Persephone Brimstone

Persephone Brimstone is the Minister of Gluttony. She is in charge of operating the L.E.G.I.O.N. Helleporter on Devil's Night. She hides a painful and mysterious past that has only been shared with a few of her friends/fellow agents.
She is the alternate reincarnation of Emma/Chris Maddleton, leader of the Third Street Saints and President of the United States of America on Earth-76.
== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
Born in the early 1800s as Persephone Lamatre', she was the daughter of a housemaid and a sailor. Around the age of 5 she became an orphan living on the streets of Paris, desperately begging for food on the curb and stealing whatever could go in her belly. But her life changed for the best when she was fifteen years old. The Morningstar saw potential for a formidable warrior, so he took Persephone in and raised her as his own, giving her a new home and family in L.E.G.I.O.N. where she climbed the ranks and became the Minister of Gluttony at seventeen years old. She had a small crush on fellow minister Lucas Brimstone, who was a few years older than her, they developed a relationship and got married sometime later where she would soon after give birth to her daughter Caroline, named after her mother.
=== Saints Row (2018) ===
On Devil's Night, 2037, Persephone used the L.E.G.I.O.N. Helleporter to deploy mass numbers of troops as part of the global assault to cripple governments and armies. She enjoyed the feeling of power and the idea of ruling the world alongside her family.
One week after Devil's Night, Persephone and the other ministers had a secret meeting to discuss their true intentions. Persephone learned that the Morningstar didn't want to rule the world, instead, use the power of a large dark matter crystal to transform himself into a god killing off the last of the Zin Empire and destroying the multiverse in the process. Hesitantly, Persephone said that the Humans and the Zin would destroy each other in all out war. Persephone was then questioned by Marcus about her century long killing spree before the both of them were silenced by the Morningstar.
With the meeting over, Persephone was the last one in the room as she began to question her loyalty to the only family she ever knew or her change of heart. Persephone decided to thwart Doctor Babylon's plans by destroying his research and leaving in the L.E.G.I.O.N. Helleporter.
Persephone spent the next three months in hiding, travelling the world in the hijacked Helleporter. But when her husband destroyed her beloved hometown of Paris, she knew it was time to take a stand. She got in contact with Dane Vogel and they made arrangements for the establishment of an agency to fight for those who can't fight for themselves against LEGION's tyranny, establishing the M.A.Y.H.E.M. Initiative alongside Dane who provided financial support.
She chose the baddest and worst of people from all around the world, some even rejects of society. Persephone was told by Dane about a hotspot for recruits Shaundi, Carlos, Angel, Lin, Tobias, Pierce, Donnie and Killbane so she travelled to Stilwater, the city within Packard County to recruit Shaundi Wilson, Carlos Mendoza, Angel De LaMuerte, Tobias Carver, Pierce Washington, Donnie Tso and Killbane to her initiative. Their recruitment was successful as she convinced them to seek justice. Soon after followed the recruitment of Josh Birk, Chloe Carter, Marina Santos, Rod Stone and Janel Braddock. Soon after, Ishmael Funderburke, Asha Odekar, Matt Miller, Maddi Andrews, David Harlin and Cosima Bellini, so far the youngest recruit, was eager to join M.A.Y.H.E.M. For the first time in decades, Persephone had a soft side and didn't want the young girl to be put in danger by risking her own life. But Persephone decided to give the teenager a chance when she proved her worth through her knowledge of Zin technology.
=== Agents of Mayhem ===
In 2042, five years after the war against The Crimson in Stilwater. M.A.Y.H.E.M and the United Nations established a special military division-the Interdimensional Anomaly Bureau (I.A.B.), their specialty to investigate paranormal anomalies from other worlds/dimensions, since Conrad Packard and his mafia were not native to Earth-87469, believing that if Conrad, his gang and Shaundi could enter this world by paranormal means, many others could.
The United Nations also requested that M.A.Y.H.E.M. acts on under the full jurisdiction of the United Nations itself but Persephone declined, believing that M.A.Y.H.E.M. acts on it's own accord, however, the M.A.Y.H.E.M. Initiative was still given the full support of the United Nations to stop L.E.G.I.O.N. at all costs. The war between M.A.Y.H.E.M. and L.E.G.I.O.N. still rages on, Persephone and her friends now find themselves in Seoul, where they now seek to put an end to L.E.G.I.O.N.'s plans once and for all.
== Personality ==
As a child, Persephone was treated like any child would be by their parents. But when Persephone became an orphan, she saw the world for what it really was: cold and cruel. Often ignored by higher class citizens and called all sorts of derogatory names such as "pig", "orphan bastard" and "street rat". Her communication with other people became terrible and she became a shy, young girl. But after being a member of L.E.G.I.O.N. for several years, the young girl she once used to be was no more, she was naïve enough to believe anything the Morningstar told her, the promise of reuniting Persephone with her family when LEGION's work is done. Her desperation, loneliness and fear only led to hatred because of how she was treated as an orphan and she was eventually consumed by it, taking out all her anger on innocent people when taking over villages and towns, the power filled that hole inside her heart, but in a negative way.
