An excerpt from the Chores tou Schotadiou
The woman known as Haurvatat has shown up throughout the years in history. She first makes an appearance under that name in pre-Persian Persia. Studies and legend indicate that she was a prostitute who came under the influence of a dark cult of unknown origin. What exactly that cult did to her is unsure, but in time she left it to begin her own cult of popularity.
She is the living embodiment of perfection, the seductress upon which all of histories seductresses in literature have been based off of, or alternatively the seductress through all time, the archetypical black widow. Delilah, Judith, Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, Salome, if you listen to the stories, the women within bare remarkable similarities all to Haurvatat.
It has been said in her time, even before her attachment to the cult, she had been able to twist men and even women to her needs with phenomenal success. After her attachment to the cult, her powers of seduction seem to have grown, to the point where no man or woman, if she wanted them, could resist her. If the stories are held true, the woman known as Haurvatat corrupted kings, queens and religious leaders in her day, causing the downfall of many of them. It is no different then the tales of Popes falling in love with succubus, religious leaders being burnt at the stake for witchcraft for dealing with impious women, or kings beheading their wives to be with that particular woman.
Stories differ on what happened to Haurvatat. Some say she was burnt for dealing with dark powers. Other say a mob of angry wives and even in one case husbands finally poisoned her. Others say she was alternatively beheaded, quartered, or even cut into tiny pieces. Still the similarities of Haurvatat and future legends are hard to miss. While through the ages other names have been more well known for seductresses, all seem to be just mirrors of the first, the woman known as Haurvatat.
It is therefore possible that the woman known as Haurvatat still walks the earth. If she still is around, there is no mention at all of how she came to be immortal, nor any of her powers, but she must be very powerful indeed. There are no records of binding Haurvatat, though it is sure that some have tried.
From time to time a woman bearing the name Haurvatat appears in local legends, only to disappear again in time, usually after some tragic event. It is impossible to tell if all the women whom have taken the name Haurvatat are her or not, but the similarities to the actual woman are impossible to totally ignore.
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