Painting Lancer

After their first defeat against the Demons, a few wounded warriors of the Iron Division ended up being captured by the enemy. Although most of them were sent as slaves to the Salt Mine inside the Core of Hell, the Baron also gifted a few of them to appease Yzbeth, knowing the succubus' interest in orcish culture.

*"Another unbridled force of nature was dragged into the abyss by our everlasting hunger. I was not there, yet I could hear their dying rage from all across Hell. The Iron Division has learned the fate of those who try to deny us Demons of what we most desire. Such a fierce and exotic breed of warriors they are. I had the pleasure of being gifted some of their best specimen! The Baron seems to know of my intimate interest in orc culture.*

*The Iron Division appear far more sophisticated than the wild brutes from the Overworld who end up toiling in the mines. [...]*

*Regardless, they didn't submit to my wishes, but I don't have the heart to torture such brave and fire-hearted warriors so I had them petrified - all save for the most talkative one, of course! She will make the apex of my newest exhibition, and my newest magic trick - immortalizing someone inside a painting! Now, the claws of time will never be able to scratch away her beauty, and I will forever have a wonderful chatting partner! After all, I have always found paintings to be the most interesting story tellers - especially when they can utter words!"*

Being deemed entertaining enough for her conversational skills, one of the Lancers was spared being petrified, instead being paralyzed and cursed to live inside a painting.

*"I was captured after our grand siege had failed. The scum denied me a warrior's death.*

*Thanks to the succubus matron, Yzbeth, I could be trapped inside this painting for eternity!"*

During some of her conversations with the Matron, the Painting Lancer finds out that the succubus is using a doll as a vessel for her curse. When Zan happens by, she is tasked with finding the doll and discover a way to enter the painting, which turns out to be a magic window into a live scene that can be accessed from behind.

   *"There has to be a way to enter the painting... Yzbeth is keeping a hidden access somewhere! I feel a draft behind me. It carries a mixture of scents with it... I can identify fae dust! The draft sometimes carries the sound of footsteps climbing up a flight of stairs..."*

After Zan enchants a Pendant of True Sight with Yzbeth Gardner's brain, she manages to see through the palace's illusory walls and eventually finds the cursed doll.

*"They see a brick wall, I see an orc doll... she once told me this. What could it possibly mean?*

*I feel like the painting itself is... fixating me. The doll could trick it into releasing me!"*

After finding the hidden access inside the Laboratory, the Lancer asks the Halfblood to place the doll on a nearby pedestal in order to release her from the curse. Once she does so, the magic light pouring down from the ceiling focuses away from the orc, finally allowing her to move.

As soon as the two try to escape, however, the fatigue and muscle atrophy resulted from the long term paralysis prevents the Lancer from moving further. Taking a position inside the Palace's Main Hall, she asks Zan to move on and fulfill her tasks, as she will need time to recover.
When Warlord Grund orders the assault against the Baron's Citadel, she joins the main attack force after using the pent up energy inside her body crystals to overcharge an armor amulet and give it to Zan as a sign of gratitude.

It is assumed that the Iron Division scouts rescue the Painting Lancer and her petrified sisters following the Baron's defeat, whether Zan releases her early or not.

1. ↑ Excerpt from Yzbeth's journal found inside her palace's museum.