Moira

Moira, the Queen, is the current ruler of Melophae, and mother of Melolia. A promising oracle from birth, she was brought to the side of the Lavender King. Despite warning of the Arklight's irreparable damage to the grand design, she failed to stop her husband from aiding the construction of the Arklight. The Arklight's destruction then sent one of the Blessed Children right to her, whom began to corrupt and taint her mind: sending her down a new dark path.

## Lore

**Backstory**

As a gifted child in Melophae's magic forward society: Moira studied in the ways of the Oracle. Her proficiency and mastery over the craft flourished thanks to the magical advancements of the 2nd age, foretelling the future more and more accurately each and every time. Her feats were considered a mockery of fate, providing her with full clairvoyance: almost as if she were shaping the very outcomes themselves. All of this power fascinated the royal family of the nation, and eventually she was brought to the side of the promising young prince who would grow up to become the Lavender King of Melophae.

As a couple, the two would see immense success. The Lavender King's immense social presence as well as Moira's predictions helped capult the nation's reputation. Sometime later, the nation was invited to help with the Arklight's construct to deal with all of the Abzulor's breaches. The Arklight’s construction, a collaboration between many of the major powers at the time, was something the Lavender King very much pursued. This was revolution and would absolutely help their people as well as elevate their names beyond anything they could dream of.

He consorted in Moira, who would fevertenly return visions of horrors and failure. However many times she pleaded, he chose to ignore her words, at the prospect of the Arklight’s success. when the Arklight broke, fragments of the locked spirits of the Blessed Children used to construct the device were scattered to the wind. Remnants of one of the old gods, Phyriel - Daughter of the mindscape - found refuge in Moira’s mind, corrupting the great oracle’s mind. As the nation of Melophae was heavily damaged by the aftermath of the Arklight’s destruction and the coming of the 3rd age, the kingdom scrambled to on how to rebuild and survive the impending battles with the Lavender’s King popularity and strength waning by the second.

Moira’s outlook on the kingdom’s success became more and more dire, haunted by new prophecies of war and battle, paranoia seeping into her head each passing minute. The trace bits of Phyriel's conscienceness took notice of this weakness in Moira’s heart, and whispered into her ears sweet nothings on how to save her people. It reminded her of her husband’s neglect; on how she saw this coming, how she was right, and how all of this could’ve been prevented if he had listened to her. Incited by the old god’s influence shaping her prophecies, she decided the only way to save the kingdom was for her to helm their future and remove her husband from the equation all together.

With him out of the equation, they would've been safe. The world wouldn't be like this, but now: all she could think of was how to keep everyone safe.

**Recent Events**

Since the death of the Lavender king and Melolia's escape to Faerin: Queen Moira has become increasingly paranoid. As her only daughter has now left her, her paranoia and fear about not being keep everyone safe and withins arms reach strengthened tenfold. She has since instutited new border fortifications as well as stricter restrictions upon her people all in the name of keeping them safe. In stark contrast to how Melophae previously was, acting as one of the magical research capitals of the world, Queen Moira has kept all the secrets of the arcane they have behind her new closed borders.

Whilst she wants to bring back her daughter to her side to keep her safe, this desire has been slowly twisted by the blessed child haunting over her: Phyriel. Phyriel, like the rest of the blessed children wants the destruction of the Grand Design. And for that, Phyriel has manipulated Melophae to continue developing more and more potent magics in order to hurt the All Mother. She also desires a stronger and younger host and thus, has been further planting seeds to entice back Melolia.

## Trivia

* She enjoys the taste of Ruby Cherries.
* Moira is Melolia's mother.
* Even after Phyriel's influence, still still

## Development Notes

* Initially during early development, Moira had the internal name of Nyx.
* Moira was initially slated for a 2021 release after Kahzrin, but lack of a focused art direction pushed the character's development and release until 2022.