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Warning, reader discretion
is advised:
This post may contain uncomfortable subject matter. Please do
not read this if you are sensitive to mentions of physical and sexual assault.

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How they came to be:

Prowling down the red-li­ght district of Berlin, Siren has
claimed this territory as her own, sparking fear in all the men who dare to
venture into this sea of lawlessness. Aside from her obvious gender preference,
she does not discriminate against her victims. They vary widely in age and
class, some being as old as sixty, while others being as young as twenty-one.

It seems the only thing these men all have in common was
that they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Even among serial killers,
Siren is quite the anomaly in terms of personality. None of the victims are
mugged, nor are they brutalized, tortured, or demarcated as is the case with
those who enjoy killing.

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Reports and witnesses are low given the area that these
murders take place in, and the pervasive distrust of the police held by the
residents there doesn’t help either. Prostitutes in the area that have come
forward thus far have claimed to have seen a strange woman with unnaturally
long hair patrol the sidewalks and occasionally the front entrances of bars. Some
have even reported to have been approached by this woman and were strangely
asked whether they had a lift home.

The police are reluctant to comment any further on the
matter, as they are fearful of sparking a public outcry and moral panic. Vampyre
is already on the loose as it is, so they are hesitant to make anything
official just yet. As of now, Siren has claimed the lives of five people.

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Killing Methods:

Siren’s method of killing is quick and dirty; she possesses
immense strength. First responders have told reporters that the crime scene is
better described as the echoes of a battle field. All that is known by
forensics is that a blunt metal object is used against the back of the victim’s
head, likely by surprise as there are no indications of defense wounds, before
being beaten to death with said object.

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Siren’s signature that links all her murders together is
that she calls 911 as the victim bleeds out before her. It’s been speculated
that her motive and enjoyment of the murders rests in their powerlessness as
she holds their life on, well, a call line.

Inner Psychology:

Elizabeta Héderváry is a recent immigrant from Hungary,
having come to Germany after finishing her Bachelor’s degree in Fitness and
Nutrition. Cheerful on the outside, albeit with the humanizing quirk of a
short-temper, Elizabeta has kept her dark past life a secret and intends for it
to remain that way.

In the last year of her degree, a man broke into her
apartment and attempted to assault her. Thanks to her quick wits, Elizabeta was
able to grab the thing closest to her, a pan, and hit him on the back of the
head. However, she didn’t stop there. She kept hitting the man, until the next
thing she knew, he was dead, and she along with her entire kitchen was a bloody
mess.

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Not knowing what to do, she buried the body in a nearby
garbage shoot, finished her last few months of school, and then fled to
Germany. There, after recuperating for a few months until her savings dried,
she decided to open a dojo that teaches women how to fight back
against potential assailants. The dojo also hosts free self-help sessions, providing
a safe-space for women who have been sexually and physically assaulted to speak
about their experiences.

Due to her strong-will and perseverance, Elizabeta quickly
got her personal life back together
and now has her new best-friend, Gilbert, to help her run the dojo, as well as
her fiancé, Roderich. However, no matter how hard she tries to forget about the
past, it still haunts her. She vividly remembers being pinned to the ground,
helpless to the entitlement of a much larger man, and constantly relives this
in her nightmares.

Running the dojo just wasn’t enough. Elizabeta was never the
same after her assault, and is provoked further by the infuriating stories the
women she helps tell her. They don’t get the justice they deserve and are often
not believed. It’s a broken system filled with many broken laws that only break
women down and down until they – snap.

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All Elizabeta wants is for her girls and herself to be
happy, but that can’t happen unless all of their assailants die. It takes a bit of coaxing, but
Elizabeta is able to gain their trust and eventually acquires the names of the
individuals who have assaulted them.

She follows these scum around at night and wears teasing
clothing to catch their eye and lure them away from the mains streets, knowing
they will pursue her. She doesn’t see anything wrong with this, and thinks
she’s doing her friends a favor.

What works to her advantage is that the police think these
men came to the red-light district on their own free will, rather than being
taken there. Elizabeta likes to play the role of the prostitute, and has even
been so bold as to take a cab with her last victim. Sexuality, here, is used to
control the man and strip him from all power over the situation.

What gives Elizabeta the most pleasure is having the courage
to call the police directly and taunt them about how she’s doing a far better
job than they are. The cherry on top is the sound of the first responders’ sirens wailing in the distance, the ones that will once again fail to help the
person in need…not that they deserve it.

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