Aurelia of Imola

Aurélja Lmasthri, later known as Aurelia of Imola, was a tactician, flautist (flute player) and lutist (lute player) who lived in the walled city of Imola in the fifth century before 0.
So the story goes, the city state of Imola and a neighbouring voyvodship (collection of Fallonese cities) were at war. Aurelia was a general of a small force of ninety-nine troops, and they were camped in a strategic position at the abandoned walled town of Dinezard ('Ezard's Fort'), awaiting more Imolan troops to help fully reinforce the fort. One evening, Aurelia and her troops spotted a huge army from the voyvodship approaching Dinezard - perhaps five thousand strong. Dinezard was too key a position to lose. So instead, she had her soldiers light every torch and lantern in Dinezard's empty streets, then opened the fort gates! Then, she bade her ninety-nine soldiers crouch behind the battlements out of view, and play eerie droning noises on their woodwind instruments, and long shrill drawing notes on their string instruments. The ruse worked - the voyvodship army saw an empty, inviting town with all the lights eerily on, accompanied by terrifying uneasy noises, and they decided to turn elsewhere. 
Aurelia became patron saint of guile, cunning, tactics, and music for her genius plans. On her holy day, Luana 1st (first day of the third month), her followers traditionally left their house or business door open, and sometimes played music from within with their friends. Her symbols were flutes, lutes, other instruments, and open doors.
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