*sigh* Harriet is a…complicated…person for me. There’s so much more to her than her appearance. She’s a Haunt, a dead mortal soul that can’t enter either afterlife for whatever reason. Her reason is because her soul was shattered on her death, caused by a botched killing curse. Until the missing pieces of her soul gather back to the core, she’s stuck like this.
As for her history, she was a mortal human. I know little about how she was before her transformation, but the fact that she attempted to employ a killing curse against someone who rejected her confession of love kind of paints a less than wholesome picture. But because she did something wrong, the curse chained what was left of her soul to it. The curse apparently just killed the target, but now Harriet is forced to carry out the crime.
The worst part is that apparently this curse exists on a number of worlds, so Harriet can be summoned to any of them to take out a target. Needless to say, she has a great deal of blood on her hands. Doesn’t help that she gains a number of perks when she’s summoned; in her Huntress form, she becomes much stronger, she can teleport to wherever her target is, and she always has a weapon.
She deeply regrets her actions and is always devastated when she carries out a job. She loses all autonomy when she’s summoned, but she’s fully aware of everything. She is desperately looking for a way to break away from this curse, and with the help of her current boyfriend, Vex, she’s making slow headway.
I used to hate her. A mortal who willingly wanted to take someone else’s life simply because they didn’t love them is incredibly petty. But after hearing what Vex and Macabre thought on the matter, I realized we had one thing in common; my Beast form was also uncontrollable for a time, so I know what it felt like to lose yourself. And I shouldn’t have disregarded the remorse she felt when she’s successfully summoned. I don’t think Heaven will hold most of her kills against her, but the first one was a conscious action she needs to answer for. I just hope we can get her to realize that grace and forgiveness are there for those who ask of it, and are easier to obtain that many mortals believe.
In the meantime, Nikolai, Macabre, Vex, and I are on alert for when she’s summoned. If we can keep her held for long enough, the summon will wear off. We’re sadly not always successful. I have personally told Harriet that I will do everything in my power to stop her, and I do have ways of “containing” another. She’s holding me to this promise.
