{"id":3144,"date":"2024-10-09T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2026-09-27T17:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T20:40:32","slug":"minor-super-villain-636-the-serpent-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=3144","title":{"rendered":"MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 636: THE SERPENT LADY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We open on Mephisto, the Dreaded Poison Serpent, attacking a small boat and making off with its inhabitants. For a split second I am excited – maybe this is our long-sought criminal animal! – but then I remember the lessons I learned from Cephalopoda the Octopus<\/a> and rein myself in.<\/p>\n

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And it’s a good thing I did, for Mephisto is a mere tool of the mysterious Serpent Lady, who lives in a golden city in an undersea cave and rules over a population of bald creeps who need blood to live. Maybe? It’s possible that they just like<\/i> blood. Either way, this is why she has been using her cool snake to kidnap surface dwellers: their delicious blood.<\/p>\n

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Sub Saunders will not<\/i> stand for blood theft in his god-given ocean. He slays Mephisto and a fair few bald-headed creeps but leaves the Serpent Lady alive and at liberty. Will she be returning? I read ahead a bit and yes she will!<\/p>\n

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