Princess Ilvarra Lyllalea

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### Relatives

High Queen Maerya De'Le'Ray Lyllalea XIV, Prince Amor'Doran, Princess Celine, Princess Cel'Ranye, Princess Roses, Prince Calarel, Princess Minara, Silas De'Le'Ray

### Affiliation

La Lyllalean Dynasty, Ice Fang Adventurers Guild, White Mercy Association, Gilded Accord, Lesician Alliance Council

## Biographical information

### Date of death

19th Nomsday of 11th Month, 2053 CE - Fourth Twilight of Zom (Stasis)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Ilvarra Lyllalea

*"To my children, to my Dynasty, to the people of Malm, hearken to my words!*

*Be it known that I, Princess Ilvarra of the Royal House of Lyllalea, have not forsaken my promise to you and to this world: that when the Equilibrium is upended, that when light wanes against the all-consuming darkness, that when the Great Symmetry is threatened, that I will return--- to correct the balance, to enkindle the beacons and keep the darkness at bay, to rectify this asymmetry! Freed are we from the bonds of nations, from the petty wars that tore our world asunder, from the burden of hatred. What was once cloven in three—the Dynasty, the Union, and the Empire— shall fight once more as one!*

- Princess Ilvarra's eve-of-battle speech during the final battle against the forces of the Shadow Lord in Saga I.

## *Character Background*

Princess Ilvarra of the Royal House of Lyllalea is the firstborn princess of La Lyllalean Dynasty, and the heiress-apparent of the High Queen Maerya De'Le'Ray Lyllalea XIV. She is the High Priestess of Nom'ani and the co-founder of the Ice Fang Adventurers Guild and White Mercy Association. She became the leader of the Dynasty's De'Peche campaign when the three nations clashed to occupy Lesicia and the monster horde threatened to invade all of Malm.

The Princess is an extremely accomplished healer and a powerful priestess of Light, having been able to heal entire battalions and banish the greater demon, Melna the Betrayer, back to whence she came.

### **History**

Ilvarra relinquished her royal life for a time to heed her calling as a Priestess of Nom'ani, leaving the La Lyllalean palace. Her quest led her on a pilgrimage across Malm to sites sacred to the Six, providing healing and solace to the wounded, ill, and destitute wherever her path led. Her desire was to gain a deeper understanding of her subjects and the myriad cultures of the world.

A noble house in Treaq, House Talan'dir, became Ilvarra's second home, and she adopted their last name to conceal her royal identity. During her time there, she formed a deep bond with Lamitia, the ailing daughter of the Talan'dir household, treating her as a cherished sister.

Along the way, she befriended several adventurers who accompanied her to the most dangerous ruins in search of sacred sites and protected villages from monster invasions. Her life as an adventurer and a healer had instilled in her empathy towards the many peoples of Malm. In time, she settled at the Great Glacier where she built a massive keep and co-founded the Ice Fang Adventurers Guild with Gate of Ice Fang.

As Guildmistress of Ice Fang, Ilvarra provided a safe place, a warm hearth, and bountiful food for many aspiring adventurers. She compiled a monster compendium, describing the lore, strengths and weaknesses of various Malmian monsters the guild had discovered. With the experience she accrued from adventuring, she taught healing and light magic to apprentice spellcasters that called the Ice Fang Keep home.

She also served as the priestess of the Church of the Six in Port Lesicia, where she provided healing and aid to the locals, whether or not they were nonbelievers.

Ilvarra led the Ice Fangs during the Battle of the Raven Pass, when Gorthzamak the Undying, an enormous bloated ork marched towards Lesicia.

At one point a terribly powerful demoness, Melna the Betrayer, was released from her prison and sought to drain the aether from the Great Glacier's Echo Stone, Ilvarra banished the fiend away with Nom'ani's holy light.

### **Saga 1**

When Bishop Thadrin of The Griffin Empire razed her chapel into cinders and built a church dedicated to Helma upon the ashes of dead elves, Ilvarra sunk into grief, despair, and wrath. She disappeared one night from the Ice Fang Keep, only to return a few days later with a detachment of Dynasty knights, her true identity as the firstborn Princess of La Lyllalean Dynasty finally revealed.

Having convinced her mother the High Queen Maerya XIV to accede to her impassioned requests, Princess Ilvarra replaced her sister, Princess Celine, as the leader of the Dynasty chapter in De'Peche, while Celine was recalled to serve the queendom elsewhere.

Throughout her reign in De'Peche, Ilvarra proved a benevolent and fair ruler. She extended her invitation not only to elves but also to beastkin and humans, including the Legendary Swordsman, to join her ranks as knights. In De'Peche, she abolished the institution of slavery, prohibiting the ownership of helots, and ensured that prisoners of war were treated with care and dignity. Her leadership bolstered the alliance initiated by Princess Celine and Joaniel Ledoyen, uniting the Dynasty and the The Beast-Tribe Union to counter the menacing ambitions of Bishop Thadrin and the Griffin Empire.

In contrast to her ethereal, delicate appearance and compassionate nature, Princess Ilvarra proved to be a seasoned commander in war, leading the Dynasty in almost all major battles during the first saga of Crosswinds. With the help of Grand Marshal Rume Celathil, one of Treaq's most brilliant strategists, she was able to successfully defend the De'Peche Forests and the Towers of Radiance from every attack during her reign. Major battles she participated in were the Battle of the Raven Pass, the conquest of the warlord Jah'Shah and his minotaur horde, the attack of Dalamar the Undefeated and his undead army upon the Shrine of the Six, the drow siege on the Towers of Radiance led by Tessandra Il'Thaede, the battle for De'Peche against rogue pirates and Zom-crazed shark people, the battle for Lesicia against the united monster horde, and the final battle against Gael.

