Red Haleg (Trolls of Troy)

Red Haleg, The Sorceress was a self-proclaimed scientist from the planet Troy, a world of magic. She appears in Trolls of Troy Issue 5 - The Sorceress's Evil Spells. 
== Background ==
Red Haleg was a red-haired woman who lived in the city of Eckmül, where the sages of the Conservatory use their gifts to broadcast magic across the world. Red Haleg was a scientist, however her work was shunned and was persecuted for her ideas, forcing her to work in secret. Beside her laboratory, she operated the Rusty Haleg, a tavern in the city where she met with Venerable Rysta Fuqatou in "secret" as the head of the Conservatory could not be seen affiliated with Red Haleg since science was considered a dubious field in comparison to magic practiced by the people of Troy.
Regardless Venerable Rysta needed Red Haleg's help, as she had a man under her employ with a magic gift that allowed him to fused other creatures together to create new forms of life which she further enhanced and refined with her scientific skills. Among her creations was a hybrid corn species that made it resistant to cold and insects that could be cultivated. However Red Haleg's standards of what was important, such as it being edible, were nonexistent and only cared for the results not the effects of her work. Red Haleg wanted funding for her experiments and offered Venerable Rysta to cross-breed a creature with the intelligence of a human and strength of a buffalo to solve Eckmül's labor shortage. The idea was enticing to the sage as he was met with set backs trying to use troll slave labor and agreed to finance her work unless she gave him what he wanted. Red Haleg promised to show him "results" at her laboratory in a forgotten corner of the forest near Klostope in a month's time.
Red Haleg then returned to her laboratory on a dragtaur, a creature she created combining a dragon and a petaur. There she met with one of her hunchback henchmen Igorrr and left him to attend to her mount. Inside the laboratory she found Igorrr's brother Grishka and found evidence that the other man was using his magic to create new creatures. Said creatures apparently began to run amok to the neighboring villages, devouring them. The monsters were regarded as demons by the frighten peasants who attributed to them being the spawn of The Sorceress. The peasants attempted to escape the area en-masse, but the trolls who preyed upon the villagers found them to be escaping, which displeased them as the humans were their source of food. They trolls led by Tetram, his human adoptive daughter Waha and her half-troll lover Profy then ordered the humans to return back to their village, promising to sort the matter with the monsters, under the threat of eating and killing the villagers.
While Waha let her father and Profy get to the bottom of the situation, she went with her adoptive younger brother Gnondpom to return to their village. They were attacked by Red Haleg's goons who were seeking new specimens to experiment on. Upon seeing Waha the duo caught her in a net and knocked her out and chasing away Gnondpom.
Waha was taken to Red Haleg's laboratory and caged where the Sorceress revealed her intent to use the human girl in a ambitious experiment to create a human-animal hybrid. It was her aim to show the world of the power of science and replace the ruling sages of Eckmül. Red Haleg then proceed to put Waha in a tank of water that contained a large fish and had Grishka used his ability to fuse them together, turning Waha into a siren. After the fusion, Red Haleg took a sample of Waha's blood to duplicate Waha and create even more sirens. She later had her men throw Waha down into the underground lake.
Venerable Rysta arrived soon after, expecting to see his buffalo-men, but Red Halege instead tried to impress him with her other experiments such as biological sticky pads, vacuum cleaners, etc. However this was not what Venerable Rysta was promised and threaten to leave, until Red Haleg revealed to him her latest work, a creature that could ne capable of working in the shipyards of the drydocks of Eckmül. She offered to have regular humans breed with her sirens to produce such a race. 
Red Haleg brought Rysta to a submersible at the underground lake, there when taken underwater Rysta saw the human turned siren. However their observation was disturbed when one of Wah's tribemates Roken came splashing into the lake. Waha came to his aid and brought him on land where Red Haleg and Grishka were waiting to capture him. Grishka though used his magic to fuse the troll into a creature, which infuriated his mistress as she wanted the troll intact for her experiments.
When all seemed well, especially after Rysta saw the embryos of the new sirens born from Waha's blood. Tetram and Profy came out and attacked them. Red Haleg prioritizing her own life ran away, leaving Rysta and her henchmen to the trolls. Grishka attempted to fuse the trolls together, but his magic missed and hit Rysta who was thrown out the window. Rysta was fused with a bird turning him into an avian hybrid, whilst Grishka got stuck with his brother Igorrr, turning them into a shapeless hulk of meat.
Red Haleg was easily caught by Profy and placed in an empty cage whilst he and Tetram helped Waha get out of the water. Tetram was in despair of what happened to his daughter, but Waha using her own magic power, random abilities managed to return to normal.
As for Red Haleg, the woman was last seen tied to a stake in the troll village. Waha's adoptive mother Puitepee informed Red Haleg was being prepared for dinner for guests and promised to use her best recipe on the human, which the Sorceress responded sarcastically to being wonderful.
Category:2000s
Category:Ambitious
Category:Bondage Used On Villainess
Category:Boss
Category:Comic Book Villainess
Category:Neutral Evil
Category:Offscreen Death
Category:Redhead
Category:Scientist
Category:Demise: Eaten Alive
Category:Fate: Deceased