Pwet Terse

Pwet Terse was one of the necromancers who formed The Tearful Three, along with Nog the Furbious and Trooth the Dint. They signed a trifecta contract establishing equality among them and determined to create an "empire of horrifying tyranny".Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 3, p.11-13 The Tearful Three settled into a derelict fortress near Earbeford to begin founding their empire.
She was more than forty years of age, despite holding the conviction that she was just shy of twenty.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 2, p.9-11 Her clothes were oversized and ill-fitting as whatever curves she had borne in her youth had melted away in favour of the scarecrow figure she now possessed. Her strangely motionless black hair was set in a wild and filthy, helm-headed coif atop a head that wobbled on a scrawny neck. Her gaunt face maintained a beatific expression and she lined her luminous eyes in kohl, painted her cheeks the colour of overripe peaches, and glistened her lips with dark purple berry-juice. She wore black robes of silk and spiked heels.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 1, p.6Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 2, p.11
Pwet Terse was known for her bizarre style of dance, which involved frenetic leaping and pirouetting atop the bodies of her prostrate undead slaves while flapping her arms. She called it the Dance on the Dead. Of the three necromancers, she was the only one who possessed any talent for the healing arts.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 8, p.40 
Jubbly Abercrass served as her manservant and thought her a sociopath who was at least easier on the eyes than her fellow necromancers. Nog the Furbious thought her a raving lunatic.
==In Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords==
The Tearful Three first set their sights on conquering Earbeford, the wealthy town that sat below their keep. When the town leaders refused to recognise the Three as their lieges, the necromancers set about raising an army of undead to annihilate them. Pwet Terse ordered Abercrass to arrange a selection of the undead in the keep's throne room so that she could perform her Dance on the Dead. During the dance one of her heels became lodged in an undead man's eye-socket and she fell, hitting her face on a bony knee and biting off the tip of her tongue.
The injury became infected and her tongue swelled to twice its normal size. Neither of the other two necromancers were able to provide her any assistance with healing and she soon developed a case of tetanus that left her body rigid and paralyzed. Her limbs stiffened, her jaw locked tight, her eyes stared straight ahead, and sweat beaded on her brow and dripped from her hair. Trooth and Nog leaned her body against her throne, leaving her to stare at the ceiling.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 19, p.77
By the time the Tearful Three's army was ready to attack, the Earbeford town council had hired the famed necromancers, Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, for their own defense. Nog the Furbious and Trooth the Dint were shaken to see Bauchelain march towards the keep as the undead army parted at the sight of his flaming longsword. A fearful Nog rolled Pwet Terse's petrified body down the hill to lay at Bauchelain's feet, hoping to sacrifice her in his place. But Bauchelain stepped over Pwet's body and continued his advance. Soon both Nog and Trooth were slain.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 25, p.88-89Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 27, p.91-92 
==Trivia==
Judging by author Steven Erikson's own cover mock up for Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Pwet Terse is based on British Prime Minister Theresa May. Several videos of her unusual attempts to dance went viral during her term of service.
==Notes and references==
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