Gilderoyde Morluda

Gilderoyde Morluda is the current Flydevin monarch. She is capable of manipulating an unique division of Wind Arts known as the Gilded Winds to produce gold. She had made it her goal to unite Flydevin civilization, tasking Fractus Zhantom with said mission. However, Fractus, rather than merely "uniting" Flydevin civilization, forcibly assimilated other Flydevin tribes into the main one through wars. She is a major character in Kicking Dust.
Gilderoyde eventually began questioning Fractus's methods, and after a brief uproar by the population, chose to end the wars Fractus caused, rather choosing to use diplomacy for her goal of unity. After a brief conversation with Fractus, where it was revealed Gilderoyde prioritizes the population whereas Fractus merely wants power, Gilderoyde attempted to strip Fractus's title of general. Fractus's response was to attempt a coup, revealing she had killed her mother beforehand via Smoke Winds and was doing the same to Gilderoyde. The gilded Flydevin, however, was saved thanks to the intervention of Duster Zhantom, as well as her allies.
Following Fractus's arrest and incarceration, Gilderoyde chose to change her approach to ruling - rather than going for an outdated standard of "unity", she chose to focus her efforts on repairing the damage Fractus had done to the various Flydevin communities. She also elected Markrose Hortica and The Drizzler as advisers for this task. In addition, she revealed the existence of certain Wind Arts that had been hidden from the population until then.
==Appearance==
Gilderoyde Morluda is a very tall, toned dark-skinned Flydevin woman. She has long, straight lavender-colored hair that forms four "points". Compared to most Flydevins, Gilderoyde has little to no scars seeing as she doesn't actually fights.
Gilderoyde is generally seen wearing golden armor with bronze wind patterns on it. This armor includes leggings, gauntlets, a chestplate, and wings - the latter of which is traditionally used to denote high status in Flydevin society. She also wears a purple robe, as well as dark purple pants and a crown.
==Personality==
Gilderoyde cares heavily about her people, declaring that she serves the population. When Flydevins revolted, rather than trying to stop the revolts by force, she simply listened to their demands and complied. and is generally considered to be a surprisingly fair ruler in her own kingdom. She is known to be rather naive, and if she doesn't knows something, she usually trusted the former general's advice. Gilderoyde is not much of a fighter, and as a matter of fact, is actually afraid of fighting at all. She still works out, however, because she believes it helps establish her status, it helps keep her healthy and simply because it lets her think of something else than ruling duties.
Gilderoyde, of course, is fascinated by gold, although this is not due to greed - she can just make gold at will anyhow, so she never has to worry about money at all. The importance of money has in fact actually greatly diminished during her rule, seeing as she herself doesn't understand very much the point of it, to the frustration of her former advisor. Rather, she very much likes the look of gold, and even makes gold sculptures and similar arts during her spare time.
==Powers and Abilities==
Gilderoyde is very physically strong and durable due to her height and musculature, and like most Flydevins, can be very swift with the usage of Wind Arts, even being able to fly. Despite this, however, Gilderoyde is not much of a skilled fighter at all seeing as she avoids fighting as much as possible.
Gilderoyde has access to an unique type of Wind Art that seems to only be usable by the royal family, known as the Gilded Winds - nobody else has quite figured out how to use it, though close attempts have been made. With the Gilded Winds, Gilderoyde can effectively create gold at will. She can therefore easily form armor and weapons at will during combat, and never has to worry about problems that require a lot of money to solve. However, Gilded Winds has a notable flaw in that much less gold can be generated compared to what most Wind Arts can create.
==Relationships==
===Fractus Zhantom===
Gilderoyde initially trusted Fractus as an advisor, being convinced by her that the wars she was causing were needed for unity. She did not notice Fractus was poisoning her, and was thoroughly shocked when she betrayed her. Gilderoyde did, however, have the courage to stand up to Fractus, believing herself to have authority over her role and questioning her violent methods.
===Markrose and The Drizzler===
Markrose Hortica and The Drizzler are Gilderoyde's new advisors following Fractus's incarceration. Gilderoyde has stated she believes them to be far more reliable than Fractus, but it is yet to be seen how her relation with the two will evolve.
==Development==
Gilderoyde's design takes elements from an example "Valkyrie", which are the predecessors of Flydevins, having much of the same traits - she took her hair, some of her armor and her standard facial expression from said Valkyrie. However, some of these similarities may be chalked to coincidence.
The idea of a Flydevin monarch was decided early on in order to give Fractus a superior. Originally, however, she was going to be a significantly less sympathetic character - in fact, in early development, it was considered she might be a "big bad" character. Later on, she was made more naive and kind, although there was still more emphasis on her privilege. Her mother's death was originally going to be more of an accident rather than an intentional betrayal by Fractus.
Gilderoyde's ability to manipulate gold was chosen rather early on, and the purple colors in her design were chosen due to emphasizing her "noble" look and forming a satisfying contraste with the gold elements of her design. While Gilderoyde was never intended to be white, other skin colors besides the dark skin she currently has were considered. Other characters like the Pararain family and Markrose ended up having more mixed skin colors, however, so she was given dark skin anyways.
==Trivia==
*Gilderoyde's name comes from Gilded, obviously, as well as Roy, which means King, referring to her status. The "de" at the end was added to make the name sound more feminine. Morluda is derived from Ormolu, which is a gilding technique.
*Gilderoyde and other royal Flydevins have been the target of many raiders, considering they're endless money generators. However, they have generally been protected adequately from these.
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