Enrichetta Eques

Borian War

* Explosion of the Royal Keep
* Battle of High Castle
* Battle of Eion Valley

Enrichetta (or Rika) Eques (Née Dominika Pinie) is the leader of the Condacii faction of the Baathúr Shadows. She has lived a life of war as she became a soldier at a very young age. Enrichetta is considered to be the second most skilled Knight in the Shadows only being bested by her rival Kyrielais.

## Youth

Dominika was born in 275 in the city of Horow. Her parents were of minor noble origin. Her family had lost all their money and estates to the Hosptial of Hammon that had confiscated many 'non-medicinal' books, though in this rare instance I shall put out my humble opinion, that these books that the Hospital of Hammon called 'non-medicinal' were in truth actual books written by proper physicians, it is just that the Doctors of Hammon were too conservative in their practices. Nevertheless I digress, The Hospital consfiscated the treasury of the Pinie family bankrupting them. This led to the family to sell their daughter, Dominika, to contract slavery into the city of Charlington. There, she was treated horrendously. During one occasion, she was about to be raped by her owner, but was saved by a 'Knight-errant' John Tarleton. A man of virtues and chivalry. He saved Dominika and cared little for the repercussions of killing a lord in order to save a serf. John then took Dominika to the Midlands Brigade, thinking it was the best way to hide her. There Dominika changed her name into Enrichetta Eques, to hide her original identity. Enrichetta was a scout of the Midlands Brigade by the time King Jiri embarked to the Eye of Olia Expedition.

During the Teryuan War, Enrichetta was sent on a mission twice, mostly being held in reserve. On her first mission she was sent to scout the Southern regions of the landing base of Jiri' army. She however, failed to spot any enemy forces. On her next mission, she was sent to scout the enemy Army that was trying to reach the city of Ashak. This time she found the army and managed to make a somewhat accurate assessment of the enemy army's strength. For this, she was commended by her liége King Jiri himself, a moment that she would remember for the rest of her life, for Jiri to her seemed divine, like one of the Astral Gods she had learned when younger.

## Borian War

By the time the Borian War began and Jiri landed on Fon, Enrichetta was already 15 years of age. She joined the main army and traveled north. At the Royal Keep, she was assigned to the rear guard under the brigade led by Lannes Hay. She took the time to nap, however, was soon awaken by the Explosion of the Royal Keep. She was absolutely stunned by the horrying sight of the Holy Keep detonating in front of her eyes. Like the rest of the army stationed outside, Enrichetta was worried of her liége's well being. They were mollifyed by finding out that the King had indeed survived. However, this event only fueled the ire of the Royal Army against the Borians.

In the Battle of High Castle, Enrichetta served first time as a frontline soldier. She wielded a beautiful spear she had collected fully intact from the rubble of the Royal Keep. With this spear, Enrichetta faced her first foe who came running at her like a possessed mad man. She couldn't deny her fear, but she held firm and skewered the man running at her. Enrichetta felt a moment of ardor towards battle. She could only describe the feeling as fervent zeal or love. She gathered her courage and forgot she was afraid in the first place. With a strong but feminine warcry she charged the enemy lines unknowing that she was alone in the attack. She ran over a slope and saw the entire enemy force stand behind it baffled and unorganized from the ambush Jiri had laid them. Enrichetta stood above the slope and took a single breath and charged the enemy. Ashamed, that a girl had more guts than they, the rest of her Brigade charged behind her. This completely shattered the morale of the Borian troops who began a mass route. The entire Borian Army was killed or captured as a result of the battle.

Enrichetta briefly reposed and joined the army after only one day of rest. The Army marched down southwest to lay siege upon the castle Sallinburg. Enrichetta decided to finally rest properly. Enrichetta didn't participate in the assault, as she was too tired to.

Enrichetta was quite vexed about having to participate in the Siege of Charlington, another siege immediately after Sallinburg. She once again decided to rest for the duration of the siege. She hung around her comrades often playing games or gambling.

Finally after Charlington, Enrichetta received proper action in the upcoming Eion Valley Campaign. She was ecstatic to participate in a proper huge battle. Before the Campaign began, the Midlands Brigade and all members assigned to it were formed into the newly declared Baathúr Shadows by King Jiri. This made Enrichetta want to prove her skills as now she had to stand against the Borians as an elite dame. In the Battle of Eion Valley, Enrichetta and the Baathúr Shadows were assigned to the center force reserve, a position Enrichetta was not happy about but she didn't want to argue against her liége. When the Shadows were finally sent into battle to aid the Avargian merceneries, she, like the rest of the Shadows, charged in like a wildfire in a forest. To the Borians it looked like as if a pack of lions were to charge a line of deer. They smashed into the enemy and disorder broke out. Enrichetta struggled to find an opponent and grew increasingly livid. When she finally spotted an enemy, she charged without hesitation only to kill a surrendered enemy. Then, full of adrenaline and zeal, faltered to bloodlust. She kept slaughtering armed and unarmed men alike. She was finally stopped by her superior Kyrielais.

## Antebellum and the corruption

After the war, Kyrielais, the overall commander of the Baathúr Shadows went to the Royal Keep ruins to find the final Amagad Blood Vessel. He chose to infuse all the Shadows with the incredible power of the Blood. Enrichetta was supportive of this idea volunteering to go first. At the time she was 20 years old and unbeknownst to them, Amagad Blood doesn't sync well with people over 10-years of age. She was immediately corrupted in pain, but also in immense power. She couldn't move herself, but about an hour or so Enrichetta finally got hold of herself. She was amazed and felt mighty. After this experiment, the Shadows remained neutral in many conflicts until finally the call to join the Fortudatum Crusade came. Kyrielais objected to joining the Crusade, as it was not mandated by their only lord, Jiri. Enrichetta, bored and enthusiastic to fight, wanted to participate in the battle. Enrichetta gathered 100 Shadows and went anyway. This was outrageous and Kyrielais banished Enrichetta and the hundred men who followed her. This split the Shadows in half into the Obscurii and the Condacii.