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"Sneaky little Sabine, always conning the wrong people, always getting the wrong people mad with her. I thought you’d have ended up dead in the gutter a long time before this."
Tanith Low, The Maleficent Seven
Sabine Adorn
Sabine
Character Information
Taken Name Sabine Adorn
Species Human
Gender Female
Birth By 1970
Age 43+
Magic Magiphage
Location Likely deceased

Sabine Adorn is a con artist and a thief, known for her ability to infuse objects with magic.

In 2013, she joins Tanith Low's attempt to steal the God-Killers.

Appearance[]

Sabine is a petite woman with short blonde hair, though it is long enough to hang over her face when wet. According to Springheeled Jack, she is "pretty as a picture". Jack and Dexter Vex both describe her as a "girl", but according to Jack, she looks to be around thirty years old; it is unclear if he is accounting for the slower aging of mages.

Personality[]

Sabine is a shrewd thief. She is always prepared, always remains focused on the job at hand. While Sabine is skilled at manipulating her clients, she is easily manipulated herself: she has very little experience dealing with people that she isn't trying to con, and is remarkably naive when it comes to their true intentions. She remains completely oblivious to Springheeled Jack's crush on her, doesn't anticipate Tanith Low lying to her or double-crossing her, and is shocked when Billy-Ray Sanguine kills a Ripper in front of her. Sabine also has a tendency to get in over her head by conning powerful people, and Tanith is surprised that she survives long enough to join her team.

Although Sabine is unethical, and struggles not to laugh as she cons Badstreet, she does have some moral guidelines. In particular, she hates murder, and even intends to turn down her reward just to avoid being a part of a group that kills innocent people. Sabine also gets upset at the idea that she might be evil, and has doubts about working for Tanith, seeing as Tanith wants to end the world. Jack regards her as "pure" and "innocent", and the killers and monsters that make up the rest of Tanith's core team seem to agree that Sabine doesn't belong among them.

Sabine is tense, and constantly looking over her shoulder, scared that disgruntled clients might be in pursuit. She is also scared of vampires in their human form as well as their feral form, finding them to be uncannily graceful, and is terrified when she confronts Dexter Vex in combat, even backed up by Sanguine and Dusk. When working with people that she is neither scared of nor repulsed by, Sabine is fairly dominant; for instance, she slaps Wilhelm Scream and tells him to stop panicking when Wilhelm becomes hysterical with fear.

Sabine is well-spoken, and has a strong dislike of unpleasant sights, sounds, and smells. Though she is typically calm and collected, she is sometimes quick to anger, and can act irrationally; for example, after witnessing Sanguine kill someone, she begins shoving him repeatedly as Sanguine laughs. Though Sabine is capable of restraining herself if she feels that it's necessary, she is fairly unskilled at hiding her emotions: she has a noticeable habit of chewing her lip when she thinks, and Tanith finds it easy to guess what she is thinking.

Biography[]

Sabine encountered Tanith Low in 1983, by which point she was already working as a con artist and a thief. At some point, she swindled Thames Chabon, and made many other powerful enemies.

In 2013, Sabine tricks Badstreet into buying a worthless trinket that she claims is the Ring of Salumar. After making her escape, she is confronted by Tanith, who intends to steal the God-Killers and recruits Sabine by promising her a new life, safe from the enemies she has accumulated.

Sabine quickly takes a dislike to the rest of the team. Springheeled Jack becomes infatuated with her, and Black Annis, who resents her for catching Jack's attention, fantasises about eating her; Sabine remains oblivious to the feelings of both. Her role in the team is to infuse replicas of the God-Killers with magic, which will allow the thefts to go undetected. Billy-Ray Sanguine also has her charge a second set of replicas with magic, so as to trick Tanith into believing that he has destroyed the real ones.

Sabine is present on the boat that retrieves Tanith after she successfully steals the God-Killer dagger, and is thrown into the water when a Ripper attacks. After Tanith subdues the Ripper, Sabine asks whether they should keep him captive or let him go, and is shocked when Sanguine resolves the dilemma by killing him. Sabine threatens to quit, but agrees to stay when Tanith promises only to kill in self-defence, unaware that this is a lie.

Sabine and Jack are given the job of keeping the gunmen occupied when the group attacks Jackie Earl's compound in Chicago. Sabine herself stays out of the fighting. She does, however, help Sanguine and Dusk fight Dexter Vex when they ambush Vex's team in Poland, draining Vex's magic.

When the group infiltrates the English Sanctuary, Sabine is double-crossed by Tanith, who gives her to Thames Chabon in return for access to a secret entrance. Sabine begs for help from Annis, Dusk, and Wilhelm Scream, but Annis tells her this is what she deserves for stealing Jack's attention, Dusk is too preoccupied as he fights his transformation into a vampire, and Wilhelm is too scared. Sabine is dragged into a van by Chabon's men and, according to Dusk, is probably killed shortly afterwards.

Magic and abilities[]

Sabine is an Adept, specifically a Magiphage, commonly known as a Leech. She is able to drain the magic from a sorcerer for a few minutes; Dexter Vex describes the sensation as "feeling like his life was being dragged out of him". A rarely-known other side to Magiphages is their ability to infuse objects with magic, which allows Sabine to give them a magical aura for up to ninety hours. She can keep at least four objects infused at the same time, and can apparently also infuse people with magic, though it is unclear how this works. Sabine uses her magic through her hands, which glow as she does so.

Using her magic and charisma, Sabine is capable of tricking various people into believing that she has sold them magical items. She is also able to deactivate alarms. Apparently, Sabine is also a thief, though any skills relating to this have not been seen.

Tanith also gives her the task of eliminating gunmen with Springheeled Jack, though Sabine instead stays out of the way; it is unclear if this is something Sabine would actually be capable of doing, but it is unlikely, as Vex is certain that Sabine isn't a fighter.

Trivia[]

  • Sabine's surname was revealed in the Grimoire.
  • Sabine's name is likely a reference to the legendary abduction of the Sabine women, foreshadowing her fate.
  • Sabine's depiction in the character sheets for The Maleficent Seven appears to be a traced image of Aya Brea from Parasite Eve.

Appearances[]

Maleficent Seven
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