Isily

> *“When I married that dolt I inherited a lot of things, but among the best was the name of his house. It so well describes my vision of the world.  A dark green flower to cover the world, beneficial to all.  A world led by a dynasty of magi who would end the petty bickering of the nobility and senseless politics of the moment.  Is that not a dream worth fighting for, Minalan?*” *- Isily of Greenflower*
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## **Overview**

Originally Lady Isily of Brawin, she was an assassin and handmaiden in service to Princess *Rardine* and Queen Grendine's *Family*. After studying she became an Adept practitioner of *Shadow Magic*. She received a witchstone as part of a deal between Minalan and Grendine. On orders of Grendine, she exacerbated damage from a head wound, assasinating Alshari Duke Lenguin. After she bore Ismina, Isily fixated on blending her bloodline with Minalan, so married Baron Dunselen of Greenflower to gain his title. She later ambushed, paralyzed, and raped Minalan, becoming pregnant with Istman. Alya, learning of Minalan's humiliation, led him and a group of warmages to confiscate Isily's irionite stone. In the battle, Alya broke the stone, burning out Isily's mind and severely damaging her own. Sometime later, Isily's vegatative body was stolen by the Enshadowed.

## Relationships

**Hartarian**
Isily is Censor General Hatarian's niece.
**Rardine of Castal**
Isily was Duchess Rardine's "lady-in-waiting," which meant she was Rardine's magical assassin.
**Minalan**
Isily was initially assigned to seduce Minalan, but it really didn't work out that way as Minalan was quite ahead of her in that. At some point, she became enamored with him, and when she was ordered by Rardine (presumably) to become pregnant by him, she did so willingly. After assassinating Lenguin following the battle of Timberwatch, Minalan became greatly vexed with Isily and her handlers. Unbeknownst to Minalan, she bore Ismina, his daughter, shortly after Minalyan was born. But Isily was greatly taken with the most powerful mage in the land. She came from a family proud in their line of mages, so aspired to mother a line of mages with Minalan. Retiring from Grendine's *Family,* Isily arranged to marry Baron Dunselen to better position herself to take Minalan's interest. By this time, Minalan was well-wed to Alya, so wanted nothing to do with Isily. As she became more and more obsessed with the Spellmonger, she plotted an ambush of him. While he was in the chamber of the Snowflake, she paralyzed him and raped him, taking his seed and becoming pregnant with Istman.
**Dunselen**

**Ismina**

**Istman**

**Noutha Venaren**

**Pentandra anna Bennurvial**

**Mavone**
Isily flirted with Mavone as they were scouting Vorone for Min and trying to influence Duke Lenguin to commit his troops. Clearly, there was some attraction there, but both were on-mission and focused. Nothing came of their flirtations.
## History

### Warmage

Isily first met Minalan when he was summoned to meet Duchess Grendine in the Wilderhall Rose Garden. She took an irionite stone from Minalan's hand and swore the oath.

> “You may consider me the Family’s court mage,” she nodded.  “I am trained and licensed, although that is not well-known by the court.  My father was one of Mother’s vassals.  When I showed the Talent, she arranged for me to be trained in Wenshar.  I’ve known her since I was a girl.”
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As the Spellmonger led forces into the Wilderlands, she went with him and learned how to use her shadowmage craft to support the military. After the Battle of Timberwatch, she assassinated Duke Lenguin.

### Journeymage

> This marriage between that old fool Dunselen and Hartarian’s niece, for instance . . . the girl is getting estates in Wenshar as well as a generous gift from Rardine.  Put both together, and Dunselen owns quite a bit of territory.  Yet his neighbors petition me for redress against his aggressiveness.-King Rard to Minalan
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### Enchanter

Isily, Baroness of *Greenflower*, became more obsessed with Minalan after she left 'Mother's Family,' marrying Dunselen as a means to further her plans for Minalan and provide opportunity to ensnarl him into her fantastical imaginings. She consulted with the Alka Alon faction known as the Enshadowed. A deranged Isily ambushed and raped Minalan in the Snowflake Chamber conceiving a boy, Istman. Eventually, Alya learned of this outrage from a thoroughly ashamed Minalan. She put together a team of high magi to accompany her and the Spellmonger to take away Isily's irionite stone. In the ensuing battle, Alya struck a dagger into the witchstone of a magically morphed Isily, breaking it and releasing its vast energies. Isily's mind was completely fried, leaving a vegetative husk of a body behind. See the *Greenflower Mage War**.*

### Matters of Regional Concern (Short Story, *Wizards of Sevendor Anthology)*

Isily vegetative body was kept at the Holy Hill Abbey where Trygg's nuns cared for her. A Nemavorti raid stole Isily's husk while Minalan was exiled in Vanador.

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Warmage: Book Two Of The Spellmonger Series (p. 405). Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Journeymage: Book Six Of The Spellmonger Series (p. 292). Kindle Edition.