Diana Fitzjames

**Diana Fitzjames** was the maidservant of Cassandra Wilem when she was living in Wilemberg from 113 to 116 ME. She was executed by Queen Persepina Wilem II of Flowers on the 15th of Holeaum in 117.

## Biography

Diana was born in 94 ME in Wilemberg to lower middle class parents. Her father was a textile salesman and her mother a seamstress. She had five siblings, being especially close to an older sister named Mariah. She spent her childhood at the family home within the city where she began assisting her mother in her business. When she was seventeen, her sister Mariah told Diana of a position for maids in the royal palace Evermere. She had been working there sometime as a laundress and used her sway to get Diana the position in the palace. Due to her good nature and sharp wit, Diana quickly became one of the favorite maids among the lower portions of the palace, eventually being allowed to work in the royal chambers and then as a handmaiden for guests of importance visiting the palace.

In 113 ME, Diana would be given the most esteemed position of chief maidservant to Cassandra Wilem, the then Lady of Flowers to Queen Guinevere Wilem of Flowers. The two did not get along entirely, with the nineteen year old Diana often frustrated with seventeen year old Cassandra's melancholy. She would often act more as the woman's confidant then servant, giving oft ignored advice as needed. Diana at this time often quipped that she should have been a doctor of psychic divination. On one occasion in 115 ME, Diana was caught eating Cassandra's breakfast after the girl had left for a meeting with the Queen, causing much embarrassment. Later, she would admit she often ate the lady's meals as she rarely ever touched them herself. It was said that she was quite close with Ser Alexei, with some rumors claiming she was interested in the hedge knight romantically.

In 116, after years of service, when Queen Guinevere Wilem of Flowers was beheaded after being captured by the Korevnans, Cassandra became wanted by her successor, Persepina Wilem II. Fearing for her life, she fled the palace on 3rd of Cernon 116 ME with Ser Alexei Rodrin. In the process, she left Diana and her retinue behind. Being implicated in the woman's flight, Queen Persepina had her arrested and placed in the dungeons at Evermere to await trial. For half a year she was kept locked in a cell before being allowed to work partially as a laundress within the dungeon. Diana often could be seen scrubbing laundry in the tiny courtyard allotted for washing. Her head was kept shaved, to avoid lice and her form was thin and pallid. On the 15th of Holeaum 117 ME, after hearing rumors of Cassandra being hidden in Skjol, Queen Persepina decided to have Diana as well as two maids in her retinue executed for treason. Diana was hanged within Evermere's main courtyard before a small amount of royal loyalists. Her body was displayed on the city gates with a sign saying "traitor" about its neck until it had decayed. Diana's remains were lost, most likely thrown into one of the city's many canals.

## Appearance

Diana was slightly taller than the average Fleurian woman, with lightly olive colored skin, and dark curly hair. She had dark brown eyes and freckles on her cheeks. She bit her nails near constantly. When she died, she was barely recognizable, having lost a considerable amount of weight.