Xaphan

Baroness.
Keeper of the Furnaces of Hell.
Daemon of Arsonists.

Origin: An angel. During the revolt in Heaven, Xaphan managed to shock all involved when she argued that the Morningstar ought to set fire to the Heavens and get it all over with.

Career: In the early days of Hell, Xaphan tried to fire its furnaces using lava from the depths of the Earth. The experiment left her terribly disfigured, and some say she decided to appear as female during the millennia it took her to rebuild at least part of her once angelic looks. Responsible for the daily maintenance of Hell, she seldom leaves her laboratories. No one knows as much as she does about the
Inferno’s mazes and corridors. She is known to have invented the humidor, but her long running project to connect Hell directly to Earth using long tunnels has so far led only to spectacular disasters. She is known to have shown a keen interest in the work of Marie Curie and claims that she often visited the great scientist.

Character: Imaginative and innovative, Xaphan considers herself something of a scientist and delights in solving problems in unexpected and violent ways. Consequently she is fond of fellow female scientists as well as anyone that can challenge her to solve a truly complex problem. She is very testy about her rather patched looks.

Symbols and attributes: A pair of crossed bellows.