Amarillys

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> ### Volume
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> The Hanged Man
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> ### Full Name
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> Amarillys
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> ### Other Names
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> Great AdvisorThe Crimson Queen of the East
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> Bio
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> ### Gender
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> Female
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> 2nd day of the 11th Cycle
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> ### Age
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> Unknown (Many centuries)
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> ### Birthplace
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> The Kingdom of the North
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> ### Affiliation
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> Empire of the East
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> AdvisorPrincess (Former)
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> Duchess (Former)
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> Regent Empress (Former)
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> Alive
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> ### Height
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> 175 Cm
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> 69 Kg
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> Black
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> Red
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> Emperor (Father)Lucian (Younger Brother)
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> *“Long ago I forgot the sound of his voice, long ago I forgot the shape of his face.”*
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> -Speaking about her father for the first time in centuries.
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Amarillys is the Great Advisor of the Empire of the East, and the original heir of the Higher Key. Using her Magic she has been present during the whole story of the Empire of the East, from founding the country herself and her council to being the Great Advisor of the current Head of State.

## Background

Amarillys was born in the The Kingdom of the North, some decades after the independence of the Southern Nation. When her father saw her for the first time her bright crimson eyes reminded him of the red flowers growing in the castle's garden, therefore her name.

### Early Life

She was raised alongside her brother Lucian by their father himself, being educated the ways of justice that governed the lands at those times. As his father's Magic made him a respected and loved leader he was almost as a deity to anyone under his ruling, even to his own son, but to his daughter he was a loving father and often considered him her only family, never having been very close to her brother; so Amarillys wanted to continue his legacy of this so-perceived 'perfection' and was deeply scared of the Kingdom crumbling under her hands when the time to ascend to the throne came. As the first born, she was initially supposed to inherit the throne, so was named Duchess of Garand to start ruling the capital at the time under the Emperor's guidance. She was a bright young woman, with a heart full of passion to be the best future Empress she could be, but she was too demanding with herself and with the population, valuing order over everything else.

It has been theorized that maybe she was too young and naive to rule yet, being overwhelmed and disturbed by some of the evil she had to endure while being head of state of Garand, breaking the idealistic aura she looked others with. But her determination was stronger and decided to make her father proud. During the first years of her reign, she earned herself the reputation of 'cold' and 'unyielding', contrary to the compassionate and understanding ways of the Emperor. Her father started to doubt her ways, but loved her daughter enough to trust she could learn with time. But Amarillys grew more and more confident that the only method she could keep an stable reign was through order enforcement, took charge herself of the law was delivered and applied, never listening to a single objection. The inflection point came when she decided that trials were no longer needed, and ruled them out as unnecessary and time-wasting. There was when her father finally intervened, having to overrule the verdict.

After a long talk it was decided that she wasn't ready yet to rule and her duchy would resume later. As a respectable heir, she obeyed but inside felt betrayed and heartbroken. She had worked day and night, pouring all of herself to honor her beloved father and he chose the people over her. A small resentment started growing so she grew distant of him and started her studies again, this time under tutelage of royal mentors.

It was during this isolation that her father mysteriously passed away. She received the news of his decease as well as the information that he left a specific inheritance to each of his two children.

### War of the Heirs

When receiving the Higher Key, the curse took effect on her, revealing the true nature of the artifact and how it came to be. With a mix of intense grief and anger, she felt betrayed a second time, at the end her father chose others before her. She made everyone responsible, in her eyes, without the people's chaos, the judgement wouldn't be necessary and her father would still be alive. In a spark of rage, decided she would take the Lesser key to undo the Emperor's sacrifice, allowing the judgement to go on.

But the Lesser Key, the second half of the Ouroboros had been given to her brother. When she demanded it, something in his heart told him she couldn't have it by any means. Further provoked, she used her position as technically the Empress now that her father died, and threatened him with execution if he didn't obeyed. Still refusing her demands, Lucian fleed to Dragunov, seeking help from anyone who could assist him against his mad sister. When Amarillys knew of this, she called Dragunov a nest of traitors, declared the city to be sieged and its population executed as well as immediate surrender of her brother.

At that point, Garand's fiasco was of popular knowledge and the image of the new so-called Empress wasn't the best at the people's eyes, so when Lucian called for Insurgence he was received with hope from a good part of the country and the army. The war finally exploded at the heart of the Kingdom of the North.

She and her followers were a minority in comparison to those lead by Lucian, but her active use of the Higher Key's power made each of her soldiers look like 100.

### Founder of the Empire of the East

After years of bloody conflict, Amarillys and those loyal to her were expelled to the Eastern arid lands, where with sheer determination and brute force she started rejoining allies and slowly formed a new country, the Empire of the East. In a mix of fear and respect, the people obeyed her and as their Queen, the new country started rising from the ashes of war, using the limited resources as good as possible.

As the decades went by, Amarillys started realizing the extent of her magic, so in order to avoid further conflict between her newborn empire and the well-established Kingdom a heir was chosen and the Queen oficially declared dead after close to a century of reigning with iron fist. The former Queen turned herself the Great Advisor of the Empire, a position from where she could handle the current head of state comfortably and could be hidden from both the public eye and the Kingdom's vigillance.

## Personality

Amarillys is extremely manipulative, always bending the Empire to met her own needs. she sees the country and everyone on it as a mere tool. Her determination as well as her intelligence are unmatched when it comes to achieving goals set by her twisted mind. Due to the curse of the Higher Key, she knows the true nature of the world, therefore being disgusted by the parts of herself she has had to sacrifice due to her Father's decision.

In her own words she doesn't feel love for anyone or anything and her centuries of life have further numbed her emotions. The only thing that makes her keep on going are the only thing she feels, pure hatred towards mankind and determination to obtain the Lesser Key and restart the Ouroboros.

Deep inside she feels a consuming sadness, the only person she ever cared for long gone. She is convinced the real curse is her Magic and secretly holds the hope that the Ouroboros can end her as well.

## Appearance

She is stuck in her young adult appearance, when in reality she is many centuries old. Amarillys looks like a woman in her mid twenties, with pale skin and long black hair. Her eyes glow a bright red,

While being part of the Kingdom of the North, as the tradition dictated, she wore mainly white clothes, mixing it with a palette of black accessories. When her father passed away, she started wearing mainly black clothes symbolizing her mourning. As instating herself Queen of the new founded Empire, she mixed her black clothes with crimson accents. She always liked jewelry, so as head of state could be seen frequently using earrings, necklaces and other accessories, during this time she was never seen without her crown.

As advisor she is almost never seen by the public eye, only interacting with certain members of the council and with who is ruling the Empire at the moment. She is usually a cloaked figure and as the mentor of the Empire's ruler, her privacy is greatly respected.

## Abilities

### Magic

Her magic consists in keeping her body young and healthy, not allowing her cells to get old or hurt. This process doesn't interfere with her pain perception, just prevents her death by any natural means.