Irene Bakula

Irene Bakula is the current Grandmaster of the Order of the Radiant.
== Appearance ==
Irene has long, wavy black hair, pale white skin, and two eye colors, her right is naturally green, and her left is brown. Irene has an impressive build for a woman of her age, she is a taller than average, standing at 6" and has very fit, curvy body. She is typically seen wearing her impressively fitted armor, or sometimes a dress.
== Personality ==
Irene is regarded as quiet and soft-spoken and as someone who mostly keeps to herself. Irene spends most of her time reading religious studies, exploring, or practicing her weapon skills, and often times doesn't find time to form friendships with those who don't assert themselves into her life. She very much goes with the flow of life, staying in her lane and letting others join or leave as they please. Irene does however find herself as being extremely appreciative of people and chivalrous 
== Early Life ==
Irene grew up in the relatively new at the time city of Azmarath with her father Objork, brother Alistair, and mother Lily. Objork was a clergyman and so the family was naturally deeply religious and involved with the Cult of Aora. Objork channeled much of his attention to Alistair because he was older, a man, and very intelligent, not to discredit Irene's intellect, but she simply was not the focus of her father. Because Irene was pretty much left to her own with Objork focusing on Alistair, and Lily always working, Irene grew up in the streets, often picking fights with the other children. Irene would evenually get into a serious fight with the son of a very rich merchant, and the boy ended up dying from his wounds. As punishment for killing the boy, Objork sent Irene to join the Order of the Radiant, hoping they would set her straight. Irene's first missions went well and she honed her craft and studies, her fathers line of work and her street fighting experience paid off.
== Expedition ==
Irene eventually was hand picked by then Grandmaster of the Order, Kosma Budzik, to accompany him and a group of 12 others on an expedition far east to follow a lead the Order had that may point to the cave Aora herself had found the End Runes. The expedition proved to be extremely treacherous, many died and by the time they had reached their destination, they found nothing. The lead had been a lost cause from the very beginning. On the return mission, only Grandmaster Kosma and Irene were left, Irene having recently nearly lost an eye to a lynx in her sleep because Kosma fell asleep while on guard of their camp, rage boiled within Irene's heart. In a fit of anger and frustration with the terrible expedition and leadership of Kosma, Irene challenged him to a duel and slew him in a field. Irene buried Kosma's body and wept, praying for repetance. How could she kill not just a holy man, but the very symbol of the defenders of the faith? Aora spoke to Irene, either truthfully or a hallucination from delirium, telling Irene to guide the Order how she truly willed it to be. That was her justification. The slaying of Kosma is a close secret. 
== Return to Azmar ==
Upon being the sole survivor of the expedition, the Order made her the new Grandmaster, or as she prefers to be called, the Grandmistress. The first person she met upon her arrival was Koki'o 'ula who she immediately sparked a friendship with, and is living with while her new home is built.
== Trivia ==
* Irene has heterochromia, caused from an eye hemorrhage in her left eye, and a cross shaped scar on her left arm caused by an attack from a lynx.
* Irene is a deeply committed zealot of the Cult of Aora.
* Irene often prays for repetance alone in the Bascilica of Aora.
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