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They call her the ‘Sovereign of War’; beautiful and fair,
Empress Perseis Castalia of the Marakian Empire appears soft, but beneath the
deceptive shell dwells a dark evil. Her mind is known to be impenetrable by even
the most skilled of mind readers, her ruling hands are made of steel, as are her
emotions, and behind her throne, it is believed there lies the secrets of the
Marakian Dimension. Perseis is only one of two leaders of the Marakian Empire,
in equal ruler ship with her younger half-sister, Empress Nicia Madelhari, but
the two are nearly complete opposites of one another…and they despise each other
immensely. Despite their abhor, Perseis and Nicia work well together to lead
their empire and only in personal matters do their personalities often conflict.
Perseis is cool, aloof and extremely impassive. Rarely does she show the true
level of her anger, faring better to keep it at bay for the sake of those around
her. To witness her excited, or even amused is a rare sight to behold. She is
all war and politics, rarely nothing more or less and she has been known to shun
men no matter how attractive, intelligent or strong they are. Simply put,
Empress Castalia has no time for anything other than what she was sent here to
do. Perseis has no children and even the identity of any other family other than
her dead parents, is unknown.
Perseis is called the ‘Sovereign of War’ because war is what she does best and
she has an inscrutable way of causing it. People believe that she is somehow an
entity in the creation of war; others believe she possesses great powers of
influence and persuasion in which she uses innately to convert, dominate and
control. Beliefs are usually only beliefs, but sometimes there is truth to them.
But it is true that the recent bloodshed between the Egyptian Kingdom and the
borders of Roman Empire territory were caused by Perseis. Hundreds of witnesses
share the same account: they saw before their eyes soldiers turning on their own
men in the midst of battle, causing the downfall of the Turkish Empire and that
of Syria.
Perseis’ race is truly what sets her apart from the rest of the world—even the
Marakai. She is one of very few who are half Archon demon and half Fallen Angel.
She was the First offspring between these two rival races. The Archons and the
Fallen hate one another, and have been at war since the angels fell and the
Archons were created as their eternal adversaries. It was a forbidden union
between her genitors, and both were put to death by the others race, shortly
after Perseis’ birth three hundred years ago. Perseis was to meet the same fate
as her mother and father, but an unknown power stopped the execution for reasons
that only Perseis may be able to divulge.
She inherited traits from both races, but as a result of the mingling of their
bloods, within her there formed a new trait that no other race bears: she can
not only manipulate and control both fire and water, but she can create it.
There are, of course many beings of this world that have the ability to maintain
these two opposite elements, but Perseis is the only known being who can create
both. Other beings of her kind may very well possess such an extraordinary
ability, but there has yet been proof that others like her still live. Empress
Castalia technically has three forms: human, Fallen and Archon, but her human
form is the one she most wears. She inherited the black feathered wings of the
Fallen Angel and a great set of massive horns inherited from the Archon blood in
her. But no matter what form she is in, she always appears more human than
anything, and she seems to prefer the human form, perhaps because it is the
neutral between her rival blood. It is apparent that when she does take on
another form, her personality and mindset shifts to the nature of that
particular form. She may side with the Archons, or the Fallen Angels. Most trust
that for this very reason, Perseis feels that she is hardly in control and it is
why she prefers the human in her, in which she controls flawlessly.
Aside from her ability to create water and fire, the only other power that
Perseis has is that of ‘conversion’. However, she has been known to favor spells
such as a Flesh Glamour (an illusory spell that allows the spell caster to take
on the appearance of other people) and a Flesh Clone (an illusory spell that
allows the spell caster to make duplicates of herself). She has spent many years
perfecting these two particular spells and has proven to strengthen their effect
and lengthen the amount of time they have before wearing off.
Empress Perseis Castalia was executed at the command of the citizens of Deshu, after having committed treason by reportedly abandoning her throne. She was succeeded by Radu Haji.
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