Adyna Dukakis

**Adyna Dukakis** is the wife of Mr. Stupid NoHead and the First Lady of the NoHeads.

## Roles

Adyna Dukakis is a major antagonist in the *Before The SMSB* series. She is first mentioned, albeit indirectly, in *Sebiscuits: Apocalypse*.

## Biography

### War on freedom

#### Meeting Baron Zarath

Eventually, Adyna Dukakis would meet Baron Zarath, during which time she showed absolutely no fear, instead revealing that she was a murderer like him. Dukakis readily accepted his offer to join the NoHeads in their quest for power. She passed several tests as a child to convince Baron Zarath of her dedication, though it resulted in him training her himself. She was eager to learn the spells of Saron Facilor, and was also eager to learn a more aggressive style of swordplay, before her Master explained the reason for elevating her to Stil VI mastery.

Adyna Dukakis built her sword in a manner intended to compensate for the proportions of her petite frame. Baron Zarath explained that her weapon was critical to her chosen style of fencing, one that expended minimal energy while maximizing her endurance in battle, creating what he described as the *“impenetrable defense”* of Mimssan.

#### Mounting in Tsala

Adyna Dukakis appeared in Tsala with a few other followers of high rank, watching as their master used his powers to construct the fortress while a vast crowd of people bowed before him, chanting his title.

#### Seeking empowerment

"*Only through faith can our prayers be answered.*"
―Baron Zarath[src] File:Dukakis-Ritual.jpg
While the Battle of Cologne was taking place, Dukakis accompanied Baron Zarath and they all began their worship of Mr. Stupid NoHead. They arrived at an abandoned church. As they commenced the first ritual, they managed to contact Mr. Stupid NoHead as tattoos appeared and burned on Dukakis' flesh as she repeated the words spoken together. Laborie, one of the NoHeads who questioned the Baron earlier, was deemed unworthy and murdered by Zarath.

Sometime after the Attack on Centerpoint but certainly before 2005, she and Mr. Stupid NoHead eventually married and both served as NoHeads, fighting in the First NoHead War. He married her only to uphold his family's tradition of marrying respectable mutants, in stark contrast to her fanatical worship of him as a deity. However, the two did seem to work together effectively as NoHeads.

#### Attack on Superhero School

Thanks to the efforts of Bethany Donner, Adyna Dukakis arrived via oven within the Superhero School kitchens along with Runihura and Deidamia, Officer Thorno, Lin Dire, Mr. Execrable NoHead, Nolan Giles, and Augustus Salt. Bethany led the NoHeads from the room, and once they were discovered, the battle began. After incapacitating Danielle Park with a Stun beam, Dukakis made her way upstairs, where she personally murdered Hayden, the principal, herself.

An enraged Sheriff Bladepoint (who had been immobilized by Mrs. Wretched NoHead and witnessed the killing) chased Adyna Dukakis, Bethany, and the NoHeads as they fled the school. The two of them engaged in a fierce duel, which became increasingly one-sided. Dukakis easily blocked Bladepoint's attempts to attack him and jeeringly pointed out Bladepoint's mistakes, such as his footwork. However, she became enraged when Bladepoint called her a weakling for embracing the Darkness and blasted Bladepoint back against the ground. Bladepoint was unable to stop Dukakis before the latter passed through the school gates and Deteleported.

#### As Principal

During the late 2000s and early 2010s, Adyna Dukakis was named Principal of Superhero School, while NoHeads Erodu and Erida were appointed Deputy Heads. Dukakis used her position as Headmistress to discreetly support the Deputy Heads. She also consulted with her husband, and continued to receive instructions from Mr. Stupid NoHead.

As a principal, Adyna Dukakis was thoroughly disliked by many of her students. Dukakis subtly supported and partook in the violent, sadistic attempts of the Deputy Heads to keep control by assisting in their dangerous alternatives. Judy stated that Adyna Dukakis was hardly ever seen whilst headmistress. This could be because Dukakis remained in the headmistress' office most of the time. Also, during her tenure, students had taken to (most likely under Dukakis's orders) marching from point A to point B together like they were in military school.

