Elspeth Salentine

## Characteristics

* **Name**: Elspeth Salentine
* **Species**: Mucus Toad Demon (formerly Human)
* **Aliases/Titles**: Princess of Salentine (former), The Beautiful Bottomless Pit, the Swamp Princess, Krench’s Avatar, Elspy (Dante’s nickname for her)
* **Adventurer Class**: Tank
* **Age**: 17
* **Hair**: Strawberry Blonde (Swamp Green in Demon Form)
* **Eyes**: Blue (Yellow in Demon Form)
* **Likes**: Swimming, baths (anything to do with water really), seafood, the finer things in life, eating all she wants and not gaining fat, Gnaar (best friend), Dante (friend/lover)
* **Dislikes**: Her appetite, her tongue tangled up, her mucus getting all over the place after a hot night, eating people, Krench (vows to kill him)
* **Family**: Unknown (dead)

## Background

Princess Elspeth was born in the kingdom of the swamps known as Salentine. Her mother had passed away and had no siblings, making her an only child. Though she still had her father, aunt, uncle, and cousins, she felt that she was better than them as she was next in line for the throne. While her father was a kind and gentle soul, who treated his subjects well. Though Salentine, raised as a spoiled child, was selfish and unkind, who held her nose high and didn’t give a bother about the citizens. She didn’t exactly treat the servants with kindness; any little thing out of place, or a split end in her hair, she threatened to punish them. Though her father couldn’t see that in her at all; as he saw only the little girl that seemed so innocent as a child.

Though there was a ray of sunshine to her; apparently, she was kind to the spirit creatures known as the Yorde: a race of small furry like fairy creatures that lived in the forests and jungles of Mid-Gaia. And she had made a permanent friendship with her new Yorde companion, Gnaar. The two were known for eating together; though Elspeth ate so little, Gnaar ate a whole lot. She even had him as her cuddle buddy in bed, even when she was little.

But the days of this spoiled child would come back to haunt her. As her spoiled nature and sharp tongue… would collide with a voracious force of the swamps.

When she was sixteen, adventurers had traveled to the kingdom on a request the king had made. And with them, they carried in chains and a cage, Krench: the Demon Swamp King. Known by other thanes, the demon traveled the waterways of Europa, feeding his insatiable appetite with the misery of others. Though he appeared singularly charming and proud, he swaggered through the physical realm like a vagabond in search of unsuspecting prey. Stories told his lashing tongue could stun even a heavily armored warrior from a dozen paces, and to fall into his rumbling stomach was to tumble into an abyss from which there was little hope of return.

That night, the people were celebrating and cheering on the demon finally being caught. Children threw food and such, rotten of course, at him with humiliation as his head and hands were locked in stocks. That night, he was locked in the dungeon afterwards, where Elspeth taunted the Swamp King Demon. But the Demon smirked, as he taunted her with insults, saying that underneath her glamour and beauty, she was much a monster as he was; she just had the luxury of hiding it better than anyone else. This angered the princess as she strewnly shot back at him even more insults, but his only seemed to tear at her further. Until finally, she opened the cage door, walked in, and slapped the big toad-like demon. She threw in the biggest insult at him, stating he was nothing but a lowly demon who had no place in society.

And he simply turned to the young lady, and taunted, ‘And you think you know what it means to be a monster? You’ve got no idea…’ and then smiled bigger, exposing his inhuman teeth, as he finished, ‘But you’ll soon learn that’.

Before anything else was said and done, she realized her mistake; he may have been chained to the wall, but she was close to him. Running as best she could, even with high heels, the beast launched his tongue right at her, wrapping it around her waist, and then slowly began to pull her towards him. She cried and pleaded, begging for him not to kill her. Though he stopped as soon as she was close to his lips, and smirked, telling her that death was only a sting compared to what he’d do with her… and then slurped her down his gullet as she kicked and screamed. And with one slurp, she was eaten whole, with only her shoes spat out. Krench smashed the door down with a mighty belch ribbit, and was about to make his escape, until the guards and the king had arrived hearing his daughter’s screams. Once there, he saw the shoes on the floor, and the smirk of the demon, as he hopped out of there, leaving the king to scream out in madness and loss until he was comatose and delusional over the loss of his only child.

