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Queen Eryka

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Queen Eryka
"For far too long the Elves have tolerated the Vernadors and the laws of Saint Nora. Following the Elder Gods nearly led to our ruin and the humans are doing it all over again."

"Will you join me in stopping that from happening?"
Queen Aria Eryka of the Elf-Kingdom of Lyonne is a young and incredibly ambitious elf, having been able to marry into the Royal Family of Cassel, and later was able to get elected as the Queen of Lyonne for the next hundred years. She is the youngest elf to rule of any nation on Vreathe by well over ten thousand years.

Eryka is known by her closest friends to have a deep-rooted hatred of humans, but nearly all humans have never had that opinion of her. One human, Brenon Vernador of Cassel, fell in love with her and broke all royal traditions by marrying an elf. With Brenon, Eryka had three children: Isabel, Renelle, and Arden. About a decade later, Cassel split into three kingdoms North, South, and West. Brenon was made king of the north. Unwilling to break the laws of Saint Nora preventing elves from ever ruling a human nation, Brenon broke his marriage between himself and Eryka, sending Eryka and their three children to Lyonne.

From there, Eryka used the connections she gained in Cassel, and was able to influence enough elves in Lyonne to be elected queen. After she became queen, she started breaking a number of treaties made between Lyonne and Cassel and established much closer relations with other elven nations across Vreathe. She started to influence her two daughters so they could be married off to other nations, strengthing relations further. From this, Isabel married into the royal family of Ordland and Renelle ran away before she was to be married. Arden, she had no use for and sent him off to the kingdom of Galleska to become a knight.

About 8 years ago, assassins murdered King Brenon and his human wife Maria. No one knows who is responsible, but Eryka immediately blamed King Eldon of South Cassel, Brenon's brother, and for years after always made a point to blame him for her former husband's death. It is said that the Elves might be responsible for a number of issues plaguing Cassel, but if Eryka is responsible for any of it, she has been incredibly thorough in covering her tracks.
Full name: Aria Eryka

Race: Elf
Ethnicity: Lyonnese
Age: 438
Birthday: April 9th
Height: 6'11"
Gender: Female
Titles:
Queen of Lyonne
Children

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Isabel
"Hey, Mom is right! Uncle Eldon is a murderous bastard! Our father is dead because of assassins he hired! Why haven't we yet raised an army to kill him and take the country for ourselves?"
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Arden
"What do I even say? Mother has been manipulating my sisters for years. I wish they would see what her poisonous words have done to them, how hateful it has made them."
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Ren
"Between Uncle Eldon being a petty murderous tyrant and my mother being a petty murderous bitch... no comment. Let them kill each other and leave me out of it. I'm done."

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Aug 15, 2023 05:41

Your character art is wonderful.

Feel free to stop by some of my WorldEmber articles if you want. My favorites are The Book of the Unquiet Dead, Outpost of the Moons, and The Emerald Hills. Feedback is always appreciated.
Aug 17, 2023 03:53 by Amanda McRoberts

Absolutely wonderful. I love the character’s opinions of their mother and the conflict at hand.