Eir Corgon

Original founder of Corgonia, born to a slave in Meliodas to be sold off as a child wife.

### Aliases

Queen Eir, Eir Corgon, The Witch, Witch Queen, Light Bringer, Queen of Corgonia

## Backstory

Many years ago, there was a town named Meliodas. The people who lived here were strong willed and their economy slowly began to bloom. The town was restricted in expansion as it was surrounded by steep mountains, with one way in and one way out through a small tunnel through one of these mountains. The people who inhabited this town would never leave, and they rarely saw anyone from the outside. In 1297, the town began to become overpopulated. Food slowly became more scarce and children continued to be born. Tensions were rising, but people were still remaining calm for the most part - until 1304. A large group of travelers found their way through the mountain and discovered Meliodas, a town blocked off from the rest of the world. They seemed friendly and offered aid as long as the townspeople accepted their guidelines and rule. The townspeople, worried they would all perish from overpopulation and lack of food, accepted. Meliodas was now being run by a Mercenary group named “Wardens of Ash”, a ruthless group known for enslaving towns and robbing individuals of life. But Meliodas, being they were split off from the world, was not aware of this information. The town began to prosper, the mercenaries bringing in food and water to the town while the people continued to populate it more and more. There was peace and hope until 1314, when suddenly the mercenaries began to turn on the people. They limited the amounts of food and water they would receive, took children away from their families, forced men into joining the mercenaries, and enslaved women into tending to their every need. For over 70 years, the town would continue to be tortured by the Wardens of Ash, the women being forced to carry children for these men while every man born was to be a Mercenary themselves. People began getting used to this lifestyle, considering it as normal seeing as they were born into it. Until one day, in 1387, a female child was born. She displayed significant beauty at birth, but something seemed off about her. She never cried, nor complained - the child was silent. All she would do was stare, looking around and reading the room. She was soon after named Eir Corgon, daughter to a slave with an unknown father. The girls in the village were being taken by the mercenaries at the age of 9, and sold off as child wives to other towns. In 1396, Eir’s time had come to be taken away. By this time, she had spoken no words. Her biological mother had already been killed, and all she had was her friend Alestair Fzeny, a mercenary in training who sought to find a better life. Right when the men came to take Eir away, they reached out to grab her arms but could not take hold. It seemed their hands could not close around her, and she stood up while looking to Alestair. This would be the first time she spoke, so silently, but everyone knew what words came out. “We are done”. Words so few yet so defiant, spoken to men three times her own age. The men tried and tried again to grab hold of the girl, but nothing was working - they were growing aggravated. A guard threw his knife through the air as Eir gathered all who had been enslaved. Suddenly there was silence, as she looked down to see a knife penetrating her body. Looking towards the door and back to those she was trying to help, her lips drew a slight smirk. Turning around, her eyes seemed to lack a soul behind them. Yanking the dagger from her body, she smiled wide while the blood seeped into her white gown. She spoke no words, just holding the sharp object while staring the men down. Looking to the man who originally threw the weapon, in the blink of an eye she whipped it back at him - completely lodging itself in his skull, killing him on impact. Some say she then snapped and all of the men blocking their exit quickly fell to the floor, while others believe she killed the entire mercenary group by simply staring at their souls. But that day, she freed nearly 300 people. Eir and Alestair quickly led the individuals back to Meliodas and would continue to protect the people for a few more years - until 1413 when the mercenaries returned. Being more mature, she tricked the mercenaries into allowing them one night so they could settle their affairs. That night, she evacuated the entire town, taking the mercenaries' means of transportation, and then collapsing the mountain underpass behind them. After a few months of traveling, Eir stopped dead in her tracks upon finding a beautiful land of barren plains. Her people, with the help of some other wanderers looking for a home, constructed a large castle. They would go on to create 4 districts, each with their own purpose and protections. A district for fishing, one for farming, a town for mining, and the main for trading. Two districts would be added later, a retirement district along with one for wandering travelers. Eir named this new kingdom Corgonia, and in 1416 it was finally complete. She brought on Alestair as her right hand in protection, allowing him to safely live in the castle. In 1419, Alestair would go on to marry Hecate - a former slave to the Wardens of Ash. Eir Corgon would do her best to stay under the radar by other mercenary groups, that is until 1428 where a group, Mistpeak’s Voice, invaded the main district of Corgonia. They went on to kill many of the royal guards, taking over many homes in this district. The leader of this group, had heard of the interesting abilities of Queen Eir and wanted to use them for his own purposes. Eir, having a special list of abilities, thought she was safe when keeping the mercenaries from Wardens of Ash trapped in the mountain - but it seemed they had escaped and word got out about Eir. Venom, knowing he could not overpower Eir, used Alestair to their advantage. In keeping him alive, they held him at the base of the Queen’s throne with a knife to his throat. This was Eir’s closest companion and she agreed to do whatever they wished. Venom quickly ran up to Eir, grabbing her by the throat tightly - and she closed her eyes, accepting death. She was lifted from her throne by the man, much larger than her, throwing her brutally to the base of the steps. She would cough up blood, looking to the man in silence. Her eyes seemed blank as Alestair cried out to her, but Eir wanted to protect his family who was living in a District far off, hard to find without proper guidance. They had only found the castle, but knew if she did this, her people would be safe. Venom walked heavily to her, grabbing Eir by her long hair and dragging her across the castle’s floor. He continued pulling her through the castle, all the way up the steps and into the Queen’s chamber where he would brutally deflower her - his guards watching and holding Alestair continually at bay. A few months later, Venom held a formal “wedding” to show the citizens of Corgonia that he was their new King. He would continue to use and abuse Eir, forcing a child upon her which she would name Para. Venom began growing frustrated quickly, the citizens not listening to him and only following their Queen. In 1432, she overhears Venom speaking with his guards - discussing a plan to kill all of the Corgonian royalty along with everyone who worked in the castle. Eir quickly ran to the Castle’s jail chambers and released Alestair, handing him Para and the key to the horse stable. She instructed him to take her daughter and retrieve his family, and then flee to somewhere safe - somewhere far away. The goodbye was bittersweet, and she kissed both her closest friend and her daughter farewell. The guards began closing in, realizing Alestair had escaped and nothing was holding Eir back. She walked slowly to her throne, killing a few mercenary guards along the way. Sitting in her throne, she wore all white and held herself highly. Hearing a mass of footsteps through the castle, she knew her time was up. Concentrating, the castle began to shake and crumble. Windows shattered and the floors caved in, the ceiling falling through all around them. The men threw their projectiles at her, over 80 knives and spears penetrating her body. The castle stopped trembling, blood dripping from Eir’s mouth as Venom approached her. Eir, with her last moments, cursed the Mercenaries and spit her blood  onto Venom - who pushed the final knife through her heart. Venom would then remove all the weapons from her frail body, stringing her up and hanging her corpse on the side of the castle. Her white dress remained, almost magically, unstained and her corpse would not rot. Her body remains there to this day, untouched by anyone and a symbol of death for the mercenaries.