Baba Yaga (バーバ・ヤーガ Bāba Yāga), also called Mom (
Appearance[]
Baba Yaga is an elderly woman with a skinny, frail build. Her face is not seen except for a malicious pointed-teeth grin, as the upper half of her body is always shrouded in pitch-black darkness. She is always seen sitting in a rocking chair and wears a long, unicolor, short-sleeved dress with white ruffles on the bottom, several bangle bracelets on both wrists, several finger rings, and slippers.
Personality[]
Like everyone in her family, Baba Yaga has a chilling indifference toward human life. She despises the idea of killing for money because she prefers that her family kills people for the sake of killing. She also has respect for people whom she views as hard-working and honest. Additionally, she is quite cunning, as she was able to have her family avoid the authorities in the U.S.A. and successfully flee the country after they were found out. She is smart enough not to start unnecessary trouble as demonstrated by her assessment that Roanapur's crime syndicates would come after her group if she tried to kill whomever she pleased in the city.
Gore Gore Girl history[]
It is unknown how long Baba Yaga has led the Baba Yaga family for, and there are several mysteries surrounding her. For example, her glasses-wearing son once alleged that she is supposed to be over 200 years old.[1] Likewise, according to Jessica, her mother willingly donned the name of the Baba Yaga figure from Slavic folklore. For new family members to be initiated, the new family members must go through a test that usually involves them murdering people to pass. Ultimately, new members are only allowed into the family upon Baba Yaga's approval.
For generations, the Baba Yaga family had terrorized rural America with their various murders. Their initial base was 70 acres of land where they also buried the corpses of their victims, and they had a hut which stood on two legs. When a corpse was discovered on the family's property by an outsider, the family's crimes were exposed, forcing them to flee the United States. Because of the distinctive hut with skinny legs found on the property, tabloid newspapers referred to the house on the corpse-filled property as "Baba Yaga's hut."[2] Once settling in Roanapur, the family used an abandoned resort as their base of operations, setting up various security cameras throughout. Knowing about the city's powerful crime syndicates, the Baba Yaga family chooses not to interfere in the underworld's affairs. Ever since arriving in the city, Baba Yaga has chosen to shut herself away from all family members and only permits Jessica to talk with her.[1]
Volume 3[]
Wanting to make Sawyer the Cleaner his bride, the older brother informed his family about his obsessive desire, so Baba Yaga decided to let him test the cleaner to see if she could join the family of serial killers. Subsequently, the older brother had tricked and captured Sawyer the Cleaner in the abandoned resort, eerily informing her that his mother would probably like her.[3] While Sawyer was captive in the hotel building's top floor, Jessica privately visited her mother in a hidden room. She asked her how she liked Roanapur. Rocking on a rocking chair, Baba Yaga commented that the city was truly a place of hard-working people proud of their work, be they merchants or craftsmen, adding that was reason enough not to interfere in their affairs especially if one wanted to stay alive in Roanapur. Saying that getting paid to kill people was disgusting, the old woman remarked that they needed to remain true to their family's tradition, rhetorically asking Jessica if she knew that. When Jessica agreed, her mother told her that she was a good girl, also mentioning that there were more kids those days who did not know what they were doing. In the dark, Baba Yaga's malicious smile gleamed as she ordered her daughter to find the bride candidate that her "idiot son" had found.[2]
Later after the whole battle wherein Sawyer killed both the older brother and his big brother, the blood-covered Sawyer left the abandoned hotel as Jessica waved goodbye. In a pitch-black room, Jessica sat on the floor, leaning next to her mother who continued sitting in a rocking chair. Hearing her daughter claim that she wanted to be friends with someone new, Baba Yaga remarked that those were rare words to hear from Jessica and advised her to bring them over sometime since she wanted to meet her "friend" as well. Lighting up her face, Jessica agreed and smiled.[1]
Volume 4[]
Talking to Baba Yaga in a pitch-black room, Jessica told her that she was going out for a while. In response, the mother asked if the "child" whom Jessica brought with her the previous day was all right, and the latter coldly replied that her "friend" did not even make for a good pet. Looking at her bloodied hammer, Jessica complained that she did not expect the friend to cry so awkwardly. After dropping her hammer on the floor, Jessica left Baba Yaga alone to visit Sawyer at the Roanapur Public Cemetery.[4]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gore Gore Girl Chapter 20: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gore Gore Girl Chapter 19: LIGHT MY FIRE
- ↑ Gore Gore Girl Chapter 18: GRAVE ENCOUNTERS
- ↑ Gore Gore Girl Chapter 23: A Mad Tea-Party