Maddie

Maddie is a reanimated human preserved by eldritch magic. Though little is known about her, she is rumored to be in the care of the Gus Corporation (Guscorp,) though her exact whereabouts are unknown.

## Appearance and Powers

Maddie's appearance is reportedly that of an impossibly well-proportioned young woman dressed in a pink leotard, sleeves, and stockings. She is easily distinguishable from a distance due to her bright pink hair, eyes, and attire. Upon closer inspection, her sleeves seem to be stitched on. Her skin is pale, but unblemished. Maddie is tall for a human female, and is capable of sustained levitation, often putting her at eye level with Imperium's larger denizens.

Though reports are incomplete, what has been described of Maddie's powers is truly terrifying. The woman allegedly possesses psychokinetic ability powerful enough to render her targets helpless as they are suspended in midair. Once her quarry is immobilized, Maddie uses her mind to rip them apart limb by limb and beat them to a pulp with their severed appendages.

Maddie supposedly possesses powers beyond this brutal display. Those who have survived encounters with the woman claim she is capable of leveling entire towns and crippling armies with psychokinetic energy that injures the fabric of reality itself. This kind of world-shaking power suggests that Maddie may in fact possess an undisciplined Datamantic ability. To those who live on Imperium, there is no such terminology, but it has been noted that the mysterious race known as Shadowmen possess a crude ability to manipulate the world around them which is similar to that reportedly exercised by Maddie.

Despite her affinity for carnage, Maddie herself appears almost entirely emotionless and even thoughtless at times. Her behavior has been likened to that of an oblivious child or a wild animal, with her whims and basic instincts deciding many of her actions. From what has been witnessed, her interactions with her Guscorp handlers are rudimentary and marked by bluntly stated demands to be amused in some form or another. Some question whether or not Maddie is aware of the acts of violence she commits, but those who have seen her in person swear that she is not only aware, but fully cognizant of the consequences of her actions. How she feels about them, however, is unclear given her lack of visible emotion.

## History

Though much of Maddie's history is conjecture, some independent researchers have connected her with a young Blackhollow woman named Madeline Barrow who was killed when the town was sacked by a radical sect of Husks in the year 928 RH. If Maddie and Madeline are one and the same, then the implication is that Maddie has been raised from the dead using unknown magics. Furthermore, if she has been resurrected, then she has also been preserved remarkably well. According to those who have encountered her, Maddie not only appears alive, but healthy, suggesting that she is not technically undead, but rather fully resurrected. There is no denying, however, that somewhere between her potential death and reanimation, Maddie's mind and body were heavily influenced by a form of magic powerful enough to transform her into an emotionless psychokinetic killer. Theories as to what this magic could be have looked beyond the Elementals -who are traditionally seen as the guardians of Imperium's schools of magic- and toward more mysterious entities such as the elusive Shadowmen. Whatever the truth behind Maddie's resurrection might be, it appears for the time being to be kept by forces beyond the means of most mortals.

Understandably, concerns have been voiced regarding Maddie's presence in Imperium, and those who fear her have called for Elemental action against Guscorp, insisting that Maddie must be found and detained or, alternatively, destroyed. The Elementals have yet to respond to these calls for action.

## Relationships

Although the idea of a being such as Maddie sustaining a relationship with another living being seems outlandish, there seems to at least be evidence that she is capable of friendship and affection. The Pygmy Flayer and Guscorp Official known as Vexus has been witnessed interacting with Maddie at the same sites upon which the woman has wreaked havoc. Rather than murder Vexus, Maddie allegedly treats the Flayer as a father figure, even engaging in limited banter with him. Whether she truly sees Vexus as a friend is unclear, as it is likely that Guscorp is using the same powerful magics that forged Maddie to keep her in line.

## Notable Appearances

* Maddie once hijacked Guscorp Week, a one-time event put on by Axlwisp involving new artwork and Tumblr Q&A's.
* Maddie seems to have a chibi alter-ego known as Maddie-Chan, who has appeared in some related comics and artwork.
* Maddie appears in the non-canon fangame ***Axugaem1*** as the boss of World Two. After breaking out of her cell, she terrorizes Guscorp and hoards one of the Keystone Fragments, the game's central McGuffin.
* Maddie appears in ***Axugaem2*** as Weapon M, and is unleashed upon unsuspecting settlements by Guscorp while the rest of the world is distracted by the demonic invasion. After losing control of her in the Pigman settlement of Khur, Guscorp tasks Vexus with tracking her down and bringing her back.

## Trivia

* Nobody is sure whether or not Maddie-Chan is actually canon.
* Despite the fact that she appears to be alive rather than undead, Maddie's weight does not appear to fluctuate. It is unclear if she requires food to sustain herself, or if she feeds off of another type of energy.
* Because of her stitched-on sleeves, some believe that Maddie's arms were badly mutilated or even separated from her body at some point. The fact that Blackhollow was destroyed by Husks raises the possibility that Maddie was caught in a Husk explosion, which could potentially have damaged her limbs in such a way, though her legs and head do not appear to be stitched on as her sleeves are, complicating this theory.