Maeralya Amador
Maeralya Amador | |
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 Official Portrait, c. 1732 | |
| 1st Queen of Amador, Her Royal Highness | |
| Assumed office March 20, 1486 | |
| Chancellor | Alonsir Balatak |
| Preceded by | Tal Vashok Amador |
| Succeeded by | Aleriel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maeralya Kythaela Bryfiel Amador c. 12,000 B.C (14,000) Ifa Serine,Amador |
| Spouse | Ailred Fasandoral (m. 0834) |
| Children | |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Korenaen Royal family |
| Residence | The Crystal Palace |
| Nickname | Maery |
Maeralya Kythaela Bryfiel Amador (c. 12,000 BC - Present) is the second monarch of the Kingdom of Amador and it's first Queen, having served in her position since March 20, 1486. A member of the royal family, Maeralya previously served as Crown Princess. Maeralya was born in Ifa Serine during the Eternal age, pre-dating written history. As per familial traditions, she joined politics from a young age, often garnering widespread acclaim from her compatriots. She has attended eternal Ifa Serine University, the oldest school for higher education in the nation. Maeralya is widely considered the oldest Amadorian Elf to have ever lived and the most powerful magic user in the nation.
As the 1st Queen of Amador, she has sat the throne for over five hundred years. Keeping with tradition, Maeralya has kept Amador isolated on the diplomatic stage from the wider world, but more specifically Gholgoth. In recent decades, she has broken with tradition, allowing foreign investments and diplomatic missions. A peaceful queen, she has fostered relationships between the Kingdom's elvish population, human, and other non-human relations for centuries. She is often hailed as a paragon bringing her populace closer than it has ever been. As Keeper of the Eternal Flame, her status as Queen is absolute and as such, she is considered a living deity.
As Keeper of the Eternal Flame and as a member of the immortal family, Maeralya Amador is the only holder of flame magicks in the nation. Her will is absolute, yet just. Firm, yet kind. Much of Maeralya's first two centuries were spent elevating the social classes of the kingdom to equal heights of equality and freedoms. Many of her biggest priorities include: Equality of Races, Economic Reforms, Civil Reforms, and Transportation.
Early Life and Career
Born as Maeralya Saelihn Raloquinal Vashok she is assumed to have born around 12,000 BC as the daughter of Tal Vashok and Nephira Korena in Ifa Serine. Maeralya was originally of the pHouse of Vashok, a high noble house during the Tiami and Hath Teliel Kingdoms. An Alfar of indistinguishable age, Maeralya was born alongside her brothers, Gaius Lorelius Vashok and Terlier Gosket Vashok. For much of her first few millennia, Maeralya would attend to learning traditonal Alfar customs, tradistions, combat forms, and the arts. Maeralya is an annointed Keeper of the Eternal Flame, a special ability found only in Alfar of royal lineages. The Eternal Flame are the flames of the Great Phoenix, Amador's patron god. As a Keeper, the flame she wields provides life, heat, and care to the populace of Amador.
Service in the Eternal Forces
High Alfar society of the ancient times dictated all children of a noble house, regardless of gender, serve in the Eternal Forces at some point in their life. As the most magically gifted and one othe most most powerful wielders, Maeralya would serve with distinction through several millennia, serving as a front-line soldier, support, and ultimately as a general leading armies during the expansions of Amador. Maeralya would notably serve as general during the final battles of the Alfar-Seclyan wars, a series of brutal wars that the Saahein and Lashein tribes of Alfar fought against Hath Teliel to stay indepedent. The resulting wars ultimately caused The Retreat where most Saahein and Lashein tribes departed Amador and ultimately resettled in Seclya
Family and Personal Life
Maeralya married Ailred Fasandoral, a pureblood elf of the Theth Lethel house, in 834 A.D. Maeralya was the longest unwed crown princess in Amadorian history. They met in 804 A.D at a formal masquerade part in the Crystal Palace. Because of Maeralya's circumstance, she was able to marry for love instead of advantage, something most of the royal family was prone to do. After a thirty year courtship, the couple were wed in the Royal Gardens of Amador in front of friends, families, and foreign dignitaries. The couple were, and into modern times, cited as being quite the romanticist, eschewing royal duties at times to enjoy one another's company. Almost 150 years later, Maeralya and Ailred would welcome their first child Aleriel in 932 A.D. She would inherit the title of Crown Princess and as the first born child of the monarch, Aleriel is first-in-line to the throne. The couple would welcome a second child, Gaeleath, in 1,104 A.D as the First Prince.Their third and youngest child, the second princess Cylia, would be born in 1186 A.D.
Hobbies
Maearalya is an avid book reader and author, spending much of her free time in the Eternal Library in the Crystal Palace. In more modern times, she has been noted to take a keen interest in airships and land vehicles, particular in motor racing. Maeralya, despite her busy schedule, makes an emphasis on family time, holding at least some forum of family bonding each night when her family is in town.
As Keeper of the Eternal Flame, Maeralya is divinely blessed witht he power the the Eternal Phoenix. As such, she is able to bend the divine flames at well in a form of martial arts known as the Dance of Flames. She has been seen to practice this form on a near daily occurrence. Maeralya enjoys painting, though she has said she is "not that good."