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'''Ruathadvorophrenaltid''' ('''Ruatha''' or '''Ruath''' for short<ref>''In the character's brief cameo appearance in ''[[Blood Harvest]]'' she called herself "Ruatha" for short. In ''[[Goth Opera]]'', which includes a retelling of the same scene and subsequent (in her timeline) events, she called herself "Ruath" instead.''</ref>) was a [[Time Lady]] who studied at the [[Prydon Academy]] at the same time as [[the Doctor]]. She later became the consort of the Vampire Messiah [[Yarven]], and tried to take over [[Gallifrey]] with an army of [[ | '''Ruathadvorophrenaltid''' ('''Ruatha''' or '''Ruath''' for short<ref>''In the character's brief cameo appearance in ''[[Blood Harvest]]'' she called herself "Ruatha" for short. In ''[[Goth Opera]]'', which includes a retelling of the same scene and subsequent (in her timeline) events, she called herself "Ruath" instead.''</ref>) was a [[Time Lady]] who studied at the [[Prydon Academy]] at the same time as [[the Doctor]]. She later became the consort of the Vampire Messiah [[Yarven]], and tried to take over [[Gallifrey]] with an army of [[vampire]]s. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== Time at the Prydon Academy=== | === Time at the Prydon Academy=== | ||
Ruath was in the class of '92, the year above the [[First Doctor]]. She and the Doctor used to break into [[TARDIS|capsules]] together. [[Fifth | Ruath was in the class of '92, the year above the [[First Doctor]]. She and the Doctor used to break into [[TARDIS|capsules]] together. The [[Fifth Doctor]] said that Ruath had been the first person to lead him astray. | ||
=== After the Academy === | === After the Academy === | ||
Unlike the Doctor, Ruath decided to stay on [[Gallifrey]]. She developed an academic interest in [[vampire]]s which grew into an obsession. Ruath was part of a research team studying texts from [[Rassilon]]'s time. In a volume of the [[ROO texts]], she found a story detailing how Rassilon was bitten by and converted into a vampire towards the end of his life. With other students of the Undead, she found vampire shrines in the [[Capitol]]. | Unlike the Doctor, Ruath decided to stay on [[Gallifrey]]. She developed an academic interest in [[vampire]]s which grew into an obsession. Ruath was part of a research team studying texts from [[Rassilon]]'s time. In a volume of the [[ROO texts]], she found a story detailing how Rassilon was bitten by and converted into a vampire towards the end of his life. With other students of the Undead, she found vampire shrines in the [[Capitol]]. She learned of [[Yarven|the Vampire Messiah]] from the [[Cult of the Vampire Rassilon]]. She later used [[Romana II|Romana]] to steal a [[TARDIS]], get to [[Earth]] and find Yarven. | ||
=== The Prydonian Lady === | === The Prydonian Lady === | ||
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-Prophesy of the Vampire Messiah. | -Prophesy of the Vampire Messiah. | ||
Ruath became the Prydonian Lady prophesised to help Yarven. She rescued him from the grave in which he had been buried alive. When her plan to give him | Ruath became the Prydonian Lady prophesised to help Yarven. She rescued him from the grave in which he had been buried alive. When her plan to give him the Fifth Doctor's blood failed, she gave him all her own. This triggered her second regeneration. Shortly after this, Yarven made her a vampire and she became his consort. She worked on a machine that would plunge Earth into a time freeze, creating an everlasting night. When she and the Doctor next met she expressed anger that he had left Gallifrey, feeling she had been betrayed. | ||
The Doctor made her believe he wanted to join her cause, letting her turn him into a vampire. Ruath planned to make him her consort once Yarven had sacrificed himself, but she was caught before this could happen. After Yarven and the other vampires were destroyed, she escaped and confronted the Doctor aboard [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. The Doctor admitted that he had purposefully left Ruath behind on Gallifrey. He believed she couldn't handle the life of a renegade, which until then was a decision he hadn't regretted. When [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] intervened, Ruath tried to kill her but [[Nyssa]] opened the doors of the TARDIS, and Ruath was sucked out into the [[Time Vortex]]. The Doctor said that Ruath was most likely dead. ([[MA]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'') | The Doctor made her believe he wanted to join her cause, letting her turn him into a vampire. Ruath planned to make him her consort once Yarven had sacrificed himself, but she was caught before this could happen. After Yarven and the other vampires were destroyed, she escaped and confronted the Doctor aboard [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. The Doctor admitted that he had purposefully left Ruath behind on Gallifrey. He believed she couldn't handle the life of a renegade, which until then was a decision he hadn't regretted. When [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] intervened, Ruath tried to kill her but [[Nyssa]] opened the doors of the TARDIS, and Ruath was sucked out into the [[Time Vortex]]. The Doctor said that Ruath was most likely dead. ([[MA]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'') | ||
