Beldam

**Beldam** is a character from the *Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door* game.

The bossy eldest sister of the Shadow Sirens. She has a tendency to make errors and blame her sisters — generally Vivian — for them. She seems to be in Grodus's employ.

## **Appearance**

Beldam is a small ghost-like witch. She has a purple body with a genie-like tail, she has a long lavender hair and has a pointy nose. She wears a blue & white striped witch hat and white gloves.

## **Personality**

Goombella states in her Tattle information that Beldam has several negative personality traits. Beldam is extremely rude, bossy, and often plays favoritism, treating all group members except for Marilyn as scurrilously as possible. She tends to be very absentminded and will often blame her own mistakes on Vivian. Beldam will constantly disrespect her, talking about how "ugly" and "useless" she is. Presumably because of this disrespect, she also seems to keep Vivian in the dark about her true plans about using Sir Grodus.

Beldam will do whatever it takes to accomplish her goals, regardless of how many innocent lives are taken in the process. Beldam has also shown a blatant disregard for other lives by planning to release the Shadow Queen in the first place, knowing that the planet will get plunged into anarchy, knowing that it will result in the deaths of hundreds of millions. Beldam also seems to care very little about what will happen to Sir Grodus after the Shadow Queen has been released, since she only sees him and his organization as nothing more than pawns to be manipulated.

As leader of the Shadow Sirens, Beldam is the "brains" of the group and she is the one who usually comes up with their plans. Despite Beldam's constant forgetfulness and displays of incompetence, she has still proven herself to be a highly intelligent individual. Beldam is able to take advantage of Sir Grodus's desire for power and control by tricking him into releasing the Shadow Queen. This, of course, results in Sir Grodus trying to command the Shadow Queen, getting blasted to pieces, and nearly getting himself killed in the process.

## **The Adventures in Gamesphere**

### **Gamesphere Accounts**

In Chapter 3, Beldam, alongside Wendy O. Koopa and Marilyn, met up with Rufus, Luigi and the Player Character in the MMD Pretty Forest Stage and claims the boys to be their destined men. Earlier before that, Beldam and the girls went to a fortune teller and told them that they'll meet their destined men in MMD Pretty Forest Stage, the men will fall down from the sky which later happens to be Rufus and the boys. The girls then relentlessly chased the boys around the forest and inside a mansion, the girls then caught the boys inside a dark closet and kisses them, causing the boys to ran off screaming while the girls dreamingly watches them go.

## **Abilities**

Although Beldam is physically weaker than the other members of her team, she makes up for it by using powerful magic abilities. Beldam possesses cryokinetic abilities, which she uses to freeze Mario and his partners, causing them to be immobilized for at least two turns. Beldam has various other abilities as well, such as increasing the size and attack power of her teammates, as well as giving them more attack turns. Beldam also has the ability to do the exact opposite to Mario and his teammates. Her other magical abilities are slowing Mario and his partners down, giving her teammates "fast" status, and the ability to poison her opponents. As with her sisters, Beldam also has the ability to use the Veil technique, where she can sink through the shadows and eavesdrop on other peoples' conversations (as she demonstrates in Chapter 6, where she hears from Mario and his partners that the next Crystal Star was at Poshley Heights). However, she has never been seen utilizing that ability in combat and only uses it during the various cutscenes that take place throughout the game.

## **Trivia**

* Beldam's name comes from the word "beldame", which is used to describe a sorceress or a hideous woman. It also comes from the word "bedlam" (with the L and the D switched), meaning chaos or disorder.
* Beldam shares some similarities with Dimentio from *Super Paper Mario*; both are initially believed to be a mere minion to the main villain, but had secretly been plotting behind their master's back. Furthermore, they are revealed to be the one truly behind the game's main events.
	+ However, in Beldam's case, she does not attack Grodus after he is defeated, nor is she fought as the game's final boss (with the Shadow Queen taking these positions instead).

## **External Links**

* Beldam at Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia