Arthyrin

Arthyrín Skevetjé was a black-blooded general who rose to power in the late Thousand-Year War era. Not much is known about her, most records of her existence erased with the burning of the family scrolls at the fall of the black-blooded capital. Legends say that she was born to a family of blood sorcerers in the city of Kth'sjeshé, who were famous for their refinement and immense beauty. It would also explain her sudden rise to power after the capture of that city by the Azure Army, the only black-blooded city that did not face annihilation.
She accredited much fame and even respect in the Shadowborn world due to her tactical brilliance. Within the course of a mere few weeks, she completely annihilated one of the most powerful nomad clans in the southern Mír region by capturing their king to have him eaten alive by insects, and her infiltrators managed to capture two fortified settlements without hardly losing a single man.
Her impetuousness is said to have been both what won her these astonishingly quick victories, but it also brought her ultimate downfall. She is remembered in Shadowborn history as the general who led 10.000 troops and besieged the sacred city of Varvardnársh itself. The siege, one of the most bitter wars in the logn war, ultimately ended upon the Great Avenue of the city itself, where Arthyrín locked in personal combat with the Shadowborn general Nashenirén himself. The two fought bitterly, Arthyrín fighting with twin blades that outmaneuvered Nashenirén's bronze spear. She had almost defeated him when the general managed to disarm her of one of her blades, then threw it straight into her chest. The black-blooded general stumbled down the stairs of the Shjevtyrín's palace but Nashenirén picked her up. It is said that he took her into his lap and removed the bronze helmet, whereupon he bitterly wept over having been forced to kill a woman of such immense beauty. He wrote a long poem about Arthyrín's beautiful green eyes that met his for a moment before she drew her final sigh.
Arthyrín was cremated with full honours after the battle, her helmet and her black scorpion banner still on display deep within the great temple of Varvardnársh. Unlike most black-blooded, she is not vilified in official history but praised for her beauty, her prowess as a warrior and her shrewdness as a general, despite being no more than thirty years old.
She is frequently depicted in Shadowborn art, especially locked in personal combat with Nashenirén. A statue of her ultimate defeat stands at the site where she died.
Category:Military leaders
Category:People killed in action
Category:Scorched people
Category:Influential women