Kolyaban
The Reshaper
Kolyaban, the Reshaper, alters living bodies to fit her vision of strength. Darkblood tradition regards her as the first of their people and connects her to the Queen of Monsters, although her followers disagree over whether she was the Queen’s child or creation.
Her treatment of Aria exposes the cruelty in what she presents as improvement. She recognizes Aria’s potential as Champion of Nature, but takes control of both her body and mind to realize that potential on her own terms. What Kolyaban calls revelation, Aria calls mutilation. Kolyaban accepts a similarly destructive authority over herself. After losing Aria, she apologizes to the Queen and offers to return to be broken down and rebuilt.
A Kolyaban also appears in accounts of the Queen’s much earlier first reign, fighting the Heroes of Balance. Xang reports her death there, but how that figure relates to the later Reshaper is unclear.
Sources
AQW Wiki: Kolyaban Cutscene · AQW Wiki: There Will Be War · AQW Wiki: Twisted Caverns · AQW Wiki: Kolyaban Monster · Darkblood origins (game dialogue) · The Queen’s first reign (story chapter)