Elizabeth Borden
Elizabeth Borden, also known as Liz or Lizzie, was a character in the Cyberpunk universe.
Biography
2020s
Liz Borden was the name given to a slightly psychotic joygirl working in the Uptown Mall with one of the smaller gangs in Night City. In her her more lucid moments, Liz was a good source of information.[1]
2060s
In the 2060s, Lizzie was the owner of a strip club in Kabuki. She known as for treating her workers fairly and defending them from violent clients.
On May 13 2067,[2] one of Lizzie's girls was brutally raped and murdered by members of the Tyger Claws gang. Lizzie avenged her by killing three of the assailants with an axe and displayed their bodies in front of her club, proclaiming that the same would happen to anyone else who hurt a prostitute. That same night, Tyger Claws raided and demolished her bar before killing Elizabeth.[3][4]
These actions created an uproar that the Claws could not have foreseen, with Lizzie's death setting off a wave of protracted riots all over Night City, and Tyger Claws' members and businesses became the main targets of the violence. Those events cemented Elizabeth Borden as a symbol of defiance against gangers' lawlessness and brutality. Her ideological successors commemorated her by rebuilding her place, naming it "Lizzie's Bar," and forming the Mox, a gang that brought together those who felt threatened and oppressed, especially among sex workers and sexual minorities.[3][4]
Notes
- The Mox's clothing brand is named BITCH V.13, with "V.13" being "May 13", the date on which Lizzie died.
Trivia
- A woman named Lizzie Borden was the main suspect in the August 4, 1892 axe murders in Fall River, Massachusetts.
References
- ↑ PONDSMITH, M. Night City Sourcebook. Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1991. (p.67)
- ↑ I miss you
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 BATYLDA, M. The World of Cyberpunk 2077. 1st ed. Milwaukie, OR, Dark Horse Books, 2020. (pp.95,168–169)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Mission Kit - Edgerunner's Handbook. Kenmore, WA, R. Talsorian Games, 2024. (pp.21,26)