From there her arrogance and greed only became worse. Doing and believing everything the Morningstar told her under desperation, she became a ruthless murderer by invading and seizing control of countless towns throughout France and killing innocents with little to no mercy to secure LEGION's control and power over the weak. As Persephone got older, her greed and anger only grew, even to the point of perverting her own nature to become more powerful. Despite going out of her way to seek more power and control, the Morningstar approved and convinced her to give in to her greed, hatred and gluttony.
Overall, Persephone has a strong hatred towards people, excluding her family. Upon establishing the M.A.Y.H.E.M. Initiative, she became more open-minded and open-hearted to other people, letting others into her life. Being a mother herself, Persephone has a soft side for Chloe's daughter Chelsea. As she spends more time with her new friends, she begins to open her heart and grows a soft side for those she really cares about. However, she is still insecure enough to deny sharing her tragic past with some of her new friends.
At certain points, she displays certain traits from her Earth-76 counterpart. The most notable ones including her extreme desire for violence and death, a trait she showed greatly when she was 16 years old. Another trait she displayed was high levels of arrogance, in which she set herself on a single goal and completely disregarded how it affected her friends and other people around her. It eventually almost drove her mad as her memories from the current timeline and original timeline (Earth-76) merged, which made Shaundi, Killbane, Tobias and more uncomfortable around her.
== Appearance ==
Persephone has the same appearance in both games. She has long, jet black, brunette hair and is once seen wearing her Ministry of Gluttony robes. But she is mostly seen wearing her long, black slit dress with long, black gloves to cover strange markings that are all over her arms. These markings are ethereal/paranormal in appearance and light up red with dark matter energy like her eyes when she uses her powers.
Like the other L.E.G.I.O.N. ministers, red dark matter energy can be seen pulsating throughout her entire body from time to time. While the dark matter pulsating through her body does nothing, it is a display of her power and rank amongst the L.E.G.I.O.N. hierarchy.
Like all other ministers, Persephone demonstrates peak health and while appearing to be in her mid 40s to early 50s, she is actually almost 200 years old because of her elongated life span from the dark matter inside her body. However, she is the youngest out of all the ministers. Persephone also has small cybernetic brackets fitted to her stomach and chest area. Two are just above her waist with two more just below her collarbone and a small, long triangle shaped centerpiece approximately 3cm above her breasts. However, these cybernetics are covered by her dress and gloves she wears.
== Powers and Abilities ==
Special Ability -
Mayhem Ability -
Swordsmanship -Persephone is highly skilled when it comes to the use of her sword.
Telekinesis -Persephone is capable of lifting light to medium sized objects and moving or throwing them in any direction she wants.
Superhuman Strength -A minister's primary ability is super strength. Despite her small, thin build, Persephone's outstanding strength outright exceeds that of a standard human, even the highly evolved humans of Earth-87469. She is capable of lifting medium sized vehicles and taking on larger enemies such as Killbane.
Levitation -Persephone can hover in mid air and move around in any direction she wants.
Teleportation -Persephone is also capable of teleporting short distances.
Superhuman Speed -Persephone is also faster than the average human in terms of running speed and agility/reflexes. Able to avoid most attacks such as bullets and punches. She is also capable of moving around in small dashes of superhuman speed. She often uses this ability to confuse her enemies before closing in on them.
Durability -Persephone has shown high signs of durability during battle. She is able to withstand even the most severe of injuries and keep fighting. She can survive a full clip to the chest, arms, legs and head without showing signs of growing weaker, at least after a certain amount of time. It is unclear how much damage she can actually take until she becomes overwhelmed and/or grows weaker.
Endurance -Persephone's endurance allows her to maintain highly active routines such as fighting or running without tiring out over long periods of time.
Elongated Lifespan -Persephone is almost 200 years old. It is unclear if the dark matter makes her immortal or invincible to anything or just allows her to age much slower than a normal human.
Healing Factor -Persephone has a mostly rapid healing factor that allows her to recover from certain injuries such as knife and bullet wounds and physical damage such as broken bones through hand to hand combat within a matter of hours. The severity of the injury determines how long it takes for Persephone to fully recover.
== Trivia ==
-The dark matter energy pulsating throughout Persephone's entire body is a trait similarly shared with a Revenant from Mortal Kombat 11.
-Due to her immensely superior powers, Persephone is one of the most powerful playable characters in the game.
-Persephone is rumored to be a reincarnation of The Boss of Earth-076, due to the choice of purple and the redesigned Fleur De Lis symbol as the M.A.Y.H.E.M. Initiative logo.
-While the other LEGION ministers are from Earth-076, Persephone is the only one from an alternate timeline and is also the youngest, being just over 200 years old