Maggy was enrolled at the Young Ladies Development Academy. Following graduation from high school, Maggy had returned to her wild lifestyle…drinking, smoking pot, and dropping acid. She also played bass at various clubs around Nebraska University, including The Drop-out, where she met a waitress and bartender who called herself Morbia. Morbia played guitar, and Maggy was drawn to her loud, fast, highly-distorted playing that could be heard down the block. Then Maggy was arrested for drunk-driving and possession of Seconal and Quaaludes. Raymond and Missy were able to make the charges disappear, but only if she agreed to attend the Development Academy. After Missy had a serious heart attack, Maggy was soon back to getting into trouble, and Raymond had become indifferent to Maggy’s behavior. The Academy was an all-female school, and this led her to eschew living in one of the dorms, given their reputation. Raymond for her to live in an apartment with a guy she met at The Drop-out named Richard Steele, who sang heavy vocals and changed his name to Rickie Steele. Both had an affinity for drinking and drugs, and soon Maggy was on the dean’s list of students to expel after she punched the Appropriate Deportment teacher.

Maggy, Morbia, and Rickie began performing at The Drop-out as a trio under the name…Morbia. But Morbia and Rickie clashed frequently over the band’s sound, and Rickie left the group after breaking-up with Maggy. He moved to Los Angeles, where he formed his own band. Rickie was noticed by a talent scout while performing in Oakland, and was given a recording contract. He was soon the top heavy metal act in California, and began touring…first the country, then the world. With Rickie gone, Maggy wasn’t sure what to do. Her father told her he’d give her 6 months rent after she was expelled from the Development Academy, but after that…she was on her own. It was also at this time that she learned from her mother that two college girls were jamming at her recording studio. Raymond told her that he heard them once, and they were very loud and played what he called a…grinding sound of music. Then one Friday night she learned the two girls jamming at The Drop-out were also the girls renting her mother’s recording studio. After a long conversation, the three decided to form their own band. The founding member, Betsy Billows, who was fascinated with Countess Elizabeth Bathory, and the way Morbia dressed, decided to adopt the style, and have the members change their names. She became Erzebet; Melinda Danes became Mallacaria; and Maggy adopted the stage name…Druvillia. Influenced by Alice Cooper, she began experimenting with make-up to match her image. That Saturday night Morbia, who was tending bar, joined the three on stage. And thus original band came into existence.

When Rickie Steele was on the Midwest part of his band’s latest tour, as they were passing through Nebraska, he stopped into The Drop-out to do some drinking. He was surprised to find out that Maggy, now Druvillia, was still in the area. The band played later that night, and Rickie decided to fire his current warm-up band, booking the girls to tour with him. Tammy Hedrick, who would later be recruited by Erzebet, and her band also played shows with Rickie Steele. Erzebet became friends with Tammy and her bandmate guitarist Kerry Cooper, though she quickly became enemies with vocalist Courtney Blaine. Druvillia’s band later toured with Tammy, and when she was about to leave her previous band, Erzebet convinced her to join, using the name…Bathoria. And thus the classic band came into existence. After the album Phantasm, Morbia left the band, no longer getting along with Erzebet or Tammy. The latter met guitarist Vivian Vaster in a bar during a long lay-over at LAX, and she was invited to meet the band in San Diego the following week for an audition. She was hired on the spot, joined the band, adopting the name…Hekate. Druvillia was known for a very angry and confrontational stage performance, and frequently smashed her equipment while playing. That was fine with Bathoria (Tammy) as long as she didn’t touch her equipment. At the same time, she occasionally posed for fashion magazines under her real name. The band would go on to win acclaim for their talent and their sound, releasing a series of platinum albums including Curse of Darvulia; Phantasm; Necromancer; Santa Muerte; and Sin Eater. Maggy lived the rest of her life with life-long boyfriend Gregory Craemer, a producer who worked for Kiss of Death Productions, a company founded by Erzebet. She had two children…Magdalena and Greg, and remained with the band until they retired.

Druvillia

Druvillia, an only child, was born Magdalena Mannis in Los Angeles, California. Her father was Raymond Mannis, and her mother was Melissa Mannis, who went by Missy. Missy was a gospel singer like her mother had been, and Raymond was a fire-and-brimstone preacher-man. The family toured the nation appearing in churches all across the country. Missy would sing and Raymond would preach. Occasionally they performed at tent-meetings. Melissa branched off into faith-healing. Raymond would pay people to fake illnesses and injuries, and Missy would “heal” them. This brought in consistently large offerings, which disappeared into a hazy financial world where Raymond was treasurer and accountant. From an early age, Maggy liked the traveling and longed to participate in the rowdy, impromptu performances. This would eventually lead her to performing heavy metal music. Many fans thought she was the best performer in the band, and she was a main-stay in rock music magazines. But Maggy also developed a distaste for religion, when, as a teen-ager, she realized that her parents were frauds. Still, she thought they were great performers, and by the age of 13, she was singing and performing with her mother on their endless tours. She also received a meagre education since she was never enrolled in school until the 12th grade…a back-up singer in Missy’s choir was tasked with “schooling” Maggy. But this rarely happened, and Maggy became a somewhat feral child who often helped herself to some of the offerings and ran-off to buy booze and drugs. She had a short-temper, and was quick to attack those who angered her. She also had the habit of breaking things during temper tantrums. Missy didn’t mind any of these things, but did come to be considered when she learned that Maggy was involved with an older man who assisted Raymond in writing sermons.

The family made an appearance at the 3rd Street Old-Time Gospel Church in Lyons, Nebraska. Lyons was about 12 miles from Filbert, if you took the old farmers’ route. Missy and Raymond were tipped-off that some large donors, who believed that their offerings were being used to fund missionary work in the Sudan, yet so no indication this was the case, had complained to the authorities, who were considering an investigation into the Mannis’s activities and financial affairs. Missy and Raymond abruptly stopped traveling and appearing at churches, and ended their fund-raising activities. Maggy was enrolled in North Lyons High School. She struggled intensely with all her classes, and her teachers were surprised at the almost elementary-school level of education that Maggy displayed, combined with constant truancy, clashes with teachers, and fighting with other students. She was also caught several times drinking Vodka out of Coca-Cola cans, and busted for pot and acid. Missy had become friends with Mrs. Amelia Oesterreich, the assistant principal at the school. She arranged to have a tutor work with Missy, and promised to buy Maggy a bass guitar if she would stay out of trouble at school. Maggy idolized Michael Smith of the MC5, and so she quieted down and graduated.

Missy decided to record gospel albums as a source of money, and Raymond bought a shabby, rundown recording studio near Nebraska University. He planned to fix it up so Missy could record there, but she had a heart-attack soon after, so Raymond abandoned his plans, and the studio remained unused. But he placed a sign on the door indicating that the studio was for rent. Melinda Danes and Betsy Billows saw the sign one day as they were cruising around town, and called the contact number. Missy and Raymond agreed to rent the studio to the two girls for a cheap price, and since Melinda’s parents gave her a substantial amount of spending money, the two rented the studio and began practicing there, while also playing at a local bar called The Drop-out.