A week had passed, as the king was left in madness as he awoke from the comatose and ordered a bounty on the demon Krench so big, he taxed the citizens into starvation and poverty, leaving Salentine destitute and abandoned. But nobody had found the demon at all. Until one day, a stranger in rags wobbled and stumbled into the kingdom, making their way to the castle. Though once they saw the petite green and light green webbed feet, they assumed it might have been an underling of Krench, and had the figure arrested and brought to the king, who was haggard and still distraught over his daughters death. Once the figure was brought in, the king demanded in rage and hatred that the vile thing show its face, though in a sweet and gentle voice, it begged him not to do so. The king ordered his men to beat her to a pulp, until finally she gave in, and pulled the ragged hood off her head. Much to the king and everyone else’s shock, it was Elspeth. Though this time, her skin had been turned green with an underbelly of light green and quite slippery with mucus, her blue eyes had become yellow, and her hair was light green and more apart of her like a membrane than actual hair.

The people were more in shock than in relief to see her, not alive but turned into the very thing that Krench was. But the king didn’t care, as he ran over to her and embraced her in a fatherly hug, crying that she was alive. Crying herself, she confessed that she had to come back to see him. But stuttered as she claimed she was hungry; the king ordered food to be brought to her but there was none left as all the food had been taken to pay for the bounty. The king shouted he didn’t care… but failed to notice the giant gaping gnaw that towered over him… coming from his daughter… and his upper torso was snapped right off as she ate it.

The men cried out in fear and attempted to attack her, but her attacks were too much, as she lashed at them with a whip-like tongue and ate their weapons. And then she ate all them, turning into a more monstrous and familiar site; she had become a more savage version of Krench. By one day, the city was nothing but rubble and dust, as she had eaten everything… and everyone in sight. Realizing her hunger had done this, she cried out in fear, crying out what had happened to her. The voice of Krench filled her head, as he cackled saying she had become an Avatar: a being that was a vessel for his power. Being inside his belly, she stewed in there for a week during the full moon and was fused by his power as he hacked her up, transformed into a demon like him. She was cursed to wander the world and know what it meant to be a monster.

She shouted in tears and rage that she’d find him, and kill him if it meant to undo the curse. And with that, the girl wandered around all of Mid-Gaia, traveling rivers and oceans to find him. But no such luck, as the Demon Krench had not been seen in all that time. One day, she had been caught and enslaved, treated unkindly by others: a reflection of what she had done to others as a spoiled girl. Until one day, the Goddess Hecate sensed her and bought her, freeing her of her bonds, and gave her a place in her guild, stating that if Krench was still out there, she would work better in a guild to find the Frog Demon River King. She had learned of the girl’s past and could sense the curse on her. She wanted nothing to do with the goddess, until a familiar little fellah jumped at her. It was Gnaar as the little Yorde gave her the puppy dog eyes, telling her through them that he would never leave her again no matter what she was. Tearfully, she returned the hug, happy that someone she cared for was still alive, and accepted Hecate’s offer without any more excuses or hesitations.

From that day forward, Elspeth spent her time as an Adventurer, gaining the rank of Tank and earning the title, Swamp Princess, all in the name of hunting the River King Krench and to end him to end her curse.

## Personality

Elspeth seemed like a sweet and rather attractive young girl at first, but this was just a disguise to hide her true nature. Her true personality revealed that she was vicious, snooty, stuck-up, and higher than anyone else, even when she stopped being a princess. This is shown when she’s being treated like a commoner, even though she still has trouble adjusting to the fact that the world is no longer revolving around her.

She does show to be loyal to her fellow guild members, though she often confuses the fact that she’s not the one leading.

She has been overconfident and tends to look down anyone who is inferior to her.

Though the traumatization of what she had gone through, being eaten and fused with Krench’s blood, turned into a demon avatar, and feasting on everything in sight, without her knowing it, has left her scared. So scared that anyone that tries to get close, she lashes out, words and whip tongue alike. But with Dante, things begin to change for her.

