kythera house, one of the oldest and most powerful families in the empire. She was well known for her extraordinary beauty, as many nobles tried to ask for her hand in marriage. However, despite her beauty, Elise was a proud and ambitious woman, as she only wanted to expand her influence and wealth further. This being the reason why she wanted to marry Bertholdt Zaavan whose house was more powerful than hers, this marriage was not convenient for them because it would be the Kythera family that would have more privileges at their expense, but Elise managed to seduce Bertholdt and in the end he agreed to marry her.
Unbeknownst to her, the political marriage had been in the works for years. Dark forces operating from the shadows pulled the strings of the empire, and Berholdt was merely a pawn in a much more elaborate game. Yet no one expected Elise to end up completely subduing him. Although her husband was the public face of his house, it was clear who really held the power. As time went on, his resentment grew.
One evening, during dinner, amid his usual cold atmosphere, he revealed to his wife that he had poisoned the wine and demanded that she step away from the social sphere to allow him to take back the reins of power. Knowing that he would carry the antidote with him, Elise began to play the role of the repentant wife: she cried and begged her husband to forgive her. When she seemed to have convinced him, she quickly grabbed a knife from the table and pierced his heart with it.
Even though the antidote worked, Elise was bedridden for weeks. Then... the pale woman appeared.
Appearance[]
Elise is described as a woman of striking beauty. Her human appearance is charming and seductive, designed to attract her victims. She has sharp, defined facial features, dark eyes, and short, dark, slicked-back hair with a distinctive scarlet red sweep along the middle. She usually wears a black cape with scarlet red details, cinched with a cross-like brooch that resembles fangs. Beneath this facade however, she is a monstrous spider-hybrid.
In her spider form, Elise turns to crawl and develops multiple limbs that emerge from her back, maintaining her size but discarding all human proportions. Her skin transforms into a dark, furry, bloated mass with vivid patterns as predator coloration. Although she can fully transform into a spider, she also has an intermediate state in which she maintains a human face, torso and posture, but she assumes quasi-arachnoid characteristics, such as her extremities terminating in pointed edges and additional segmented limbs.
Personality[]
Elise is manipulative, cunning and cruel; from a young age, she discovered how to use her beauty to influence others. After her transformation, her abilities to seduce and deceive improved drastically. She often uses charm and the promise of power or ecstasy to lure her victims into her deadly web, enjoying the control she exercises over them. Although she is completely devoted to Black Rose to ensure a constant supply of victims. Despite her monstrous coldness, her human desires—a need for power and eternal youth—motivate her actions.
, Elise is pragmatic, and she uses her alliance with theAbilities[]
- Magically Altered Physiology: After Elise was bitten by Vilemaw, she was turned into a terrible spider hybrid with several strange, mystical powers.
- Immortality: By taking the Vilemaw's poison from time to time, Elise managed to live for centuries, without any major aging.
- Spider Transformation: Elise can shift from a human form to that of a monstrous giant spider form. She also can stay in a in between form.
- Multiple Limbs: Elise has multiple extra limbs coming from her back. Those spider legs can be used as an extra arms or weapon against foes.
- Wall Crawling: With her spider limbs, Elise can crawl on vertical surfaces.
- Poison Secretion: Elise can naturally create a powerful neurotoxin that can be used to kill her foes in battle.
- Web Making: Elise can produce webs to ensnare her foes.
- Parthenogenesis: Elise has several spiderlings that she can produce and will, without the help of other being.
Relations[]
Black Rose[]
Elise is a member of the Black Rose that resides in Noxus for the most part.
Shadow Isles and gives her acolytes to offer to Vilemaw.
tasks her with bearing magical artifacts for her fromVilemaw[]
She worships Vilemaw and its poison provides her with eternal youth in exchange for the acolytes as preys.
Spiderlings[]
She has multiple spiderlings living with her in the ruin of House Zaavan's halls.
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Trivia[]
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Change log[]
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21 Sep 2020 (During V10.19) | Added. |
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