Minelaeva Almer

Queen Minelaeva Almer was the second wife of Kalder I Kalla who was known as the Witchking. She was mother of the kings Lavras I Kalla and Nilas I Kalla. She was a Sveenish princess whose father was King Narion of Sveenia.
== Appearance and Character ==
Minelaeva was said to be by all means a beautiful woman with golden hair and green eyes. She was smart, dutiful and warm-hearted. However the life in Nordland changed her making her a cold and bitter. Her children became her pride and she was even capable of great cruelty when protecting them.
== History ==
Minelaeva was supposed to marry a Svenish nobleman, but after the House Kalla rose to power her father, King Narion, decided the best way to defend Sveenia from Nordland would be through a royal marriage uniting the two kingdoms. It was rumored Kalder's first wife, Kaelan, was barren so Narion offered his daughter's hand to the new king of Nord which Kalder surprisingly accepted instead of the large amount of land from Bergatt. This was also a great chance for many old Nordish houses to get rid of Kaelan who was one of the most hated and dangerous of her husbands allies. Thereby it has been claimed the marriage was actually orchestrated by Nordish lords of King Narion's court. 
After finding out her father had promised her to the new king of the Nord who had been described by travelers as "a monster", Minelaeva was said to have wept a fortnight, but eventually accepted her faith and responsibility as a princess. Although being miserable at first, Minelaeva grew into her new home and marriage quickly. She gave Kalder five royal children: Princes Migos, Lavras, Jarlin and Nilas and Princess Karuna. When her first child Prince Migos was born Minelaeva was said to have wept first time since leaving Sveenia. Eventually she dedicated herself to her new family so intensely that she cut off all the ties with her birth family in Sveenia. It turned out the royal match didn't give the House Almer as much as it had hoped for since Minelaeva's loyalty now laid completely on her Nordish family. When she refused to convince her husband to join her brother's army defending Farvoodian lands from the Frens, King Narion wen't so far as to claim that the woman in Nordland wasn't his daughter at all. In a secret correspondence between the King and Minelaeva's Svenish house knight was confirmed that Minelaeva truly was the queen, but the house knight suspected she might have been bewitched by Kalder. However the dangerous life in Nordland had changed Minelaeva in other ways as well. She had turned to harsh and cold woman who helped her husband to rule with an iron fist and did not feel mercy for her enemies.
Especially bitter Minelaeva grew towards the Faith after her oldest son and heir to the throne Crown Prince Migos was assassinated. This was followed by The Great Nordish War led by her husband and Migos' younger siblings against the Nord Militant. The war ended with thousands of nordmen slaughtered by blood magic and Minelaeva's third born son Prince Jarlin dead. At this point Minelaeva had grown suspicious of her birth family and ordered the rest of the Svenish court she had brought with her to be executed along with all her Nordish handmaidens. After losing two of her five children yet another tragedy hit Minelaeva several years later when her second born son and now a king of Nordland Lavras I died suddenly. Soon after this Minelaeva fell ill, but refused her husbands efforts to cure her with blood magic. Minelaeva did not live much longer. Kalder never fully recovered from Minelaeva's death and never re-married. She was eventually cremated and laid to rest next to her three sons.
== Quotes by Minelaeva ==
If this weak woman's body did not stop me I would go and cut all their heads off myself
- Minelaeva during the Great Nordish War
== Theories ==
There is a theory that Minelaeva got her body stolen by Kalder's first wife Kaelan and therefore after moving to Norden Minelaeva was really Kaelan in the disguise rest of her life.