Her Holiness (Deus Ex)

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Nicolette Duclare is a fictional character in the video game Deus Ex. Duclare, also known as "Her Holiness", is the joint leader of The Illuminati, along with her lover Chad Dumier. Nicolette is the daughter of prominent Illuminati member Beth Duclare, who was killed by MJ-12 in the first Deus Ex. In her youth, Nicolette was a rebellious teen who joined the Silhouette revolutionary group and fell in love with Chad Dumier. Like Chad, she provided assistance to J.C. Denton in his original mission to bring down the MJ-12 conspiracy.

Although she originally rejected her mother's Illuminati philosophies, Nicolette was affected deeply by the events of the Great Collapse, and would use her mother's Illuminati connections to join and eventually gain control of the organization. Her goal was to reshape the world in the wake of the chaos caused by the Collapse. In public, Nicolette poses as "Her Holiness", the leader and figurehead of The Order. Nicolette and Chad have been unable to conceive children and so are unable to continue their family bloodline for The Illuminati, an aristocratic society which has traditionally passed down power along family lines.