Esther de Laurelay

Esther de Laurelay was Queen of the Kingdom of Vesryn and the Astran Isles from 1358 until her mysterious disappearance at the end of the Long Night, and the beginning of the Blessed Era, in 1382 B.E.
== History ==
=== Early Life ===
Esther was born into nobility, being the third daughter of a well-respected and prestigious family closely linked to the crown. Her parents were Rymond and Meredith Aldwyn.
After meeting the young king of Vesryn, Esther was enamoured by the man and felt strongly for him.
=== Marriage to Edric de Laurelay ===
King Edric I de Laurelay took Esther's hand in marriage in 1357 C.E, when she was just seventeen. Despite the weariness that the ongoing war was inflicting upon the population of the country, the people were emboldened by the blossoming romance between the two and celebrated the royal marriage with great fervour. Festivities were held across all of Vesryn's territories for three days, during which time the morale of the populace was improved and funds for the war effort were raised.
=== Harbrook and the Heart of the Isles ===
In 1358 C.E, Edric eventually obliged Esther's request to see the reality of war for herself, and took her along on his campaign to personally oversee and manage the final stages of the Ostian War of Independence. Together, they were witness to a number of important battles, with each skirmish resulting in a victory that allowed the Vesryne army to march closer and closer towards the separatist capital of High Haven. 
Esther observed from afar, safely at a distance from the fighting and surrounded by veteran units of the King's Guard, but the experience was no less harrowing. She witnessed the suffering of the people that called her Queen, and who had welcomed her to royalty so warmly, and was greatly saddened by the deaths on both sides of the conflict. She soon found herself wishing for home, regarding the fighting as too violent to stand, but she would have to wait until the conclusion of Edric's next battle before her request would be heard.
That battle would be the decisive conflict at Harbrook, but it would not be one won by conventional means. Aged just fifteen and little more than a child holding a crown, Esther was witness to the Great Forsaking. As commander to the forces present there, her husband had gone ahead and had taken a closer position to the front lines of the troops. When the fateful event occurred that would claim over a hundred thousand lives, he was on the front lines alongside his men. Esther rode under protection to the town, and found her husband wandering alone without his horse through an army of dead men. He was pale, and unable to speak. Soon after, he fell into the coma that would render him incapable for the rest of his life. 
=== Taking the Throne and Raising an Heir ===
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=== Disappearance ===
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== Information ==
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