Delilah Morreo

Miss Delilah Morreo, formerly known as Delilah Moreau, was a scientist at the Cavalcadium in the late 1800s.

After her death, she was resurrected by Thadeus Becile and became a vampire-hunting wraith, a story recounted in The Ballad of Delilah Morreo.

History
Delilah was a chemist, but she was interested in many other fields of science as well. Her enthusiasm and her beauty made her very popular in the Cavalcadium, and her status as a woman of science — in a time where women with any kind of career were rare — made her popular worldwide.

Colonel P. A. Walter I and Thadeus Becile were both romantically interested in her, and so began a rivalry between them for her affection. However, Delilah was neutral, despite all their efforts. Their attempts to impress her gradually escalated, with Thadeus presenting his discovery of Green Matter; Peter Walter thought it was too dangerous to use as a power source, and Delilah agreed with him, thus offending Thadeus Becile.

Determined to once again enter Delilah’s good graces, Thadeus built an enormous African elephant made of copper, knowing she was fond of African animals. She was impressed with the invention, prompting Peter to study Blue Matter energy and construct a band of singing musical automatons; they were built for the purpose of serenading Delilah, based on a rumour about her enjoyment of music.

However, Delilah fell ill and passed away in 1896, before the completion of Peter’s steam man band and Delilah the giraffe.

Thadeus, who had been banished from the Cavalcadium, later learned of Delilah Morreo’s death and decided to try and resurrect her using the necromantic properties of Green Matter he had discovered during his research.

The resurrection of Delilah was a success, however, as soon as she came back to life, she was overtaken by vampiric thirst and murdered Thadeus. Eventually she found a cure for her vampirism and became a wraith; a creature that hunts and consumes vampires.



Trivia

 * Delilah is a lesbian, or possibly bisexual; this is alluded to in both her backstory, with her indifference towards male suitors, and in her ballad(“there ain’t no man for this Vampire Queen”), as well as being addressed in fan questions answered by Bunny.
 * Delilah’s father was also a scientist. He experimented with genetic engineering using animal subjects.
 * Little is known about the werewolf standing next to Delilah in her track art, other than that she is Delilah’s wife.