Lady Luck

> "*I'd like to introduce myself. I bring you choice and fate. I've been with you since time began. When temptation tested faith. I was there when man first tasted fruit served up on golden plate. He had his choice and made it, all I did was wait*"
> ― Lady Luck
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## Bio information

### Aliases

Fortuna
Queen Isabella I of Castile (impersonation)
Moyra (disguise)
Tyche

### Occupation

Embodiment of Luck
Temptress

### Affiliation

Audit Management Associates (as Moyra)
The Horizon (in administrator disguise; presumably alternate-continuity)
Spade Minions
Strengoits

## Physical Description

### Gender

Woman

**Lady Luck** was the icon of Halloween Horror Nights 21 in 2011.

## History

### Background

#### Origins

Lady Luck is a monstrous entity of vast supernatural power who seems to embody the concept of luck and chance. She typically appears as a beautiful red-haired woman but has another form which is that of a horrific being with a contorted face, large green eyes and a dark fluid dripping from her mouth. Lady Luck claims to have been in existence since time itself began.

Throughout history, Lady Luck has used her powers to approach certain individuals with luck-based choices, which often cause the misfortune of those involved. Lady Luck transforms her victims into monstrous servants with spade-shaped scars dubbed as "Spade Minions". Lady Luck is also known to use a casino-themed torture-chamber. Lady Luck has claimed to have been there when mankind first tasted fruit served on a golden plate, introducing temptations before waiting for the horrific results to come.

#### The Forsaken

In the year 1492, Lady Luck impersonated Queen Isabella of Spain (1451-1504) and arranged a coin-toss between "Christopher Columbus" (Cristoforo Colombo/Cristóbal Colón) and his rival Antonio Cabot for who would get to lead the expedition to the Americas. Over the voyage, Antonio Cabot planned a mutiny, but was found out. Colon had Cabot's ship, the *Philippa Muniz*, attacked by the fleet and sunk to the depths where the crew became ghost sailors who went on to attack a Spanish port in 1592.

#### 19th century

In 1829, Lady Luck appeared as ticket-seller who offered the choice to move to either Baltimore or Boston to one Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Edgar Allan Poe chose to move to Baltimore.

At some point in the early half of the 19th century, Lady Luck assumed the form of an old spinster and offered one of two different plots of land to a man named Jonathan Hawthorn. Hawthorn picked one of the houses and built a house there to live with his newlywed wife, Elizabeth. In 1831, Elizabeth died of sickness causing Jonathan to build a memorial to her on the grounds where he was later buried and which became the haunted *Hawthorn Cemetery*.

In 1835/1836, Edgar Allan Poe he married his 13-year-old first-cousin, Virginia Clemm (1822-1847). In 1847, Virginia died of tuberculosis causing a madness in Poe which influenced various classic pieces of his horror-literature.

An alternate continuity version of Lady Luck worked as an Administrator for the organization *The Horizon* in the steampunk city of *New Yorkshire*, which secretly held people prisoner like livestock until the age of 30 to be extracted of body-fluids to be used as steam. While presumably in an alternate continuity and timeline, the primary version of Lady Luck has referenced her involvement in these events.

#### The Nightingales

During World War I, Lady Luck assumed the form of the woman in a propaganda poster. This poster manipulated a man named Edmund Clarke into joining the war, where he encountered a variety of shape-shifting creatures called the *Nightingales* which disguised themselves as nurses to eat injured soldiers.

#### H.R. Bloodengutz

During the 1970s, Lady Luck posed as a woman named Moyra at *Audit Management Associates* casting the, "*WKNB Midnight Horror Show*" of WKNB Station in Carey, Ohio. Claiming to represent one, "*Mr. Feld*", Lady Luck offered the role of the show's master-of-ceremonies/host *H.R. Bloodengutz* to retired Broadway actor turned taxidermist Lawrence "Larry" Kurtzberg, assuming he stop working at his uncle's taxidermist shop otherwise the agency would drop him completely. Kurtzberg accepted the role and moved to Carey, leading to the Midnight Horror Show becoming a popular horror variety show.

