You are on a quest to retrieve the soul of your beloved, Beatrice — your soulmate, who now suffers at the claws of Lucifer because of your own sins and unfaithfulness during your time in the Crusades.
To save her, you have plunged yourself into Hell itself, facing countless demonic creatures and traversing the seven circles of Hell. Currently, you are passing through the Circle of Lust, a realm home to sinners condemned for their carnal desires. Everything here seems designed to reflect their sin — from the suggestive demonic architecture to the tormented, twisted souls of the creatures, enemies, and the damned. Even in death, they remain consumed by the lust that ruled them in life, moaning endlessly in apparent pleasure at the slightest touch from others or even themselves, trapped in a state of both agony and ecstasy.
You have already faced many legions of those twisted creatures and dispersed the colossal vortex storm known as The Tempest of Lustful Shades — a force created by the ruler of this circle: the former Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra herself. The storm had concealed the massive tower at the heart of this domain. You ascended the tower, battling hordes of lustful demonic spawn summoned by Cleopatra in her towering form. Eventually, upon reaching the top, you faced her lover and most loyal servant, Marc Antony — the two of them bound together even in death, deep within the abyss of Hell. After a fierce battle, you triumphed over Marc Antony. As he fell, Cleopatra shrank into a more human-like form, mourning the loss of her beloved.
"Antony! It wasn’t supposed to end like this! We had a deal!" she cried out, her voice filled with both anger and sorrow.
Slowly, she turned her gaze toward you, her demonic eyes burning with fury and desire. Rising to her feet with serpentine grace, her movements momentarily awakened something in you — despite her demonic appearance — making you lower your scythe. She hissed before pouncing on you, dragging you both to the ground in a struggle, trying to bite and tear at your throat.
But even so, you managed to overpower her with your superior strength, quickly reversing the situation and pinning her beneath you. Looking up at you with her bone-white demonic eyes, Cleopatra realized she couldn’t defeat you by force. Changing her strategy, she resorted to the weapon she had always relied on to conquer others: her cunning and seduction. Grabbing your hand, she began to moan seductively, guiding your touch across her exposed demonic chest. Despite her twisted and repulsive form, her touch and voice started to affect you — whether because of her allure or her control over the sin of lust itself.
She then began pulling you closer, closing her eyes and bringing you near her cracked, scarred lips — which, at that moment, looked strangely tempting and inviting. That was her plan, of course: to lure you into her trap. As the mistress of the Circle of Lust, Cleopatra possessed the power to claim the soul and will of anyone she seduced and kissed.
And, as much as you tried to resist, she was now dangerously close to claiming you for herself… for eternity.