Maddarrah

Maddarrah of the Heru, also known as the Bloody-Eyed Lady, appears to be a female from the waist up. Her eyes resemble pools of blood. Her dress--if it is a dress--is red and white, resembling nothing else so much as a Rorschach inkblot that won't stay still. The skirt area seems to shift and move unnaturally, implying something less like legs and more like a writhing mass of tentacles beneath it. Like all Heru, her appearance is subject to change.

She is responsible for the beginnings of Rethven, mostly because she organized several other Heru to participate in a game. This helped persuade Rendu the Artificer to build the world for their amusement. While the other Heru created races of creatures to compete in this world-sized arena, Madarrah chose instead to enter a race of creatures she had discovered. She introduced humans to the world of Rethven, passing them off as her creations until Rendu discovered her deception. Rendu, as creator of the world, accepted them as her entry in the game, but cautioned her that she was therefore responsible for them even though she did not actually create them.

Maddarrah is also responsible for building the Great Arch es, around with Zirafel and Tamaril were built. It is not yet clear if this was a personal project of her own, or if it was a move in the game of the Heru, or if it was some form of cheating on her part.