Elise and Cassiopeia Are To Similar

From a thematic stand point, and fill in the same arch type; the beautiful woman who's transformed into a vengeful, ruthless monster. And this is just a brief summary.

They're both from noble houses, both are Noxians, and both used cunning and beauty to manipulate those around them.

While this isn't one of the worse character arch types out there, and is in fact one of my favorites, they are in need of some variation to keep them from being the same person. My idea is simple, have one take on the role of being a more sympathetic monster. I'd choose Elise for this option, and let me explain why.

Elise, to those who have read her lore, before she became the monster she is now, wasn't necessarily an awful or horrible person. Born to one of the lower ranking aristocratic families of Noxus, she usd her beauty to raise her houses status, and manipulated those around to further that goal. While manipulating people may seem like a more negative attribute, we have to remember Elise is from Noxus, a culture that values strength in any form. She wasn't doing anything wrong, simply following the customs of her culture, and in fact was more selfless since she did it to raise not just her, but family's statues as well. Sure, she might have been a bit vain, but it was her beauty that allowed her to do all this. For those who have read her lore, than you also know that she is a viction in her own right.

The man she married, feeling insecure of his own socal stature, and jealous of that of his wife's, poisoned her, nearly killed her, and robbed her of the thing she valued most, her beauty. This was devastating for her. It might seem superficial, but her beauty was her greatest asset and weapon. It would be the same if an NFL player woke up and suddenly found himself crippled, or if an Artist had their creativity stolen from then. In her bio, she ends up succumbing to serious depression after this, with it stating that she locked herself in the dark, refused to leave her home, and became a recluse. This loss was so much for her to bear that she essentially lost all will to live.

Once she goes through the whole deal with the spier-god and becomes beautiful again, her character kind of stops growing from this point, becoming your general evil female character. This is where I would like to pick up on. In her bio, it states that she has sacrificed hundreds, possibly even thousands to the spider to maintain her beauty, and we can also assume that this is the only thing still keeping her alive at this point, with her having lived well past that of a normal human life span. What question her charcter can try to answer is "when does the killing end?" Again, she has killed so many in her goal to maintain her beauty, becoming a monster. Surely, there must be some part of her former humanity that's still in her, that see's the blood on her hands, and asks if it's still worth it. She knows that her beauty will only remain so long as she kills, so when does the killing simply become to much to maintain something that is destined to fade away and leave her. In a way, she's almost addicted to the killing, as we can surmise, it's the one thing that's still keeping her beauty, and her alive. In the end, she suffers from one of the most human of fears, the fear of death.

Being the monster she has become, it would be safe to assume that she might feel isolated from the rest of humanity, and her bio does state that even with her beauty granted, she still contains some of her reclusive habits. Beautiful, but now a monster, and a murderer, she might feel as though nobody could get close to her or love her, because she's done so many terrible things. She wants beauty to stay alive, but she needs to kill to be alive. It's and endless cycle that sees no end, until she decides to end it. So again, she must question herself "when does the killing end?"

I can just image her, staring in the mirror, tears in her eyes, as she remembers the human she once was, but now only see's the reflection of the mostrosity that she has become. Seeing the hundreds she has killed to maintain this beauty, and how that might weigh upon her soul. Let's not forget that her transformation also granted her with spider like appendages on her back, which could stand as a constant reminder that she's not fully human anymore. She mourns not only the loss of her true beauty, but of her humanity. Beautiful but alone, her life has becme nothing but killing, and she can't let anybody close, for they would soon realize how horrible she is. Everything she has done has only seperated her from the rest of the world. Sure, she can question "when does the killing end" but she can also question "what's the point of being beautiful if there's nobody there to appreciate it?"

Keep her ruthless, I don't want her to become a sobbing mess, but have some of humanity peak out every now and then, as a reminder that she was, and still is to some degree, a human. A human, with human fears and emotions, and guilt.