The Empress of Blood, the nominal ruler of the Empire of Blood, is a giant red dragoness who feeds on animals. She conquered the Empire with the help of Malack, Tarquin and his son Nale, two years before her appearance in the comic. Nale, however, betrayed them, wanting to be crowned himself. Tarquin then set a bounty on his son. The Empress resides in her Palace of Blood in Bleedingham, focused entirely on eating, leaving the governance of the Empire to Tarquin and his Chancellor, Kilkil.