Anistasia Amnisia
Archon of Lageta (a.k.a. The Lionness)
Anistasia Amnisia is the Archon of the city of the great breadbasket city of Lageta. Her control of the city's vast food production has made her one of the most powerful nobles in The Western Calradian Empire. Food from her city feeds the growth of Nazzareth and the other cities of the empire, and is all that prevents the empire from full reliance on food exports from Sanala and Qasira. In addition, her city is so populace that House Amnisia provides the largest tithe of soldiers and legions to fight for the Western Imperials.
Her power is reigned in, however, by her sub-Archons. The city is so vast that it cannot be controlled by a single archon. Thus, smaller fortress-cities were founded that dot the Lageta plains, to maintain control, manage resources, and defend the surrounding countryside. These places can often be small cities unto themselves, and the rulers of these, known as sub-archons, can be very powerful in their own right. Anistasia has, since taking the mantle of the family, masterfully managed her relations with the sub-archons. However, even someone as powerful as she cannot ignore their interests in her decisions, else she be undermined by the power of her own city.
Anistasia herself is a famed warrior and beauty both, and has won a number of tournaments in Lageta thanks to her prowess with the longsword.
She is married matrilineally to Saxinius Comnenos of House Comnenos, further cementing her power by marriage into the imperial family.
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