Eirene

**Eirene** is the countess of Stonegate. She is the mother of Lucy and ruler of the copycats in Koskaysil.

## Appearance

Eirene dresses in black heel boots, ripped dark pants, a dark cape worn behind her waist with a red frill draped over her right hip, a brown and black belly-bearing tunic, and a black bandanna she wears over her long, dark violet hair. She has elegantly designed daggers sheathed at her hips, a long black feline tail, and black furry cat ears sticking out atop her head. Her eyes are yellow with feline irises, and around her neck is a thin black choker.

## Personality

As the countess of Stonegate and ruler of copycats in Koskaysil, Eirene behaves in a fair and benevolent fashion with her subjects and those she offers protection for. She's very friendly and welcoming of those she meets, however can become quite intimidating and serious if need be (usually when reprimanding her mischievous daughter, Lucy). She believes that good can exist in anyone, man or monster, although it is rare to find in the world, and holds no prejudice to those that seek sanctuary in her city or require it.

She is, however, very pessimistic, in that she believes the vast majority of those in the world will never change their misguided ways and are all deserving of the title "monster". To her, the only way true peace can be obtained is to hide those in the world that seek such a life away from everyone, to protect them while living out their lives in secrecy while the rest of the world kills themselves over and over again.

## Her Hidden Sanctuary

Eirene's beliefs are perfectly demonstrated with the city she runs. Stonegate has a nefarious reputation of being incredibly dangerous to visit, even for deplorable demons or the mightiest of monster hunters. The copycats who live in the city disguise themselves to project a filthy and foreboding community of degenerates, all to ward away travelers from seeing what lies beneath their city. Hidden deep underground and concealed by a magical barrier created by the gargoyles who live on the mountain above, lies what is known as The Cellar; a subterranean sanctuary the size of an entire countryside that serves as home to monsters and humans alike. Monsters are free to show their hearts and benevolence to others without fear of being harassed or mocked by their sisters, while humans are free to express their fondness and even love for the different races without being labeled as blasphemers or hated by their peers. Humans and various monsters reside in The Cellar, free to live their lives together in peace without judgement or violence for their different beliefs.

Despite this being a perfect example of what Daniel Sorres is trying to show is possible in the world, Eirene has made it crystal clear she has no intention of joining Daniel's crusade or revealing their secret to outsiders. She believes doing so would only cause grave misfortune to befall them, with both human and monster races rejecting them outright and threatening to wipe them out for their controversial ideas. Eirene has also made it known that they take the secrecy of Stonegate and its sanctuary very seriously. Those who enter the city are sworn to secrecy, and are kept close watch on after they leave the city. Copycats are revealed to be stationed in human and other monster communities as spies, some of which being placed in positions of high power and influence, watching with a solemn eye the sight of never-ending bloodshed and prejudice lasting between the races, and also to make sure nobody attempts to spill their secret. Should anyone ever pose a threat to Stonegate's sanctuary, copycats and even gargoyles who could be hiding right next to them would intervene with lethal intent to silence them.

This proposes both a great challenge and reward for Daniel should he succeed with swaying Eirene into joining his cause. With copycats being stationed all over the region and in positions of great influence, winning over Eirene would in turn help win over many other races into joining his cause. However, Eirene has firmly stated that the only reason she ever wanted to meet Daniel was to invite him to live in The Cellar for his own protection, that him running around in the world preaching radical ideas is going to get him and his girls killed. To convince Eirene that true change can come from other races and that peaceful coexistence can be shared by all, Daniel will have some serious negotiating to do with this stubborn cat.

## Her Troubled Past

Eirene's past is brought up during S2. Act III. During which it's revealed that before she became the countess of Stonegate and ruler of the copycats in Koskaysil, she led a troubled life when she was young. In her early life she was poor and homeless, credited to her own horrible life choices she made along the way, and eventually found herself in a human city called Orchvoch. Having no other prospects and facing starvation, she found work at a risque saloon by disguising herself as human where she then became a "milkmaid", a blowjob whore who serviced male customers with her oral skills all day long. Although the pay was hardly worth it, by her own admission she only took the job for the "free food" that she obtained during her worktime.

One fateful day at the saloon she met her future mate, whose name is currently unknown, that was dragged there by his friends. Being seated before Eirene for her service, he instead became captivated by her just as she was with him. He declined her special service, and instead chose to court the copycat out of infatuation alone. Not long after they started seeing each other, Eirene revealed who and what she really was as she didn't want to lie to him, with the man choosing to stay with her still out of love. Soon after she received a simple choker around her neck, a symbol to copycats that she was in a committed relationship, and not too long after that she switched it out for a choker that had a lock and key, a symbol of being lovers and mates to copycats, with the husband keeping the key as is the custom. During their time together Eirene's life grew better, with she and her mate having a daughter and Eirene rising through the monster community to eventually become countess of Stonegate, all of which she credited to her husband.

However, some time before the start of the series, Eirene's husband died, lost to the world by reasons currently unknown. With him and the key gone, the choker around Eirene's neck had to be broken off her, something that broke her heart as she loved wearing it. To this day, she now wears a thin black choker because her neck feels lonely without one on it. Although she lost her mate that she loved dearly, she still holds him close in her thoughts, and remains thankful for all he did for her, and gave her with their daughter Lucy.