Planescape Torment Codexery

The Lady of Pain

The silent overseer of Sigil, the city at the center of the multiverse.

The Lady of Pain is the powerful overseer of Sigil, a large city located atop an infinitely tall spire at the center of the multiverse in the Planescape setting.

Quick Facts

Role
Sovereign of the City of the Spired Skies
Affiliation
The City of the Spired Skies (absolute authority)
First appears
Planescape: Torment (1999)
Philosophy
Pain is the only true and infallible teacher
Nature
Embodiment of Pain as an abstract principle
Status
Active; the Nameless One's final judgment
Power
Absolute within her domain; beyond mortal comprehension

Reader's Guide

Players encounter her only as a background figure in the setting; she is not a companion, quest-giver, or boss in the game.

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