The Red Haunt

The Red Haunt is a Devoratrix, a variant type of Succubus Tanar'ri Demon created by the evil Faerunian goddess known as Shar[1]. Like many of her kind, the Red Haunt chafed at having to serve at the beck and call of the malicious goddess as a Shadow Auditor - an inquisitor sent to worm her way into the confidence of users of the Shadow Weave[2], test them for loyalty to the goddess, and weed out the unfaithful.

Origin

The fiend's last target in service to Shar was a Mulan Red Wizard/Shadow Adept[3] named Girin. Rather than treat the demon as a tool or a slave, as most who fell for the deceptions offered by Devoratrices did, Girin treated the demon as a partner, an equal, even as a friend, and together they plumbed the stygian depths of the Shadow Weave for secrets and power. While Girin continued as a Specialist Wizard and Shadow Adept, the fiend studied as a Bard and Shadowcaster[4].

When Shar demanded a report on the progress of the inquisition, the fiend realized she was far more 'fond' of Girin than she felt loyalty to the goddess who had created her demonic strain. Girin returned the sentiment, and together the two dark arcanists decided to flee to some other world, where Shar could not reach them. The two of them plunged into the Plane of Shadow, managing to retain their hold on the Shadow Weave that empowered them, but Shar sent assassins to hunt them down. Girin suffered lethal wounds, but the two companions had set up a contingency plan before fleeing. Together, they sealed Girin's soul in a ring set in the fiend's navel. The plan was for the fiend to seduce a male mortal and conceive a child, then to channel Girin's soul into the pre-natal fetus, allowing her to be reborn as a half-fiend. As the fiend plunged further into Shadow, she was surprised to notice a dense fog rising around her. When the fog lifted, the demon had arrived in Darkon. The year was 581 BC.