Morrigan

### Aliases

Goddess of War, Death, and Fate, The Crow Goddess, the Red Queen, the Black Seer, the Bright Maiden, Harbinger of Doom, Lady of Lamentation, The Triple Goddess

## Physical description

### Height

10'4 *(preferred form)*6'4 *(mortal guise)*

## Statistics

### Pantheon

Tuatha De Dannan

Morrigan, also known as the Crow Goddess and the Red Queen, is a member of the Tuatha De Dannan. A deity of War, Death and Fate, she is one of the most feared members of her pantheon, reputed as a deadly warrior and fearsome sorceress. The wife of the mighty Dagda, Morrigan is grandmother to Lugh, the current Ard Righ of the Tuatha, and serves as one of his foremost councilors and a highly influential member of the pantheon. She involves herself frequently in the affairs of Earth, and frequently guides halfborn descended from the Tuatha in their endeavors.

## Physical Appearance

Morrigan usually appears as a tall, lanky woman, with a lean, wiry physique, with knobby knees and elbows and large hands. She is quite athletic, with long legs that are thin and strong, well defined biceps, and slight shoulders covered in stringy muscle. Her waist is narrow, her stomach flat and hard, while her chest is equal parts muscle and bosom. Her hair is a bright, fiery red, her skin pale, her facial features sharp and defined, with sharp cheekbones and full red lips.

Depending on which of her personalities is reigning, Morrigan's appearance alters. When Badb reigns, her eyes appear as pure red orbs the color of blood, and she often adorns her face with red markings that look like bloody tears, and covers her forearms with red markings as well. As Badb, she usually looks to be somewhere in her thirties, and her body is slightly more muscular.

As Macha, Morrigan generally appears even thinner and more haggard, with eyes that are utterly black. Her skin becomes even paler, while dark markings appear under her eyes, as if from lack of sleep. As Macha, Morrigan usually shifts her apparent age, sometimes looking like a woman in her fifties, with lined, weary features, or as a teenage girl. Her hair is usually the most wild and unkempt when Macha reigns.

As Annan, Morrigan's eyes appear the most ordinary, with bright, sky blue irises. Annan usually has her fiery hair long, hanging down all the way to her thighs, and often wears it in all manner of braids, often weaving in flowers or leaves. Morrigan's skin appears of a more healthy pallor when Annan reigns, and her bright white smile is frequently seen. She most often appears as a woman in her prime, looking to be in her early twenties, with a little more flesh upon her bones.

## Personality

The Morrigan's epithet of the Triple Goddess stems from the fact that she is possessed of three separate personalities. This trait is a legacy of her youth, when she fought alongside the Kem-Duati in the (# TBD) Serpent War, and stood face to face with Apophis, the Great Devourer, and had her mind broken by his fell mastery of the Dominion of Chaos.

Since then, Morrigan has had three natures, each of which are ever changing. One might reign for moments or months at a time, or change on any trigger. Each has been given a name that others use to refer to them, but all three consider themselves to be Morrigan. They are all aware of the existence of the other personalities, retaining perfect memories of the periods where the others are in control. At times, Morrigan may strive to undo her own actions, as one side of her wars with the others.

### Annan, the Bright Maiden

Annan is the personality that aligns the most with Morrigan's original, unaltered nature. Annan is a joyful, whimsical individual, who delights in experiencing all of life's pleasures. She revels in dance and song and game, and is deeply curious, inquisitive, and playful, with a penchant for mischief and and good natured pranks. She is friendly and bubbly with those she meets, and does her best to encourage others to join her in whatever mission has currently occupied her thoughts.

Annan is a being who delights in happiness and laughter, and is always searching for new, exciting experiences. Careful consideration is not in her nature, and she is very impulsive, acting in the spur of the moment, doing whatever she thinks is right or will be fun and considering the consequences later. She has a tendency to blurt out whatever is on her mind with minimal consideration, though this trait does mean she is very honest and open, not prone to lying.

She is deeply compassionate and caring, especially towards the weak and vulnerable, taking particular delight in the company of children and small cute animals. She is a free spirited individual, and has a strong respect towards people's personal freedoms, considering the idea of any forms of limitation on them to be abhorrent.

While Annan is generally affable and kind, she is capable of great wrath. She despises tyrants, bullies, and deceivers, and is more than willing to use any means she deems necessary to put them in their place, up to and including violence.

With that said, however, Annan greatly prefers music and dance to the clangor of battle. She is usually the life of any party, bold, mirthful and adventurous in every sense of the word. The vast majority of Morrigan's halfborn children are conceived when Annan reigns.

### Badb, the Red Queen

Badb, the Red Queen, is the most overtly forceful of Morrigan's personalities. It is Badb who is the source of most of Morrigan's fearsome reputation, for this particular nature is everything Annan is not: Serious, harsh, unforgiving, wrathful, and brutal. Badb is an imposing presence, her face most comfortable in a scowl or a snarl. She is impatient and volatile, easily provoked to anger, and her interactions with most individuals tend to be characterized by brutal, blunt words (for those she is positively disposed towards) or threats and insults of both verbal and physical nature (for those she mislikes).

While not exactly cruel, Badb would never be described as kind or gentle by anyone. She is utterly ruthless, willing to make use of fear and violence to fulfill her goals without any compunction. She has an extremely harsh worldview, and believes in using any means necessary to get what she wants and defend what belongs to her. In Badb's mind, one must be eternally vigilant against danger, as the realm is a cruel, unforgiving place, full of individuals who would threaten you for what you have, a lesson she tries to impart to any who she cares for.

And indeed, harsh and stern as she is, Badb does retain the emotional attachments felt by all Morrigan's other personalities. She, of course, expresses her care far differently, and believes in tough love to the fullest. She cares little for temporary feelings such as fear, anger, sadness, or pain, and is completely willing to take actions that will upset her loved ones if she considers the end results to be in their best interests. While Badb is perfectly capable of experiencing guilt or acting kindly, such things are a rare occurrence.

### Macha, the Black Seer

Morrigan's Macha personality is at odds with both her soul sisters in that she is a patient and thoughtful entity, not prone to acting rashly or being ruled by impulse. She is generally somber and morose, and while she carries an air of quiet strength about her, there is a sense of sadness and doom that follows her wherever she goes. Macha is generally polite and cordial when she talks to people, gentle of speech and soft of word. She does her best to be kind to everyone, but is always somewhat melancholic, seeming deep in thought.

When Macha reigns, Morrigan's powers of foresight are at their most powerful, and she receives visions of the future most frequently. She is best able to perceive portents of doom and despair, a fact which colors her rather reserved and somber demeanor. Macha is a highly compassionate being, and is often troubled by what she sees. Her wisdom runs deep, and she always considers carefully what to do with her knowledge of the future, weighing whether it would be better to let dooms come to pass or try to avert them, and risk a worse outcome later.

While she is generally reserved and not prone to much in the way of direct action, and usually not ruled by passions, Macha can be moved to take great risks when her heart is touched. Most often, this is a result of a desire to aid her family, but on certain occasions, Macha has been known to take pity on all manner of beings, from mortals to monsters to foreign deities, and bend all her power to giving them aid.

## Notable Equipment

Raven cloak thing

Spear