Despite the intensity in their marriage, Mr. Stupid NoHead and Adyna Dukakis did, notably enough, give birth to three incredibly talented children - Hell Burnbottom, Brute Gunray, and Mean King. It can be assumed that Dukakis went on maternity leave all three times, though it is confirmed that she did this in 2011, temporarily leaving Miranda Butterfield in charge. Before she left, she ruthlessly slit the throat of a student who had left a banana peel in the hallway. Although Dukakis would contribute to some degree, NoHead did most of the work in training all three of the children, though she eventually realized that he specifically fancied Burnbottom.

#### Ousting as Principal

Sheriff Bladepoint returned to Superhero School with three of his best in search of Hell Burnbottom. Bladepoint thus went to the Dark Tower with Leslie Amadeus. Here they were met by Deidamia, who pressed her finger to the NoHead Sign and summoned Mr. Stupid NoHead. Runihura arrived, but so did Miranda Butterfield, and the incapacitation of the Deputy Heads made Dukakis realize there were police in the school. As Butterfield rushed to meet with the other professors to protect the school from Mr. Stupid NoHead's oncoming attack, she was stopped by Dukakis, who demanded she tell her if she knew the whereabouts of Sheriff Bladepoint.

The two began fighting, and while Adyna Dukakis put up a good defense, Butterfield was soon helped by the arrival of Danielle Park, Saunders, and Bladepoint himself. Outnumbered, Dukakis fled the school, jumping out the window of a classroom and flying away.

#### Betrayed by her own husband

Ever since her marriage, Adyna Dukakis had intended to act as a de-facto Queen once her husband became the Emperor, ensuring NoHead only passed laws that she approved of. Later on, Mr. Stupid NoHead realized the decision of war was obvious and told Mr. Crooked NoHead he should go and massacre the police. Crooked authorized this, and NoHead proceeded to destroy all the police. However, Bladepoint and Zett managed to survive the purge, along with a handful of others. Dukakis witnessed this while she was in meditation. With Mr. Stupid NoHead’s plans to take over the NoHead Empire now secured, there remained just one unfinished piece of business for NoHead to resolve — Dukakis planning to share the throne. In truth, NoHead had been subtly manipulating his wife for years, fooling her into thinking the ideas for the implementation of the Grand Plan were her own while NoHead laid the groundwork for his ascension to Emperor and NoHead Grandmaster. NoHead had never intended to share power with anyone, and he knew that installing an Empress alongside him would be politically damaging to him. With Dukakis’ usefulness now exhausted, Mr. Stupid NoHead moved to eliminate her.

The night before the election, Adyna Dukakis made her first public appearance in years, attending the premiere of an experimental performance at the Globes Opera House with Mr. Stupid NoHead. After the performance, the couple retired to a penthouse outside the NoHead base to celebrate NoHead’s upcoming success and their apparent love for each other, notwithstanding they had not gone on a honeymoon together. There, the Dark Lord plied Dukakis with ale while rehearsing the acceptance speech he would deliver soon. Finally, Dukakis fell into an alcohol-induced sleep, her guard completely down.

### Death and legacy

Seeing this, Mr. Stupid NoHead blasted Adyna Dukakis' headpiece apart with lightning, waking her. However, being inebriated and half-asleep, the woman could do nothing to stop her husband. NoHead took the opportunity to mock Dukakis, informing her as to just how thoroughly he had manipulated her, all the while sending additional blasts of lightning, causing immense pain to his wife as she slowly suffocated. In addition, NoHead revealed he had never loved her at all, and told her the true origins of their marriage, shocking Dukakis immensely. He then drew his sword and brought it down on her. Thanks to the slash at her chest, Adyna Dukakis finally succumbed to death, ending her tenure as First Lady forever.

