The Mistress of All Stages
From Changeling Venue
Quote: “Places people, these folks came to see the show of a lifetime. Now let's give them they came for…”
Description: Within the Swirling chaos that is Arcadia, there is a Strange theater that could make the grandest of Opera houses on earth seem like peep show booths. Within this theater are performed all of the most amazing plays and Operas anyone could ever hope to try and fathom. Performing these grand productions are a troupe of Changeling actors led by their Keeper, The Mistress of All Stages. The Mistress' only passion is the theater and all of its finery. She Commands the Audience with compelling epics, mournful tragedies, delightful comedies, heartfelt romances, and chilling horrors. All performances and plays are rumored to have their start on the Mistresses stage, this is furthered by the fact that many of her former captives have went on to become prominent play writes and actors. In the Mistresses eyes though, all changelings serve the theater in some form. She Always is ready to put her changeling cast to their peak in order to create the best performance ever, each night holding a new one better then the last. However the punishment as to what might happen if a changeling forgets a single line or misses a beat is unthinkable. The Mistress demands perfection, and that's always what her audiences recieve. The Mistress of All Stages believes herself to be the true gem of all theatrics. Her form is mutable depending on the role she's portraying at the moment, usually taking the form of a 1920's Flapper girl though. She has a great mixture of both Admiration and hatred toward those humans she sees as equal actors and actresses and will take those she sees fit to perform Endlessly with her on the Stage that makes her dominion. If she believes one to be perhaps an even better star than she is, she'll assign them with the most complex of roles out of spite and during the rare times they aren't performing, locks them away under the stage until the next performance. All those in Faerie travel far and wide just to see the Mistress perform the lead with her captives as the other roles. Beware her sweet promises, she'll always want more than you can give in return.
The only one to have been in her eyes, a Worthy Actress, is her Creation Dahlia Mask. She still hunts Dahlia to this very day.
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Concept
Abusive Acting coach, Vain Actress, Evil Queen, Carnival Ringmaster.
The Mistress and her Forms
Though her most favored form is that of a Flapper girl, the Mistress has been known to take the form of anything she wishes to act as for the moment. It is rumored however that her real form is the stage itself an all aspects of it are her as well. This fact is highly possible since many of her Captives often claim of seeing when the Mistress isn't around that they've seen an abnormally tall woman with a face like a venetian carnival mask, hands like stage lights, sandbags for shouldering on an elaborate ballroom gown made of red velvet stage curtains and goldn silk tassles for lining, sleeves made of long winding scripts, and an elaborate hairstyle reminiscent of the Fench noble woman hairstyle with several long-stemmed red roses adorning it. This may be the strangest form associated with the Mistress but no one knows for sure if it really is her or just a figment of the stage.
All the stage hands
The Mistress, being a creature of theatrics, is most likely to have changeling that would be useful in her theatrical endeavors. Her Actors usually end up becoming Artist Wizened, Mirrorskin Darklings, or Muse and Dancer Fairests. Some are used as Props and lighting becoming Manikin and Fireheart Elementals or Bright-one Fairests. Those that are used as Ushers may become Châtelaine Wizened, Skitterskulk beasts, Tunnelgrub Darklings, or even myriad types of Ogres. Still one never knows what Changeling may result from the Mistresses twisted Theater.
Inspirations
- Dr. Frank-n-Furter (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
- The Black Queen (Mirrormask)
- Wanda and Barbie (The Sandman: A Game of You)
- Desire (The Sandman)
- Queen Silarial (Ironside)
- Roger De Bris (The Producers)
- Matron "Mama" Morton (Chicago)
- Vykos (Vampire: the Masquerade)
- Hexadecimal (Reboot)
- Angelique (Hellraiser: Bloodlines)
- Clayface (Batman)
- Any Major role in a play that was ever performed exquisitely
Soundtrack
- Carnival of Rust- Poets of the Fall
- Nemesis- Cradle of Filth
- The Dope Show- Marilyn Manson
- I put a spell on you- Screaming Jay Hawkins
- When You're good to Mama- Queen Latifah
- A little piece of Heaven- Avenged Sevenfold
- Sweet Dreams- Eurythmics
- Bring on the Men- Linda Eder
- Razzle Dazzle- Chicago soundtrack
- Dream a little Dream of me- Mama Cass
- Voodoo Child- Rogue Traders
- Cell Block Tango- Chicago soundtrack
- Rose Tints my World/Don't Dream it, be it/ Wild untamed thing- The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack
- Protege Moi- Placebo
- Little Black Dress- Shock Treatment soundtrack
- Gimme- Alice Cooper
- Mandy Goes to Med School- The Dresden Dolls
- Coraline- Rasputina
- Pink Floyd's Darkside of the Moon Albumn
Escapees
- Dahlia Mask
- Rebus
- Rebecca Tulane
- Lilium (traded or sold, not escaped)
Rumors
- They say she watched the performance of life for far to long, that she became enamored with it and forgot how to get back home. That's why she hunts down her Actors, so that they might help her get back to the stage.
- She had planned the Red Nettle Revolt to happen, She was the one secretly working behind the backs of the other Gentry to see a truly magnificent play unfold.
If this Keeper suits your character, please contact Aaron Avecilla.