Over time, Larry became insane and obsessed with the role while demanding to be referred to as H.R. Bloodengutz while not being filmed. A year after Larry lost his mind, the show's ratings began to dip as a result of Larry making to program too disturbing, with advertisers more hesitant to sponsor the show. Producer John Reynolds sent a letter to Larry, informing him that the producers were planning on cancelling the show. Because of this, Kurtzberg snapped and kidnapped the producers to torture on a final live broadcast of his show. By the time the police arrived, the only survivor was John Reynolds who later died of his injuries in prison. Lawrence Kurtzberg was sent to prison with no regrets over his actions.

#### The Thing

In 1982, Lady Luck assumed the form of an air traffic control worker. She contacted French geologist Juliette flying over Antarctica and gave her the option of going to the Thule Research Base or turning back. Juliette travelled to the base which was studying a UFO crash-site, from which a shapeshifting alien known as "The Thing" escaped and went on a rampage.

#### The In-Between

**Note**: *It is presently unknown when the events of "The In-Between" occurred, or if it even directly existed in continuity or was just an in-universe fictional comic-book story.*

During the 20th-21st century, Lady Luck appeared to have posed as a college-professor. She kept a supernatural rune-based board-game in her cabinet, which she warned her students Louis and Bubba about only for the two to steal and play with anyways. Lady Luck left a message on Louis' phone while Louis and Bubba played the game in their dorm, causing them to be sucked inside of a plain of existence known as "The In-Between", filled with demonic entities. The boys were then forced out, having burned-to-death in the process while demons escaped into their world and were heard by other students in the dorm.

The events of this incident were covered as a comic-book by *Ultra Violent Comics*, in the 21st installation of their horror run and within the September-October of an unidentified year (possibly 1991).

#### Floyd Mercer

At some point, Lady Luck attended a downtown casino and watched while men Floyd Mercer and Benny Hamilton had a four-game winning-streak at 30-60 odds. After this, Lady Luck killed Benny in the outside alley and ate his bloody corpse while accompanied by nine of her spade henchmen. Floyd witnessed this and escaped though would develop symptoms of mental-illness along with an obsession with Luck, painting spades in his room while making writing in his journal about Luck.

Floyd was arrested for the murder of Benny, and was sent to *Hellgate Prison*. Floyd was later transferred to the Shadybrook Rest Home and Sanitarium, faking his insanity so that the could escape Lady Luck. Floyd wound up hanging himself a year before Shadybrook closed down, in an effort to escape Lady Luck coming for him. Lady Luck and her minions became active and violent after Floyd Mercer's journal was discovered. Around this time, Lady Luck may have been responsible for torturing a man on a giant roulette wheel.

#### Captured

Through unknown circumstances, Lady Luck was amongst the "Icons" seemingly captured within the lantern of the God of Fear (possibly by 2021).

## Appearances

### Halloween Horror Nights

#### Halloween Horror Nights 21

Lady Luck was the icon of this event, who interwove many of the attraction stories.

##### The Forsaken

Lady Luck disguised herself as Queen Isabella of Spain to play the different Spanish captains against each other.

##### H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: Holidays of Horror

Lady Luck offered the job of H.R. Bloodengutz to Lawrence "Larry" Kurtzberg.

##### The In-Between

Lady Luck disguised herself as the teacher in the backstory of this haunted house.

##### Nevermore

Lady Luck gave Edgar Allan Poe the choice of where to move.

##### The Nightingales

Lady Luck influenced Edmund Clarke to join WWI.

##### Saws N' Steam: Into the Machine

Lady Luck was a member of the Horizon, disguised as an administrator.

##### Your Luck Has Run Out

This scarezone centred around Lady Luck and her spade minions.

##### Winter's Night: The Haunting of Hawthorn Cemetery

Lady Luck gave the Hawthorns the land which became the cemetery.

#### Halloween Horror Nights 25

##### The Carnage Returns

When presenting his victim Amanda strapped to a wheel, Jack said, "What were you expecting Lady Luck?".

#### Halloween Horror Nights 30

##### HHN Icons: Captured

Lady Luck had her own section in this haunted house.

## Trivia

* Lady Luck and Bloody Mary are both female HHN icons original to the parks inspired by characters from folklore/myth.
* Saws N' Steam: Into the Machine presumably takes place outside of the main HHN continuity, however Lady Luck's dialogue has referenced knowledge of its events while taking credit for her roles in said continuity.

## External links

* *Lady Luck on the Halloween Horror Nights wiki.*

## References

1. ↑ Possible setting for the 2023 Tribute Store, where the comic appeared in the window