### **Saga 2**

Princess Ilvarra was not part of the initial expeditionary force sent to the Island by the Queen, as she and Grand Marshal Rume were leading Dynasty forces back in the mainland to hold off the Horde.

But one night, while discussing war plans with the marshal in a Dynasty encampment, Ilvarra fell unconscious. In her dreams, she heard the prayers of those who ventured towards the Island, pleading for a miracle as they fought a hopeless battle against a great dark wyrm within the Nexus Coil. She answered the call, and her form manifested atop the adventurers, bearing a singular, luminous wing that made her resemble a Nephling. Ilvarra's avatar healed the heroes with holy light, offering hope and succor, until they eventually defeated the wyrm. She would later come to realize that this dream was indeed real.

When she stirred to wakefulness, Ilvarra took this as a sign of her destiny and sailed towards the Island to assist her sister, Princess Minara, and the Taison, Ra'Lerun Scintillae, who eventually presided over the Dynasty forces on the island in the royal princesses' stead.

Distancing herself from Alliance politics, Princess Ilvarra co-founded the White Mercy Association Healers Guild with the Elf-Swan Beastkin Hilda Ygg'la in her desire to look after the people of the Island.

Ilvarra was joyfully reunited with her foster sister, Lamitia Talan'dir, only to uncover her involvement with the Horde. To her shock, Lamitia confessed to the murder of the Lord and Lady Talan'dir, as well as all the other house servants. With a heavy heart, the Princess took it upon herself to carry out the execution, invoking the power of the Six to turn her beloved foster sister into ashes.

When the Goddess Mahna was found within the Tower, claiming to be the mother of the Six and imprisoned by her children, Ilvarra was shaken. The revelations brought forth by Mahna challenged her understanding of the world and her place in it, but despite the doubts and uncertainties that crept into her mind, she remained resolute in her faith as Nom'ani's champion and servant of the Six.

Ilvarra was present during the Shadowlord's assault on the Island but managed to escape through a portal conjured by a void mage aboard the Dynasty aethertech ship, the Enkindler.

### Saga 2 Intermission

Princess Ilvarra, her betrothed Lord Revan Celathil, and Tai'son Ra'lerun Scintillae became isolated from the main Dynasty group aboard the Enkindler, stranded a significant distance away from Rixentop. She expertly wove and maintained an illusion using a substantial amount of light magic to hide the stranded aethertech ship from agents of the Horde and the monsters that lurked Draxington's wilderness. After several weeks, the Alliance eventually located the trio, but Ilvarra fell into a deep coma for a while due to her exhaustion from spellcasting and the near depletion of her aether.

## *Personality*

Ilvarra is a compassionate, gentle being, and having worked with various races and people from all walks of life during her tenure as Guildmistress of the Adventurers Guild, she is more forward-thinking than most elven royalty. This led to her being at odds with several traditionalist elven nobles in Treaq.

Her empathetic nature and delicate exterior cause some of her enemies to underestimate her and believe that she is soft, when in truth, Ilvarra is a battle-hardened commander possessed of great mental resilience and a nigh unshakeable will.

The princess is ever ladylike in her demeanor and bears a calm, commanding, queenlike presence that can dominate gatherings when required - a manner ingrained growing up in the elegantly cutthroat and deadly royal court of Treaq. She is as comfortable in the battlefield as she is in the arena of social graces.

Having been an adventurer, her heart often yearns to go adventuring and explore more of Malm, but her royal duties and the symmetry between the Six elements come first. Her greatest desire is to make Malm a better, more peaceful world for those who would come after.

Despite all these, Ilvarra can be inflexible, exacting, and refuses to suffer fools gladly. She is known to put people in their place if they try her patience, and is uncompromising to those she believes to be irredeemably evil. Ilvarra has a reputation for being trusting, even to her own detriment at times.

## *Trivia*

* Princess Ilvarra has a sad, pathetic, flimsy disguise whenever she wants to roam around anonymously: The *Lady Penitent*, who claims to be the best fencer in Malm and has a mean ojou-sama laugh. Those clever enough to know who she truly is often just play along to indulge her, it seems.
* She once participated and fought in the Monster Arena Tournament in Baklatavish as the Lady Penitent.
* She is known to LOVE religieuse, a popular choux pastry dessert in Treaq, which Griffin Empire diplomats sometimes brought to placate the elven princess.
* Ilvarra is Crosswinds' first 5-star Priest and 5-star Enchanter.
* While the Crown Princess holds various titles, the appropriate styles of address for Ilvarra are "Her Serene Radiance" (HSR) and "Her Royal Highness" (HRH). Technically, "Her Grace" is also accurate due to her numerous duchy titles, but it is less frequently employed, particularly among those well-versed in the intricacies and etiquette of Treaq's royal court.
* Princess Ilvarra holds a strong aversion to slavery and does not possess any helots in her personal household.

Princess Ilvarra holding an investiture ceremony and conferring a knighthood.Ilvarra bullying flat-chested Empire girls at a beach party and subsequently winning the bikini contest!The Princess defending the Towers of Radiance in De'Peche from monsters the nth time.Princess Ilvarra leading the Dynasty's forces against the armies of darkness during the finale of Saga I, even convincing Zolond to help!Her Serene Radiance seems to attract a lot of Moth beastkin.