Aurelia Abrudas

Aurelia Abrudas Arterina was the daughter and only child of Septonian Abrudas and his wife, Drusilla Arterius. She was the great-great-granddaughter of Aurelion Imperator through both her paternal and maternal bloodlines; her father was the grandson of Aurelion's only legitimate child, Trebia Aurelos, while her mother was the granddaughter of Aurelion's eldest illegitimate child, Rea Aurix. 
After having only been Primarch of Palaven for a year, members of Aurelia's own Radiatum assassinated her in retribution for attempting to change Aurelion's Sacred Laws to restrict leadership of the empire to the Aurelian bloodline. Her father later killed himself, driven to despair by her loss and wanting to absolve the remainder of House Abrudas of his sinful pride. Aurelia's death marked the end of the Aurelian Era, whereby the absolute meritocracy that Aurelion had envisioned was finally cemented as the turian status quo. 
Aurelia remains a divisive figure in turian history. Some consider her to be an exemplar of selfishness, whose death was the just consequence of placing her individual desires before the collective needs of the state. Others believe she is a tragic casualty of the Familiae Martiales' grand game of political intrigue, used by her father as a pawn to reclaim his former title of Heredus or, perhaps, even make himself Imperator - a title which, at the time of his birth, he was third in line to inherit, after his father and great-grandfather. This latter school of thought has given rise to speculation about the nature of Aurelia's relationship with her father, including rumours that he groomed her from childhood and sired all of her children.
Category:Turians
Category:Females
Category:Historical figures
Category:Primarchs
Category:Primarchs of Palaven
Category:Palavenians
Category:House Abrudas