manipulate their devotion for her gain. she’s very, very good at gaining followers and instilling that kind of devotion, greatness and unyielding courage. i mean, she manipulated a whole planet into a war against giant beasts that would surely kill them, had them chanting her name into battle. now, that’s real power.
but if they were getting too close, she wouldn’t hesitate to kill them. if they were in the way of her achieving her goal or impeding her survival, they wouldn’t last very long.