"Oh, please forgive me ... penitent one, you stand in the presence of Socorro, our pious Lady of the perpetual agony"
Socorro can be found in a secret room in the Mother of Mothers alongside the monk Cleofas and is a crucial component of the Cleofas' side quest.
She is a young lady with brown hair whose body is covered in scars and open wounds. She doesn't speak with the Penitent One but she can be given the three Marks of Refuge.
Some time ago, Socorro asked the Miracle to have mercy on all men who were sentenced to torture and death, so now she suffers all the pain that would have been inflicted to them instead.
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Mark of the First Refuge[]
Socorro spent her childhood in a village which lined a route that Church prisoners, condemned for their crimes and sins, frequently traversed. From the window of her room, she could see how these prisoners climbed a hill in a line so that, when they reached the summit, they would be ready for the punishments and physical tortures reserved for them until they died.
Mark of the Second Refuge[]
Hearing the distant cries of the damned day and night turned Socorro into such a compassionate person that she devoted all her time to praying for those punished. So much did she pray for them to be freed from their pain and suffering that she dared ask the Miracle that the physical pain they were suffering be passed on to her.
Mark of the Third Refuge[]
As the legend goes, the wounds of lashes, cuts and blows received by the condemned began to appear on Socorro's body, and still she prayed for them, despite all that pain transferred to her, thus freeing the condemned from their suffering. So many injuries and so much pain were transferred to her that her body began deforming and drowning completely in wounds and bleeding bruises, but without causing her death. Her cries were so deafening that news of this miraculous event soon spread around the land.
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Trivia[]
Socorro is a Spanish/Portuguese word that means “the act of running and aiding someone”. In Spanish, it’s also a feminine name given by Christians to the Virgin Mary: “Virgen Maria del Perpetuo Socorro” (translated: Our Mother of Perpetual Help).
Some of the men that Socorro protected became Soldiers of the Anointed Legion, using her protection to fight enemies of the Church.
