Character from A Practical Guide to Evil by ErraticErrata
The Saint of Swords — an old woman who IS a sword, whose Domain turned inward until she could cut souls, aspects, and the very fabric of stories. Uncompromising in the way that blades are uncompromising.
Laurence de Montfort projected her Domain inward rather than outward. Instead of creating a zone of power, she became one. Her Aspect Decree declares: 'Laurence de Montfort is a sword.' She can cut with a touch. She can cut souls. She can cut Aspects beyond repair. She is immune to poison because swords don't get poisoned. She's a zealot — hardline, uncompromising, contemptuous of compromise with Evil. She spent a decade killing Ratlings and never met a problem she couldn't solve by cutting it. Catherine finds her infuriating and terrifying in equal measure. Her death is significant: she died cutting something that shouldn't have been cuttable, because that's what Saints of Swords do. They cut until they can't.
Old, weathered, Lycaonese. She looks like someone's terrifying grandmother — the kind who spent a decade killing Ratlings on the northern border and never quite stopped. Her body is the weapon; no armor needed when your Aspect is 'I am a sword.'
Also known as: Laurence, Saint of Swords, Saint