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“ | One shot the arrow, another strung the bow. A third cut the marrow and a fourth told her no. But the one who lured the sparrow, the one who set the bait. He will die in pieces and suffer all my hate. |
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~ One of The Widow's threatening poems. |
“ | Where was the justice for Margaret Mehar? Where was the justice for my mother!? Where was the justice for anyone here!? The only way to bring back justice now is vengeance! | „ |
~ Regina's philosophy. |
Regina Simcoe (née Regina Mehar), also known as The Widow is the main antagonist in the fifth season of the horror anthology series Slasher, titled Ripper.
She is the wife of wealthy aristocrat Alistair Simcoe and in secret, a ruthless serial killer who enacts her cruel vengeance upon the tycoon Basil Garvey and his associates for something they did in the past which included the murder of her mother.
She was portrayed by Clare McConnell. Young Regina was portrayed by Shayelin Martin. In-costume scenes as The Widow were portrayed by Nicole Moller and Clare McConnell.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Regina was the daughter of harlot Margaret Mehar. When she was a child, she lived a decadent life with Margaret who had to sell her own body on the streets for just a few coins. Her pimp Horatio Dixon eventually sold her as a maid to Viviana and Venetia Botticelli whom provided Regina a sort of shelter inside their manor. However, the savage sisters tortured both daily and even threatened to sell Regina to the local butcher.
Having enough of her sadistic masters, Margaret tried to save her daughter's future by getting money at any cost. To achieve this, she threatened to blackmail Basil Garvey, the tycoon who owned half of Toronto by revealing to the upper class that he himself descended from a prostitute if he didn't pay her what she believed she owned. Of course, this horribly backfired to her as Basil lured her to a place in which she would be raped and tortured to death by him and his associates. Basil then framed and convicted the pastor Andrew May Sr. for his own crime and he was executed by hanging.
The Botticellis kicked the young Regina out to the streets since they weren't bind to Margaret anymore, but she was taken by one of their servants Mrs. Tamanaha, from whom she learned martial arts and self-defense skills. However, Regina grew up with a strong feeling of burning vengeance against all the people involved in the murder of her mother, feeling sick of the corrupted system of justice bought by Basil.
As an adult, she married Alistair Simcoe, one of the people directly involved with her mother's death and from him she got the details she wanted to rightfully ennact her vengeance. With everything confirmed, Regina dressed herself in a widow's gown and roamed the streets of Toronto leaving a trail of fear and blood to make the upper class know that a new threat has arrived town, a ghastly figure that would never stop until Basil Garvey got torned apart into pieces.
Motive[]
Regina is not only motivated by vengeance but also out of a twisted but strong sense of justice. The fact that the man who ruined her life was practically untouchable greatly sickened her, believing there was no other way to get justice for her and her mother if it wasn't by her own hands. Unlike past killers who liked to pose as vigilantes but ultimately came as petty, Regina made sure to punish people who actually deserved it, being amongst her kill toll rapists, torturers, serial mutilators, sex slavers, corrupt officials and murderers. However, as it is usual for most of these killers she comes of as too cruel, not willing to spare her victims even if they comply to her demands and giving exaggeratedly painful and torturous deaths that don't fit the crime most of the time.
Despite of that, she never deviates from her intended targets and will not harm any third-partiers even if she would greatly benefit from doing so if she can assure that they are innocent. Even if her motive is a selfish one as it is vengeance, Regina can be considered the most righteous and less petty killer compared to the rest, being a true vigilante who actually has heroic goals in mind, but who's methods to achieve said goals are extremely inhumane.
Victims[]
- Alistair Simcoe | Tied to a back of a wall, sheep shears shoved down anal cavity, and spine cut open.
- Horatio Dixon | Beheaded with a bowie knife.
- Enid Jenkins | Crushed by printing press.
- Eddie Jacobs | Ankles, spine, and head bashed with a sledgehammer.
- Superintendent Isaac Kashtinsky | Hands tied to the back of a runaway horse and dragged to death.
- Salomé | Dismembered with a bone saw while alive.
- Dr. Melanda Israel | Arm dismembered and electrocuted to death.
- Georges Rondeau | Strangled with rope until neck was broken.
- Basil Garvey | Eyes gouged out, face and scalp torn apart.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- She is the fourth female killer in the series thus far.
- She is the second killer to not be caught for their crimes, following Judith Berry.
- She is also similar to Jack the Ripper since she never got caught.
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Season One: The Executioner Season Two: Guilty Party Season Three: Solstice Season Four: Flesh and Blood Season Five: Ripper |