Belladonna De'Escher

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Belladonna Familus Umathurn De'Escher is a noble of House Escher active in Hive Primus on Necromunda^[1] and one of the seven daughters of Orlena Escher — matriarch of the Seven Spire Killer Cult.^[1]

Biography

Red Wedding

Belladonna De'Escher ^[3]

A noble bounty huntress and one of Orlena Escher’s seven daughters—matriarch of the Seven Spire Killer Cult—Belladonna was once a feared assassin in the Palatine Cluster. In a rare alliance, Orlena arranged for Belladonna to marry Tzakwon Ran Lo, heir to the Ran Lo Stratoplane Empire. Despite the marriage being for strategic purposes, the couple fell deeply in love.^[1]

Tragedy struck during their wedding banquet when a gift box revealed a starved crotalid which savagely killed Tzakwon. In the ensuing chaos, Belladonna killed the beast at the cost of her left arm, left leg, and right eye. Her house's advanced medical expertise saved her life, and she quickly recovered, her new bionics barely healed. Seeking vengeance, she now prowls the underhive as a bounty hunter, determined to find her husband's murderers and uncover the faction that destroyed the Escher-Ran Lo alliance.^[1]

Bounty Hunter

When a Plague Zombie outbreak struck the Underhive, Belladonna and the Broken Blades bounty hunting gang were hired by the Merchants Guild to protect it. However, as the zombies attacked, Belladonna famously negotiated a better price for herself after threatening to leave unless the guild paid her more for the risk of getting plague guts on her armour^[2].

Confusion with 'Mad" Donna Ulanti

Because of how similar their names are, Belladonna sometimes gets confused with fellow bounty hunter Mad Donna, which she takes great offense to, given Mad Donna's insane murderess reputation.^[4]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

• "Belladonna" literally means (in two words) "beautiful lady" in Italian, but commonly refers to Atropa belladonna, also known simply as belladonna or deadly nightshade.

Sources

• 1: Necromunda: Gangs of the Underhive, pg. 68
• 2: Necromunda: The Book of Peril, pg. 11
• 3: Necromunda: Book of the Outcast, pg. 13
• 4: White Dwarf April 2019, pg. 125 - The Tale of Kal Jericho