Though when she falls for Dante, her personality becomes more seductive and flirtier. She even goes so far as to serve him a meal and a drink, scaring the others to see the Swamp Princess acting so humble and chummy. It’s because of Dante, that she wants to change for good into a good person. It’s a bit difficult for her as she’s used to being royalty, but she’s trying her best.

Her demon side, however, is shown to be savage, clever, and voraciously hungry. Though it possesses much charisma and charm; akin to a sharp and long tongue that Elspeth has developed due to her fusion with the Swamp Demon, Krench.

## Skills/Abilities

### Powers

Due to being fused with Krench’s essence and cursed in becoming a demon, Elspeth has been blessed… or cursed… with abilities like him.

* **Amphibian Demon Physiology**
* **Mucus-covered Body**: the thin coating of mucus that covers her body maintains her moisture, so she won’t dry up. It also helps to make it easier for her to slip out of a grip easily. When washing herself the mucus pops off and pulls dirt off her body. This usually takes the form of soap bubbles which confuses people whenever they think she’s taking a bubble bath.

Her mucus will only incite sexual desire, but if a human woman ingests a large amount of it, it may cause monsterization. Though this has never been tried out before. And due to the fact that she’s a cursed human Avatar, it might not happen at all.

* **Prehensile Tongue**: Like Krench, Elspeth has a frog-like tongue that is long and sticky. It can go as long as fifteen feet in full length and is just as strong as an elephant. She can use it as a whip-like weapon or a third arm.

* **Wall Crawling**: Because her hands and feet have suckers, and that her skin is adhesive enough, she can stick to walls and ceilings, and stronger on her the tips of her fingers and toes.

**Thermal Camouflage**: Like most frogs, Elspeth is capable of hiding her body heat from Heat vision, enabling her to become invisible under the radar.

* **Agility**: Like many amphibious demons, Elspeth has amazing agility and strong legs capable of jumping high enough and quick enough.
* **Inflatable Chest**: Elspeth can inflate her chest to repel enemies and gain momentum to jump. Although this is embarrassing for her since it causes her shirt to shred open, and once return to normal, exposes her breasts.
* **Sharp Teeth**: Her teeth are strong enough to bend and break metal, grind stone like nothing, and still maintain a white smile on her pretty face.
* **Voracious Appetite**: Due to becoming Krench’s Avatar underling, Elspeth’s hunger can get rather voracious. She had eaten not only most of the buildings of her kingdom, but also her people as well. When this happens, she loses all sense and go in a frenzied rampage. Though she has managed to find a way to stave her hunger by eating Limbus Bread; an elven ration that can fill a stomach with one bite. It usually takes five to stave off completely for a few days.
* **Ubber Form**: This form happens when her appetite gets out of control. She becomes more monstrous; she becomes huge and less human-looking; a reflection of Krench himself. But in this form, her role as Tank is finally mentioned.

* **Attacks**
	+ **Tongue Lash**: Elspeth can lash out her tongue in a target’s direction, dealing damage either melee or magic to five enemies or go roundhouse if surrounded.
	+ **Devour**: She can use her voracious appetite, unhingable jaws and indestructible teeth to make it into a lethal weapon. She can eat weapons, magical attacks, even golems or monsters at times.
	+ **Spew Shots**: She is capable of firing mucus loogies of sorts that can either explode to stick someone to the wall like an adhesive.
	+ **Abyssal Voyage**: This is one of her most handy… and yet more disgusting… techniques. She is capable of swallowing her whole party or more, and open a water gateway to jump in. She can come out the other side to wherever she pictures, and spit everyone out. Though she must know where she’s going, otherwise she might end up in the wrong place or go face first into a wall. She can use it to quickly get everyone out of a losing battle or to sneak everyone inside with just her. Though when asked what it’s like in there, nobody will ever say. You must see it for yourself.

### Skills

* **Combat Skills**: Despite being a spoiled princess, Elspeth was trained since childhood for hand-to-hand combat and weapons. She excelled all expectations, earning her as Guardian of her people's king, but sadly she turned it down thinking it was too much work. Though this doesn't mean she can't dish out whatever her opponents can throw at her.
* **Swimming (casual and deep-sea diving)**

### Equipment

* **Outfits**: Due to her body drying out due to lack of mucus, her clothes are skin tight and made specifically to keep from drying her out.