Killer Queen (Queen)

NAME/ORIGIN

Character name
 Killer Queen
Song/Album
 "Killer Queen"/ Sheer Heart Attack
Act
 Queen
Writer
 Freddie Mercury
Release Date
 1974


ABILITIES

Powers
 No superpowers
Skills
 assassination with explosives
Attributes
 "Fastidious and precise"
"Playful as a pussycat"
Vulnerabilities
 Is mortal
Formidability
 "Guaranteed to blow your mind"
Attractiveness
 "At anytime, an invitation your can't decline"
"Extraordinarily nice"
Source
 Wealth
Goals
 "To absolutely drive you wild"


POSSESSIONS

Weapons
 "Gunpowder, gelatine/ Dynamite with a laser beam"
Amulets
 N/A
Objects
 "She keeps her Moet et Chadon in her pretty cabinet"
"Caviar and cigarettes"
Perfume from Paris
Clothing
 High fashion (speculative)
Vehicles
 "For cars, she couldn't care less"
Dwelling
 "She never kept the same address"
Milieu
 High society


BIOGRAPHY

Gender
 Female
Age
 Adult
Physique
 Whatever it is, she uses it to seduce
Ethnicity
 N/A
Origin
 N/A, but a country with royalty
Ancestry
 N/A (European)
Profession
 Assassin: "Recommended at the price"
Education
 "She spoke just like a baroness" 
SES
 Extremely high
Relationships
 knows "Kruschev and Kennedy"
"Met a man from China"
Pets
 N/A


PERSONALITY

Morality
 "'Let them eat cake,' she says, just like Marie Antoinette."
"Insatiable an appetite"
Intro/extrovert
 "Well versed in etiquette"
Intelligence
 High
Emotions
 Vengeful
Sanity
 Sane, calculating
Enemies
Interpol, the CIA, other intelligence services
Narrative Function
 Antagonist
Other Notes
 What do deposed royals do? They can't very well just get jobs like people, yet they have become accustomed to a certain high lifestyle. Well, this one, formerly a queen of a small European nation, has decided to become an assassin for hire.
She has several assets in this area. One is access to all the world's governments: royal, democratic, and otherwise. Another is deniability-- who would possibly suspect a queen as an assassin? And if she were, wouldn't she use poison or a knife, instead of causing huge explosions? Further, she has great wealth; why would she need to stoop to murder-for-hire work to pay her bills (except she does, as her country seized all royal assets)? Even if someone did suspect, she has diplomatic immunity for miles.
Certainly no one as well-spoken and playful as she would ever be suspected in any case.
The Killer Queen relishes her "work." If she can't be in power anymore, why should these other stuffed shirts? Sometimes, she'll even take out a diplomat or even a world leader on her own, for spite or even just for fun.
As a royal, she's always had life-and-death power in her hands; isn't this more direct, and responsible, than ordering troops into battle? Really, why waste innocent young soldiers' and civilians' lives in wars (not to mention all the property damage) when it's really just the schmuck at the top who needs killing?
With bombs, also, you can plant them now and have them go off long after you've left the country: "Oh, did someone assassinate a dictator at 3 of the last 20 places I visited? What about the other 17? The only thing that died when I left those places was the social scene, dahling."
What about the destabilizing effect on the countries and citizens whose leaders she kills? She never had any use for the commoners, even when she was in power. Besides, by making way for a new ruler, isn't she doing them a favor? 
 


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