This is for the Western Civilization Board Monthly Art Theme Jam: OCTOBER - HORROR Horror based comics cartoons and games are pretty ripe for some DiD here and there. Let's make that happen this month since it's Halloween time!
We have Purgatori of Chaos! Comics, it seems that this vampire has been captured maybe by Lady Death or maybe the forces of Heaven. Now this vampire demon now struggles to free herself.
Purgatori is a fictional comic book character, created by writer Brian Pulido and artist Steven Hughes. A crimson-skinned, winged vampire goddess, she first appeared in Evil Ernie: Revenge #1 (October 1994), published by Chaos! Comics. She has since appeared in books published by Devil Due Publishing (2005-2006). The intellectual property (IP) for future works was bought by Dynamite Entertainment in May 2010 and in March 2011, Dynamite Entertainment President Nick Barrucci stated in 2012 they will publish new series of both Purgatori and Lady Demon, but expressed a desire not to rush the roll-out of these Chaos! Comics revamps.
Purgatori's beginnings are in the pages of the Lady Death's first outing The Reckoning as mere side-note, the vanished lover of Lucifer, in the very first issue. Her first appearance was Lady Death's second series Between Heaven and Hell, where she played the role of protagonist. We get a view of her beginnings as a devil worshiper in ancient Egypt to the Devil's devious whore to a shadowy figure that torments Lady Death with her telepathic powers before a physical battle takes place. She is something of an antithesis of Lady Death, being secretive, cowardly, using illusion, and not afraid to backstab or strike low to achieve her goals.
Quickly becoming a fan favorite, Purgatori spawned her own series that, as with all Chaos Comics properties, interwove with other Chaos characters on a regular basis. Always the aggressor, Purgatori is characterized as an untrustworthy vampiric goddess with a lust for the blood of deities. On occasion she has held uneasy truces, but the moment that is not longer in her interests she reverts to aggressor.
She was born in Egypt (1390 B.C.) and raised in the city of Alexandria. Her parentage is not known, but she has the blood of Fallen Angels flowing in her veins. She was one of half of the population that was enslaved to work on Queen Ostraca's lavish tomb that ensured her passing into the afterlife. Sakkara had to work in the hot sun, brutally whipped by the male guards.
A Celtic man once told her how to escape slavery and gain immortality but before she could think on this, her life was changed. The Queen came to inspect the progress in her chariot and almost ran Sakkara over. She was going to berate the slave girl for not moving fast enough but became entranced with the girl's blue eyes and beauty. Queen Ostraca was known for her love of women, and Sakkara became the greatest woman in her harem, eventually marrying the Queen and living a life of utter bliss and luxury.
But her life once again changed when Queen Ostraca realized the rebellious slave force would soon quit working on her tomb and she would not enter the afterlife. So after making a deal with Genera Ramses, he became Pharaoh as long as he would keep the population in check, and he would be her only lover. So her harem was slaughtered, and when Sakkara returned to see this, she escaped the guards by jumping out a window in a suicide attempt, but fate intervened, and she landed in a wagon of carpets. So after thinking things over, she decided she did not want to die, she wanted immortality, and vengeance.
She sought out the Celtic man, finding him being beaten to death by the guards who were tired of his rantings. She killed them and he managed to hold onto his life force long enough to tell her his secret. Across the blazing desert and into a cave set into a mountain she trekked, barely surviving. She finally stood before Rath, an ancient Celtic vampire. She wished for immortality to seek revenge and he for a weapon to divert man from his path to becoming a civilized people. She, filled with rage, was that weapon, and biting her, he drained her of her own blood, giving her some of his own, and as their blood mingled she became an immortal vampire. His blood and her blood (of the Fallen Angels) mixed to form a creature unique throughout time and space. A beautiful creature with blood red skin, glowing white eyes, horns and wings. She returned to Alexandria on the wedding night of the Queen and attacked the guests, transforming the samurai, Kabala and Jade into vampires. She then proceeded to start riots in Alexandria by instigating rebellion. As for Ostraca and Ramses, she bit them and buried them alive in the Queen's sarcophagus. They were rescued five days later, but they had already turned vampiric and without blood had become wizened and insane, and so they remained forever.
Rath left to his own task and Sakkara learned that the blood of gods, especially in torment holds extreme power. Lucifer then became entranced by her and came to her bringing her to Hell where she was to be his wife. But she had other plans and in the bedchamber she bit him. He was infuriated with her but impressed at her spirit so he cast in her in the Nexus Of All Things. She was left in exile in the city of Necropolis and he gave her a new name...Purgatori.
She remained there for millennia feasting on the inhabitants, transforming Necropolis into her own image. She could not pass through the Nexus but she saw Marion do so and one day, with her chimera, she trapped Marion studying her and the Nexus for 400 years, looking for a way to return to Hell. She was forced to take action when (at the instigation of Lady Death) the Fallen Angels fought in a bid to rule Hell, and so they went for Necropolis first. She used Marion's soul to pass through the Nexus and she found that she had returned to Hell. Now her one desire was the blood of Hell's ruler, Lady Death and the soul inside her, that of Lucifer.