Immediately after her death, Mr. Stupid NoHead felt a monumental shift in the Darkness, which he interpreted as the Darkness anointing him as the tool it would use to take over the universe. However, he then felt another shift, and feared for a few moments that this second shift was a forewarning that Adyna Dukakis had overcome her death in some fashion and was about to take her revenge. However, Mr. Stupid NoHead quickly reasoned that this was not the case, though he would not discover the reason behind this second shift for some time.

## Physical description

As a youth, Dukakis had short, tousled, dirty blond hair and blue eyes. She grew into an athletically built, left-handed woman of average height, with long, blond curls of hair and eyes yellow with the orange-brown with the Darkness. She was often looked upon by those whom she encountered in public as unusually beautiful, and was fully aware of her striking appearance. Because of the anonymity required by the NoHeads, however, Adyna Dukakis took measures to make herself inconspicuous when necessary. Wearing unflattering clothing and wrapping herself in an aura of insignificance were among her methods, though the occasional double-take still occurred. Despite this, she often made full use of her appearance, using her looks to assist her when extracting information from others. Sometimes, she would wear a combat helmet in battle, though it would later be destroyed by Mr. Stupid NoHead.

## Personality and traits

As a child, Dukakis was timid and had to be convinced to display her powers when classes of the subject occurred. She was an irritable, murderous individual, displaying no mercy to her enemies. She showed no fear of Baron Zarath upon their first meeting, instead admitting that she, like him, was also a killer. With time, Dukakis grew in cunning and ingenuity, and Baron Zarath became impressed with her subtle and calculating nature, the same methods with which she employed her powers. Nonetheless, Dukakis was regarded by her Master as no more than a servant to his cause.

Adyna Dukakis displayed a hunger for knowledge and readily accepted Baron Zarath's offer to train her, passing several tests as a child to convince him of her dedication. She was eager to learn the spells of Saron Facilor, and was also eager to learn a more aggressive style of swordplay, before her Master explained the reason for elevating her to Mimssan mastery. Of all the things Dukakis learned from the other NoHeads, compassion and love were not among them, and she found herself questioning what an actual loving paternal relationship would have been like. She did experience love of the romantic sort, however, from Mr. Stupid NoHead, though the latter only feigned the same desire for her in return.

Dukakis was loyal to the NoHeads and joined several fronts in the First NoHead War without question. She expressed concern for Mr. Stupid NoHead's emotional health, both for his sake and with her own intentions in mind. She was given to betrayal as well. She also employed the usage of bribes, as such attitudes allowed her to get most of the things she required without drawing too much attention. Still, she never wanted to rule the world alone, having always wanted to rule alongside her husband; until her dying day, this was part of the plan. She was also quick to jump to conclusions.

## Relationships

### Family

In marrying the Dark Lord himself, Adyna made a "*respectable neurotypical marriage*", as was expected of her. There is no indication that their relationship went beyond this. He never expressed any love or concern for her. However, she and Mr. Stupid NoHead did seem to work effectively together as NoHeads. While she served a large role in the training of Hell Burnbottom, she trained Mean King on her own. Despite believing himself immortal, he may have considered the usefulness of a trio of strong and faithful sons via the idea of siring a lineage of lieutenants devoutly loyal to him through familial bonds while seeing them as extensions of his own power and authority, much like many kings and tyrants who procreated to expand and solidify their own power through blood ties. It seemed fact that he had chosen her as a mate for her thoroughly proven power as a mutant, thus marking her as a potent genetic combination as well as an ideal fit for Mr. Stupid NoHead who reveled in his own status and power. A mate of such fortitude and strength would certainly appeal to the Dark Lord's pathological need to expand his fame and reputation. He may also have been intellectually enthused or curious at the idea of a student with similar powers and potential as himself, highlighting his vanity and ego even further as he had had no living relatives whose powers he could compare his own to or to have learned from.

## Behind the scenes

D. Isaac Thomas confirmed that Adyna Dukakis was in *Superquack*.

## References

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2. ↑ *Superquack* (Postscript)
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4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 *Before The SMSB: The Legacy of Sheriff Bladepoint*
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