The Mad Princesses

"'It's the strangest thing. The worst part wasn't watching my home burn or my family murdered. Losing everything wasn't the worst part. The worst part was the laughter. That sound. The sound of those women--gods, those demons--laughing while they made the blackened bones of my children dance for them...'""~ A survivor of a Greytower raid recounts his experience"

Overview
Late in his life, High King Balticore Greytower began to bring his three daughters along on the border raids he conducted outside of The Scourge. Balvina, Odessa, and Leonora Greytower had all begun their martial and magical training, and under their father's supervision, they were instrumental in many Greytower victories.

In addition to their exceptional martial prowess, the presence of the Princesses of The Scourge was always cause for alarm on account of their extreme bloodlust. The few survivors of Scourge raiding parties tell tales of the inhuman tortures their families were subjected to before finally dying at the hands of the young Greytowers, and of the monstrous delight the young women took in cutting down their foes and raising the corpses to join their ranks.

Cause for Concern
In the history of the Greytower family, an appetite for carnage is not uncommon, and indeed, delight in battle has been the hallmark of their family's heritage for millenia. Nevertheless, it has been observed both inside and outside the family that the three sisters carried this tradition to a definite extreme.

The final indication of this extreme violence was the betrayal of the family by Leonora Greytower: The cold-blooded and efficient murder of her sister, her brother-in-law, and her nephews all in a single evening. Historically, such a dramatic power grab is not unheard of, but for her to wipe out an entire branch of the family with the House already struggling under the ruin of the Scourge was unthinkable.

It has been theorized by Witch King Vandergast himself that being born under The Scourge somehow changed his nieces. That their personalities are a reflection of the darkness of the very land they are destined to rule. While this profound inner evil could prove the key to Greytower conquest, it is already clear that without the proper discipline, the bloodlust of the Mad Princesses will tear apart House Greytower--and all The Kingdom of The Scourge--from within.