Miverna Bloodeyes

Miverna appears to be a teenage girl, roughly 17 to 19 years in appearance. Her midnight black hair, pale skin and blood red eyes betray her otherness. Indeed, anyone talking with Miverna will quickly realise that she has knowledge and wisdom that far surpasses that of a teenager. She often dresses herself in black or dark red clothing, particularly enjoys golden jewellery and almost always has a crown of roses atop her head and vines of roses decorating other parts of her body.
Due to her appearance many quietly whisper that Miverna is a vampire, sucking the blood from the innocent, indeed she does and yet it is not traditional vampirism that infects her. Instead, Miverna was the first know Imperial to be infected with a malicious version of Iron Root, a fact she no longer hides from those who ask her about it.
Despite the whispers of those around here Miverna is a calm individual, not prone to bouts of anger. Calculating and surprisingly generous, she spends most of her time hidden away from the public in mansions or traveling incognito across Ferra.
Miverna is possibly one of the longest living mortals living on Ferra and one of the very few individuals who were present and remember the time before Stormfall.
== History ==
=== Early Life ===
Miverna Bloodeyes was born as Miverna Lunarius in the year 161 BtS in Pomariames. Her father served in the First Ferran Legion as a commander and for his service during the War of Suli Extermination was later elevated to nobility. Her mother was the daughter of a wealthy merchant.
Miverna's early life was relatively eventless, she dreamed of joining the legions and traveling to Excaria to see the homeland of the Old Empire and perhaps even meet Empress Rarin Kaerat who ruled at the time. To achieve this, Miverna would often undertake adventure and travel with her father. On one such trip in the year 145 BtS, after her 14th birthday, to the nearby Itiular Highs, Miverna fells off a small cliff into a group of blooming Iron Root. Miverna was gravely wounded and her father carried her back to Pomariames to get medical attention.
At first she seemed to recover well and her wound were healed with magic, but soon after Miverna began to suffer from fatigue and weakness. For sometime the source of her illness was a mystery to the healers, until, quite painfully, red flowers bloomed out of Miverna's skin.
Many invasive operations were undertaken in an effort to remove the Iron Roots growing in her body and while it granted temporary comfort, inevitably the sickness would return, worse than before.
Finally in the year 140 BtS, her father ran out of money to pay for further operations on his daughter. He isolated himself in their family house, tending to Miverna at all times, the mother being the only source of income for the family. By now the Iron Roots had spread to Miverna's heart and brain. She had become what would later be called a Mivernite. Eventually the pain and influence of the Iron Roots overcame Miverna's mind and in a bloodhungry rage she killed her father and drained him of his blood. Unfortunately her mother returned home shortly after and found the carnage, at which point she too was killed by Miverna. She regained her senses a few hours later and seeing what she had done, grabbed her fathers travel supplies and fled the city, setting out on travel across Ferra. Filled with sorrow over her actions, she abandoned her family name and chose Bloodeyes.
=== Life before the Stormrift ===
Miverna travelled the Imperial Colonies, drifting from town to town. Whenever able, she hunted or bought animals to drink for their blood but occasionally she would still loose her mind and kill citizens. Though her true identity was unknown to the wider society, news quickly spread and the murders were attributed to "The First Ferran Vampire". It was during these years that Miverna realized that her body was no longer aging, adding to her isolation.
=== The Sanguine Terror ===
When Miverna first heard of Stormfall she didn't think much of it, assuming it to be a great storm that would pass in time. When it became apparent that this was no mere storm that would pass, Miverna's wish to ever see the homeland of her parents was dashed. This final blow was too much for her to take and she began to give into the bloodlust the iron root had instilled in her, resulting in the deaths of countless people during the Sanguine Terror.
=== The High Priestess ===
During the Sanguine Terror, the Cult of the Shattered Sky emerged believing that the Stormrift is a punishment sent from the gods. Miverna who had long asked the gods why they had punished her, found the believes of the cult compelling and joined their ranks. Durning the Sanguine Terror she had become an expert in luring people into traps and her brutality and efficiency as well as her enormous zeal helped her gain the title of High Priestess in the year 61 AtS.
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