Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary is a ghost from anglo-saxons urban legends appearing in the UK, the USA and Australia.

Countrarily to many urban legends, which tend to be recent, less than a century old, folklore, the legend of Bloody Mary being wide spread among the english-speaking world suggest a relatively old origin, though folklorists are strugling to determinate it precisely.

## Biography

Mutiple possible origins have been put forward regarding Bloody Mary's human life. She had been claimed to be the ghost of various historical personnalities nammed Mary, of a few other historical personnalities that weren't named Mary, and of an anonymous girl named Mary with the details of her life and death varying greatly.

The version of her biography used by Crypto X Ing is as follow : Mary was a beautifulll but vain girl who spent all day combing her hairs and admiring her reflection in the mirror. She was despised by many as women envied her beauty and men hated the way the proud girl saw herself as to good for them. One night however someone, either a jalous rival or a jilted suitor depending of the telling, entered her room as she was admiring herself and gouged out her eyes, either killing her on the spot or leading her to take her own life.

Clearly the murderer didn't know that mirrors can easily serve as vessels for the spirits of the recently departed (this is why, according to tradition, mirrors must not be brought to a dying person's presence). This and Mary's fascination for mirrors ensured she whould endure as a ghost.

## Appearance

Appearing either as a reflection in a mirror or in person by stepping out of it, Mary makes for a frightfull sight, she looks like a young and beautiful woman with crimson red eyes, eternaly weeping blood, her dress is also stained crimson with her blood.

## Behaviour

Bloody Mary only appear when summoned, which can be accomplished by lighting a candle, placing oneself in front of a mirror, and invocating her name three times. If the summoning is properly carried out Mary will be made to answer a question about the summoner's future, but if the summoner is fated to die soon or if their focus break (something that is made quite easy by Mary's appearance) she will be allowed to attack them, which she will gladly do.

Bloody Mary is a vengeful spirit, full of anger at her untimely death, who resent being used as an oracle and will jump at the opportunity to visit her anger on summoners by replicating her own murder on them. Because the Bloody Mary summoning is frequently performed by children and teenagers these demographics make up the bulk of her victims, though Mary herself cares little about her victim's identity.

## Characteristics

* Strength : Mary is extremely strong, able to rip humans to shreds with her bare hands, something even apes have some dificulties doing.
* Resilience : Mary is no more resillient than a normal human.
* Vampiric healling factor : Mary can absorb the spilled blood of her victims to heal her injuries.
* Speed : Mary is no faster than a normal human wen travelling in our dimention.
* Intelligence : Mary is quite intelligent and sane for a ghost, though not extremely smart she can match witts with a normal person.

## Powers

* Mirror powers : Mary reside in the mirror world a dimention accessible through mirrors and reflective surfaces. When summoned she gain the ability to affect the world in a limited manner without exiting the mirror world, by moving the reflection of objects in the mirror she causes the real objects to move mimicking poltergeist activity.
* Mirror possession : while in the mirror world Mary can merge with a person's reflection to control their actions as long as they stay in front of the mirror (if they no longuer reflect in the mirror Mary's control break. Unlike other forms of possession the victim is aware during the possession though helpless to resist.
* Soul stealing : when possessing someone's reflection Mary can trap their souls in the mirror world with her for eternity.
* Mirror travel : when in the mirror world Mary can travel to other mirrors and reflective surfaces instantly, she is aware of any such surfaces in the vicinity.
* Manifestation : Mary can exit the mirror world to manifest physically. While this allows her to act in places devoid of reflecting surfaces it also makes her vulnerable to physicall attacks.
* Precognition : Mary can predict future events, though it is unclear if she requires her summoner's questions to do so.

## Weaknesses

* While "killing" her manifestation does not actually kill Bloody Mary, it does banish her until she is summoned again which there is no guarantee of, which according to the rules of Crypto X Ing forces her to forfeit the fight, resulting in a defeat.
* Holy symbols : christian holy symbols can bannish Mary, even while she is still in the mirror world.
* Salt : sprinkling salt on Blood Mary destroys her manifestation though it is useless while she is in a mirror
* Iron : iron weapons are particularly damaging against Mary's manifestation, though useless while she is in a mirror.