Cydaea

Cydaea, Maiden of Lust.

The Maiden of Lust (previously known as the Mistress of Pain) is a Diablo III monster that likely is a Boss of some sort. She is likely a Demon type monster.

Contents

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 Mistress of Pain is a likely candidate to be a Boss type monster. Apart from having a title, a conceptual artwork depicting the Mistress of Pain lists several of her abilities - more than typical monsters have.

The Maiden of Lust is a demon with an upper body of a woman from the waist up and a body of a spider. She walks on six spider-like legs that appear to be made of soft flesh instead of the hard carapace found in spiders. The spider portion of her body also has a pair of bladed mandibles which are used for slashing attacks. Her upper body appears to be that of a beautiful human female but has claws on her hands and many sharp teeth. Her spider abdomen has large spinnerets that produce sticky silk which impedes player movement, as well as explosive projectiles that disperse in a cluster around the player.

Another artwork depicts her hanging by chains attached to her greaves, wearing dress-like attire and a serene expression. The significance of this has not been made clear.

Spells and Abilities

• Explosive Projectiles - projectiles that disperse in a cluster around the player.
• Sticky Silk - slows 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.

Lore

Rumor holds that Archbishop Lazarus loosed a silent terror in the caves near Leoric's Manor before he died. He labored for weeks over a group of unusually large spiders, and many of his servants quietly disappeared during this time... The largest creature led the others into the caves--none who have ventured there have returned.

Deckard Cain

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.

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  Mistress of Pain Cosplay by Rainyia.

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  Render of the Maiden's model.

Related Links

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