The Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux was a famous witch of France in the early 17th century. She has been referred to as Countess, Countess Thoreaux, and, madami commonly, Isobel. She was from the village Castelnois de Montmiral. Isobel was very skilled in both witchcraft and martial arts. Early Life
Isobel is burned at the stake.Isobel was recruited sa pamamagitan ng Duchess Gertrude to find the stones. Isobel went to a tent with a mystic, and saw a Kryptonian in the globe, who told her that if she got the stones they could rule together. She walked out thinking she herself could rule Earth one day. (Smallville Magazine, "Legend,")

Madelyn Hibbins and Brianna Withridge were the Countess's comrades, and they helped Isobel paghahanap for the Stones of Power. They were captured sa pamamagitan ng the townspeople and were sentenced to burn at the stake for practicing witchcraft. Isobel Nawawala her spell book and was brought to the courtyard to be burned along with Madelyn and Brianna. Before she was burned, Isobel spat blood which intertwined with the book's symbol and added a word giving her a chance of resurrection. The Mark of Transference appeared on her skin, which would enable her to possess Lana's body. As the Countess and her companions burned, she prophesied that her heir would awaken her, and that she would find the stones and have vengeance.



Lana purchased the Countess' spell book on eBay, and once she touched the symbol, Isobel was reborn in her body
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Isobel in Lana's body.Being a witch and having access to a spell book filled with numerous spells, Countess Thoreaux had a repertoire of various powers at her disposal. The most common magical effect that she ever used was conjuring a sinag of flaring kulay-lila light, which she could project from her fingertips to smite her foes; not only did this blast knock the target back, but it could also render them dead. When Clark was hit sa pamamagitan ng Isobel's spell, he was indeed hurt sa pamamagitan ng her magic, but still strong enough to resist the death effect and only be dazed for several minutes. Isobel was also able to use telekinesis through her spells to lift, throw, or manipulate objects. She also had the power to ignite a target in kulay-lila flame, and have the apoy glow eerily brighter than normal. Countess Thoreaux was also able to teleport vast distances with naught but a word, and could use a mind-control like power to extract information from someone sa pamamagitan ng merely being close to them.
The Mark of Transference. It disappeared from Lana's back when Isobel's spirit left her.Other spells that she used throughout her possessions of Lana were the enchanting of mundane weapons like swords (where she threw an enchanted sai at Clark, which was able to wound him), levitate into the air or combine her hovering with a jump to send her across short distances quickly (like the levitation done in her fight with Clark in Sacred), release powerful but short-ranged blasts of kulay-lila energy to knock back those in the radius (as she used to propel Clark backwards during a sword fight in Sacred, but it unfortunately sent her back, too), create small rifts in the earth (which she did to uncover one of the three Stones of Power), control the actions of others with her voice (noted when she tells Lex Luthor to play the piano - indefinitely), and place others under a form of temporal stasis (which she does to Lex before she enchants him to play the piano). She also has enhanced physical strength that is somewhat above the average human. She demonstrated it when she burst her bonds when she took possession of Lana Lang in China when Lana was about to be tortured sa pamamagitan ng Chinese soldiers. She demonstrated it again when she possessed Lana for the last time when she easily overpowered and stabbed Genevieve Teague, a much larger woman, with the Air Stone when Teague attempted to kill Lana.

While in China, when Lana was tortured sa pamamagitan ng Chinese soldiers and Isobel took possession of Lana again, she also showed some level of invulnerability. Isobel came back as Lana was being electrocuted sa pamamagitan ng her captors; that electrocution was unsuccessfully used on Isobel.

It seems that her power was far greater than those of her two cohorts, Brianna and Madelyn, who were only able to muster a handful of spells, while Isobel seemed to have a massive reservoir of powers. They appeared to be madami adept at telekinetic spells, such as when they throw a wheel and various farm tools at Clark, which he was able to either brush off or deflect with his heat vision, respectively. Neither of them had the ability to defy death, requiring Isobel to resurrect them; it was also her who drained Clark's Kryptonian powers from him, using herself as a conduit to siphon away all of them. This leads to the assumption that Isobel is the greatest of the three, wielding madami power than any other non-alien character in the entire series.

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