Ishani Ka-Riss

**Ishani Ka-Riss** was the Empress of Sea-Isli during the Great Keyvailen War. Known for her administrative skill and hobby of gardening, she was pressured by her advisors into starting an ill-fated war against Stiletto that led her people into the War and it’s disasterous results.

## Ishani Ka-Riss

### Aliases

"The Gardener"
Empress of Sea-Isli

Mistress of Seas and Isles

Ka-Shagan

Protector of the East

Queen of Stiletto (Claimed)

### Relatives

Vudril Ka-Riss (Father)
Hotep Vil-Quaan of the Wadu Isles (Husband)

Haumman Ka-Riss (Son)

Prisha Ka-Riss (Daughter)

### Affiliation

Empire of Sea-Isli Ka Clan

House Riss

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Eternal Palace, Gao-Wei, Empire of Sea-Isli, Keyvaile

## Biography:

### Early Life:

Ishani was born on the imperial court of Sea-Isli and was raised in the walls of the Eternal Palace being trained in all the skills needed to rule.

At some time she was kidnapped by the Red Cowl who held her for ransom until the young warrior Udaya Ka-Nojinta raided the Cowl’s camp and rescued the young Ishani. The two became close friends afterward. After her rescue Ishani became more distant, preferring to tend to her garden rather than getting involved in courtly affairs.

### The Garden Empress:

In fact, she would not be seen on the court again until after her father's death from an infected wound, when she was coronated as the next Empress of Sea-Isli. Upon first sitting on the Sunrise Throne, she would marry the Master of the Wadu Isles Hotep Vil-Quaan to increase the province's loyalty, since the Wadu always had a unique culture and often dreamed of independence, and began several productive entrprises. She would have the Imperial Road fully repaired for the first time in centuries and drove out the various tribes, cults and bandit gangs from further roads to the capital with the help of her friend Udaya and the Vati Brothers.

Along with the increased trade, she would restore the old codes of her kinsman Cufu Ka-Wei which gave more legal protection to the peasant folk. Her most notable project, which would finally have her known as "the Gardener", were her famed Imperial Gardens that she had constructed just outside of the capital. She would hire elven gardeners and even Council nature mages to ensure they were the greatest gardens on the planet, bringing plants from all over the world and even some off-world, such as a pair of Allure she acquired at great cost.

### Reluctant War:

In her years of rule all that were known was peace save for minor conflicts with the brigands and the False Ones, which had left the more militaristic noble clans bored and upset at the lack of "glorious battles". At the same time, she had to deal with the ambitions of her daughter Prisha and her plots against her brother Haumman who was Ishani's heir. She would give her daughter much land and give her the posision of Minister of Whispers in exchange for Prisha swearing an oath on pain of death not to have her brother killed.

Pressured by the warrior clans and her Ministers of War and Whispers, she declared a great invasion of the Kingdom of Stiletto, sailing her great fleet into the lands of their King Balin Cecil.

## Personality:

Ishaini is a soft-spoken woman who prefers words over actions. She was considered a good administrator but a poor military leader, leaving most of her warring to her children, husband and best friend, preferring to tend her gardens. She was a kindly woman who just and merciful, though often seen as weak by the more war-focused noble clans.

## Powers:

**Administrating Skills**: She is good at managing the infrastructure.

**Gardener**: Ishani knows a great variety of plants.