| Relatives | Kring Prax (deceased)- Husband
Caliben- Son Svengette- Son Gustafar- Stepson Lord Alffus (deceased)- Father Slodder- Brother |
|---|---|
| Affiliations | Mirr Royal Family |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Place of Birth | Mirr |
| Species | Dragonborn |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 6 ft 2 |
| Eye Color | Yellow |
Queen Lucinda is the deposed queen of Mirr and the mother of Ben and Sven.
Physical Appearance[edit | edit source]
Queen Lucinda is considered very stunning, even by those who are not dragonborn; she stands at 6 ft 2 and is lean but with clear musculature, with smooth light green scales with thin black stripes and piercing yellow eyes. In court, she wore the regal, fetching robes of a noble-blooded queen, but since being deposed she wears animal pelts and more modest, but practical attire.
Personality[edit | edit source]
Queen Lucinda is often seen as cold and calculating, but also is known for having a short temper. Before the war, she was known for being very lustful, as seen by her penchant for taking constant lovers. As a mother, she is aloof, but this may be due to her lacking maternal instincts.
She is very prideful and typically vain-though the hardships of recent years have lessened this trait. While she still strives to embody the warrior queen her reputation demands, she is no longer as obsessed with her image as she once was.
History[edit | edit source]
Lucinda began life as the daughter of Lord Alffus, who descended from a long line of wealthy landowners in Mirr. However, these lands were decimated by King Prax's armies during the great Mirr civil war. As such, Lucinda grew up with hatred for the king, for the lost prestige and riches that their family once had. Despite the lost prestige, Alffus still raised her to be a proper noblewoman who could catch the eye of any noble-blooded suitor. Lucinda and her brother, Slodder, were also fed stories of the warriors of Mirr legend and, as such, they both learned how to fight and engaged in war games against each other, skills that would later serve them well.
Despite their hatred for the king, when peace broke out and King Prax announced he was looking for a queen to bear blood-heirs to the throne and also give him companionship for his final years, Alffus primped and preened his young daughter to be the perfect candidate. He knew that having his beautiful daughter on the throne would be his way to regain his wealth, prestige, and power. He hoped to use Lucinda as his meal ticket...something that Lucinda resented him for.
While life as queen made her life easy and secure, she still hated the old dragonborn who had diminished her previous prospects, so she always looked at him with disgust and loathing. Since Prax was so old, he was unable to perform his husbandry duties and she was disgusted by his old, sickly and frail form. Since she was still young and vivacious, she took several lovers behind the king's back. This was an open secret and Prax must have known, though he appears to have decided to turn a blind eye. Alffus for certainly knew and warned his daughter to only take dragonborn lovers for optical reasons.
After a tryst with a wandering stranger, Lucinda found out she was pregnant with a set of twins. While everyone at court seemed to know the babes were not Prax's, the king was still delighted. Lucinda hated having these babies growing inside her, but Alffus told her to go on with the pregnancy to ensure their place.
Svengette and Caliben (Sven and Ben) were born. While the king was delighted and doted on the children, Lucinda did the bare minimum as a mother (as a queen, she had nursemaids take care of the children); she was not so much cruel to the children, but she was distant and sometimes cold to them. She tried to tell them stories and play with them, but did not know how to really interact with children, even if they were her own.
As soon as she recovered from the birth, Lucinda began taking lovers once more. One of these was a young noble dragonborn that Alffus had done business dealings with, Krislindahl. The two hit it off very quickly once he came to court and saw each other often; Krislindahl was able to please her more than any previous lover. King Prax, meanwhile, was beginning to grow sick and feeble, his faculties diminishing and his eyesight failing. Alffus and Lucinda knew it was only a matter of time before he passed on.
On his deathbed, King Prax told Lucinda that she would be his heir and rule as queen until Ben and Sven were of age. Since Lucinda was the only one to hear this decree, she kept certain details to herself. She did indeed plan to yield power over to Ben and Sven, but only when she was ready to do so, be that when the twins came of age or when she was as old and frail as Prax himself. She shared this information with her father, who grew giddy about his future prospects, hoping to be the right hand of the queen. She also shared this information with Krislindahl, who vowed to serve her well when she was queen.
