Psychalgia

"It is the beating of a broken heart.. the stinging memory of a lost one's touch.. it is the gnashing of teeth and the tearing of hair.. look up it and despair.."

Psychalgia is an agent of Misery and an antagonist in the Villains Lore - it first appeared in Red's Tale alongside numerous other lesser embodiments of negative forces but can be considered behind the scenes for many other stories.

Psychalgia itself is the result of an ancient bet between Misery and Iron-Maiden in which Iron-Maiden challenged Misery to create a being that could inflict physical pain, believing that it was impossible without her direct aid and seeking to use it to prove that Misery was below Iron-Maiden in power.

Misery responded by creating Psychalgia, a being that could induce physical pain via manipulating the minds of mortals - thus won the bet and left Iron-Maiden stunned, despite this Misery agreed to allow Iron-Maiden to "share" ownership of Psychalgia and as such it is also regarded as one of Iron-Maiden's Lords of Pain.

Psychalgia causes symptoms similar to those found by those suffering from stress or a "broken heart", such as headaches, aches and even sickness / disorientation.