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Lamia's Android Duplicate of Princess Strella

A mechanical replica of Princess Strella, its artificial skin taut over synthetic musculature, designed to mimic her grace and bearing with unsettling precision. Its hollow eyes contain no warmth, only the cold gleam of Lamia's mechanical craftsmanship. Strella’s features are perfectly rendered yet lifeless, a grotesque imitation that serves Grendel’s cruelty by dangling her fate over Romana’s head. It is a tool of psychological warfare, its very existence proof of Lamia’s failed plot to assassinate Reynart through this imitation.
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S16E16 · The Androids of Tara Part 4
Grendel coerces Romana with Strella's life

The android duplicate of Princess Strella, a failed instrument of Lamia's assassination plot against Reynart, is weaponized by Grendel as a psychological scarecrow to terrorize Romana into compliance. Though physically absent from the cell, its failed purpose becomes the catalyst for Grendel's revised coercive strategy, emphasizing his adaptability in cruelty.

Before: Destroyed or rendered unusable after Lamia's death, rendering Grendel's original plan obsolete
After: Referenced as a failed plot device, now replaced by the live hostage of Princess Strella still imprisoned below
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