When the king died, Lucinda was crowned queen. She did indeed grant her father a place in court, but no special ranks or privileges, remembering how he had used her merely as a bargaining chip to further his own standings. She also refused to bestow upon him an honorary Mirrian sword; although Alffus was not a warrior, owning such a sword was considered a high honor and mark of distinction. Krislindahl noticed these slights, took Alffus aside and plotted the overthrow of Lucinda.
It had been several years since Lucinda saw her beloved brother Slodder and so, one day, she decided to go visit him for a hunting trip. She took her sons, stepson Gustafar, and a retinue of soldiers to go and visit. Immediately, Alffus and Krislindahl set their plan in motion. Alffus announced the illegitimacy of the two princes and declared himself ruler of Mirr. Lucinda and her escorts heard this news on the way to Slodder's lands and rushed back home to find the gates locked upon them. Alffus demanded Lucinda denounce the crown and declare loyalty to him. Lucinda refused and retreated to her brother's land to make plans.
Meanwhile, while Alffus was ready to ascend the throne, he was assassinated by Wad and Crage, two weaselfolk mercenaries hired by Krislindahl, and Krislindahl, revealing himself to be a changeling, declared himself the new king of Mirr and declared war on Lucinda, who he called a deceiver and betrayed the people of Mirr and her sovereign by her infidelity to the previous king. And thus began the war between Lucinda's forces and Krislindahl and his mercenary army.
Lucinda put her two sons in the care of Gustafar, her dead husband's adopted son, with a substantial sum of money to take care of them. She did this partially to keep them safe but also to keep them out of her way while she fought this bloody war. She put them out of her mind as she fought to retake her throne.
Krislindahl's money (actually the Mirr treasury) was enough to entice lots of warriors from near and far to fight under his banner, but Lucinda had her supporters: loyalists to her and the royal family, as well as those who did not want to see their homeland ruled over by a usurper.
In the first few months of fighting, Krislindahl sent Wad out to find and kill Lucinda. She was found in a small camp in the east. However, Lucinda was ready for the assassin, easily killed him and sent his severed head to Krislindahl with a note scrawled in the weaselfolk's own blood, that scared Krislindahl so much that, even though he posted it on his wall to save face, he refuses to look at it.
The war raged on for years, Lucinda and Krislindahl's forces going back and forth, exchanging victories and losses. Then the Freeze happened. While Krislindahl was shacked up snuggly in the castle, Lucinda's forces took a devastating blow. Many died, while other soldiers returned home to care for their lands. Rumors ran rampant that Lucinda had died. However, she was hunkered down, planning her next move. The war was at a stalemate, though Krislindahl felt it was victory.
When things began to thaw, Lucinda put rumors of her death to rest by rallying her troops once again, destroying the banners of Krislindahl, and renewing hostilities toward his forces. Krislindahl, meanwhile, continues propaganda about her and, now that he is seen as a sort of hero, thanks to his assistance against Orbis, the whole world may be against her efforts. Furthermore, she has recently received unsubstantiated news via an emissary, that one of her sons, Ben, had died (rumors are his ghost appeared to Krislindahl during the events of the Saurus Summit). While she was unsure if she would ever see either of her sons again, this news hit her harder than she expected...she is filled not with sorrow, but with rage and she has vowed that Krislindahl will pay. She is rallying the troops once again for the big final conflict...but she realizes she may need some extra help.
Powers and Abilities[edit | edit source]
Like most dragonborn, Lucinda is able to breathe fire, though she was discouraged from doing so, as it was deemed "unladylike". She is a very skilled warrior on her own account, though.
Attacks and Weapons[edit | edit source]
Lucinda owns a sword of Mirrian Steel, a regional metal renowned for its strength, which was gifted to her on her wedding day. She definitely knows how to use it and very well.