Cydaea

The Mistress of Pain is a Diablo III monster that likely is a Boss of some sort. She is likely a Demon type monster.

Diablo III Monster

Diablo III Monster [e]
Cydaea           Boss
Classification:	Demons
Monster Family:	Bosses
Role:	Boss
Monster Stats Norm/Night/Hell/Inferno
Life:	Unknown
Mana:	Unknown
Armor:	Unknown
Resistance:	Unknown
Offence Norm/Night/Hell/Inferno
Armament:	Frontal Blades
DPS:	Unknown
Low Damage:	Unknown
High Damage:	Unknown
Range:	Melee & Ranged
Speed:	Unknown
Movement:	Unknown
Monster Modifiers
Unknown
Spells/Abilities
Explosive Projectiles Sticky Slick
Found In
Unknown

Concept art with notes.

The Minstress of Pain is a likely candidate to be a Boss type monster because of the fact that the concept art released shows diagrams of several of her abilities; far more than any normal monster would have.

She looks extraordinarily horrible as some perverted hybrid between humanoid and spider demon. The legs look like human female thighs that are crammed down into some metal shoes (claws), and two "Frontal Blades" sticking out of her crotch. Most of these parts are uncovered by armour protection. The hind section is a soft abdomen creating two products: Sticky Slick, that impedes player movement, and Explosive Projectiles that disperse in a cluster around the player. Around this soft abdomen is a hard bone exoskeleton "ribcage"

In another concept artwork, she's found hanging by her legs in chains, with manacles attached to the legs themselves. She's more dressed, wearing a "dress-like" attire, with hints of her two Frontal Blades hidden underneath. Her face is also significantly more serene than the mad ghoul-like one she has in the shot with notes on it.

What type of significance these chains have, we'll have to wait and see...

Spells and Abilities

• Explosive Projectiles - Projectiles that disperse in a cluster around the player.
• Sticky Slick - Impedes player movement.

Related Monsters

There is no known related monsters to the Mistress of Pain.

Background

Besides the fact that she lives in something that looks like a sewer, hanging from chains with skulls dangling around her, in her pretty dress, nothing is really known about the Mistress of Pain. Seeing as she has a nice dress, it might be some corrupted human princess in ages back, who's still very aware of fashion, but no one can do anything besides speculating.

Development

The Mistress was originally only shown with the chains, and called the "Spider Queen" by the Diablo 3 community, but a few crumbles of information became available when the denoted concept art was released. The first work must have been on July 2003 or earlier, since concept art by Peter Lee is dated to this time.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures
• Mistress of Pain-specific gallery contents

The Mistress is one of few new monsters that have received great attention by the Diablo 3 community. In this gallery, two pieces of fan art is also included with the official art:

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  Notated concept art by Peter Lee.

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  The Mistress alone in some sort of cellar.

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  Wallpaper version of the notated concept. More chains...

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  Fan art by Kaeros[1]

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  Mistress of Pain 3D model by Delowyn.]]

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  The "Durance of Pain" by Delowyn.]]

Related Links

• Peter Lee (D3 Team artist)
• Delowyn (Fan artist)