Atrocious Empress (2026)

Empress Valeska did not look like a monster. She looked like a bird of prey carved from porcelain. Her gown, a stiff architectural marvel of obsidian silk, held her upright even as her spine began to fail. On her brow sat the Iron Laurel, a crown so heavy it had left permanent indentations in her temples.

The reign of Dread Empress Atrocious ended not with a bang, but with a series of very efficient crunches. atrocious empress

: Strong enough to battle powerful entities like Tannin and Vali Lucifer, and can bend Sacred Gears to their breaking point. Talon-like Fingernails : Her nails can cut through steel with ease. Regeneration Empress Valeska did not look like a monster

As she leaned over the railing to point out a particularly elegant clause in her latest decree to the beasts, her foot caught on a stray scroll of parchment. It was a petition from a minor baron, one she had rejected with such force the paper had become slick and treacherous. She slipped. On her brow sat the Iron Laurel, a