Ionia Kavandell

**Queen Ionia Kavandell I**, born **Ionia Moonshadow**, a name she still uses, is an NPC and is the half-elf Queen of Cumbria by marriage to King Allant Kavandell I. Originally born a Sojourner, Ionia is noted for being the younger sister to the former leader of the Erinyes Clan, Gabriel Moonshadow. She is first encountered in Season 3 of *WovenRealm* during the Emerald Caravan's quest to free Fenris' soul from Gehenna. Through their efforts, they learn that Ionia is Fenris' birth mother, who had given him up for adoption after his birth.

As an NPC introduced in Season 3, Ionia is played by cast member and GM Alex.

## Description

### Appearance

Ionia is a severe appearing woman with many not willing to admit to her face appears to be locked in a permanent scowl. Long, wavy, midnight violet hair cascades down her face with the Queen forgoing common Cumbrian fashion to ornately style her hair. Her violet eyes have been described as "soul piercing," although that may just be a result of her being a Sojourner in Selusian lands. When presenting for others, especially in an official capacity, she tends to wear the regal attire befitting someone of her station, but she often prefers to dress less formally in private. Being a warrior at her heart, she has no issue wearing her Dark Eater plate armor.

*"Unlike last time, Ionia is not wearing a fine dress but rather a jagged set of dark armor. It features a black metallic color scheme, but upon closer inspection, the armor itself appears to not be made from steel, but rather a different material treated with a special metallic coating only achieved in certain occult rituals. Oleander would immediately recognize this armor as a suit of Darkeater plate-mail, armor once worn by the Darkeaters of Kyir, crafted from the bones and sinews of slain demons. The armor gives off a slight red glow and with its jagged spikes provides Ionia a rather menacing appearance in the low light of the castle."*

-Narration from S3E19 'The Bleak Purgatory of Gehenna'

### Personality

Although Ionia has worked to not speak with the dirge-like accent of Sojourners, she often speaks in a low and funerary manner. She often gives off a stoic or somber aura, but anyone who has had a conversation with her could tell you, she has a temper. Constance has compared Ionia's personality to that of her son's, stating, "W*e found out where Fenris gets his grumpiness from."* Much like her son, Ionia is greatly perceptive and intelligent, but unlike him, she is more reactionary. After her experiences and witnessing what happened to her brother, Ionia's bitterness, cynicism, and suspicion of others has only festered and grown with her often being incapable of trusting those she is close with. Despite this, she has shown moments of humanity, such as when the Caravan presented her with the Moonshadow Exile's Mask in S3E19. When achieving her goals, Ionia is a cunning and calculating individual who takes no qualms in utilizing underhanded tactics. She sees no issue with resorting to violence, and she seems to almost revel in the thoughts of battling her enemies.

It is likely that she never married King Allant out of love, but rather, given the context of the situation, she married him out of self-preservation. She is capable of opening up to others, as evidenced by her affair with her previous personal Jester agent, Cerberus Dancingflame. Her personal Jesters that she picks are some of the few individuals the Queen truly trusts in Cumbria with her current agent, Pocket, doing much of her dirty work. Much like the furies her people claim to descend from, Queen Ionia is a vengeful person, capable of maintaining grudges for decades. This can especially be witnessed with her general attitude toward Kovithians and her desire to seek vengeance on Egon Morgenstern after finding out he was still alive.

Although publicly, Ionia has forgone her Sojourner roots, privately, she still is a devote practitioner of the culture's unique faith. She still uses her weapon, an old Erinyes heirloom, the scythe known as Vengeance Reaper. When Fenris was born, Ionia attempted to carry the tradition of "killing his name" before giving him up for adoption.