Duchesse

**Duchesse** (real name Josepha Joanna Du'Chestra) is a young woman who bore a terrible Curse.

## Story

A mayor's assistant in the city of Clearview, an eventful Christmas Eve caused her to discover the horrific truth about her town. While seeking to confront Leona McMillan in order to escape a curse that slowly awoke self-destructive tendencies inside her , Duchesse was forced to give up on her companion Olivia Redfield in order to survive the night. Afterwards, finding herself still cursed, with all of the world's Monsters drawn to her scent, Duchesse ran away, training to fight them, under the watchful eyes of Devos Raines.

Duchesse would eventually chase Leona to the past, where she would meet with Hayley Llujah, Leona's last "project". Although enemies at first, Duchesse became obsessed with chasing Hayley. With Olive Day's help, she chased Hayley through all of Europe, during several eras, encountering individuals Hayley turned into predators, whom Duchesse would defeat then befriend. Duchesse and Hayley ultimately faced in Russia, with Duchesse confessing her contradictory feelings for Hayley, their powers merging and becoming one.

This resulted in the world being reshaped according to Hayley's desire - a different world, where Duchesse and Hayley united to face off against Leona, whose ambition threatened the world's equilibrium. Along the way, Duchesse faced an alternate version of herself, as well as her world's original Hayley, who influenced Leona in order to become absolute and transcend existence. Duchesse and Hayley, as well as several new allies, fought against HAYLEY and put an end to her ambition.

## Appearance

Duchesse is a youthful, innocent-looking blonde woman with amber eyes, dressed in clean, humble gold and green clothing. A red mark can be seen on her forehead, symbolizing her fate.

## Personality

Once a level-headed, mature and responsible young woman who only attempted to do good for those around her, this competent assistant was psychologically and physically broken by the curse she encountered, forcing her to take up the arms against the world's predators. Despite her madness, her self-destructive tendencies stirred by her curse, and her natural weakness, she strives to adapt and overcome, a struggler against a monstrous world, with a cynical, pragmatist and somewhat brutal outlook on life despite her seemingly soft and benign behavior.

Duchesse's strange adventure across Europe changed her however, allowing her to channel her self-destructive urges and cursed existence into purpose - defeating Leona, but also forge relationship with predators, especially those Hayley created. Duchesse's complex relationship with Hayley - annoyed by her pride and arrogance, yet admirative and protective of her - served as a main catalyst that allowed her to transcend her trials and overcome the mark she bore.

## Powers

* **Curse of the Prey:** In exchange for madness and naturally drawing out predators that seek to end her life, Duchesse is "blessed" with eternal life, for as long as she is not devoured.
* **Enhanced Physical Abilities:** After awaking her Singularity, Duchesse's physical ability - already trained through rigorous training and years of running away - naturally increased as the result of developed Ki.
* **Singularity:** Duchesse's Singularity, **She-Wolf**, allows her to warp the world around her, modifying the environment in order to create the perfect battlefield for her, helping her while hindering her opponent. It is a **Creation/Reinforcement**-type Yang Singularity.
	+ **Evolved Singularity:** Duchesse, after uniting with Hayley, unlocked **Stairway to Heaven**, which allowed her to warp reality itself in an unlimited fashion, as long as it fits Hayley's world view. However, doing so exerts greatly Duchesse and can result in immense damage to her body and Anima. It is a **Specialization**-type advanced Yin-Yang Singularity.

## Storylines

* Call of Cthulhu : Holiday Special features her.
* Days of the Hunter is centered around her.

## Trivia

* Duchesse's appearance is a reference to mayor's assistant Isabelle from Animal Crossing.
	+ Duchesse, additionally, is a common female dog's name.