Kundry, once known as Herodias, was a woman cursed to live forever because she laughed at Christ's pain when He was crucified. She was involved in Percival's search for the Holy Spear of Longinus, which was part of his quest for the Holy Grail. Kundry's immortality takes the form of her constantly reincarnating with her memories intact. Once, she had been a witch; once, the consort of King Herod II. It was even said that she was once a Valkyrie. It was her fate to serve men of strength in every life, only to be used as a tool and cast aside – and that fate would never end, until she was at last united with her true love, the Holy Knight of the Swan, and granted the salvation of death.