Q'uelenna Aeris Starwind

Personality

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## Biography

Every 500 years, in the kingdom of Y’shtala, the first born daughter of each royal family is trained and judged to determine who will become the next queen. Q’uelenna Aeris is the first born daughter of Madam Sheera and Sir Ailmar Aeris and the new crowning is only 87 years from her birth. From the first day she opened her eyes, the layout of her life had been written out for her. She would take lessons in reading and writing from a scholar up until the age of 50, and from there she would focus all of her time on training to be a strong, smart, and capable young woman with eyes set on the crown. Her seven brothers cheered her on and always made sure she was tough enough for the job.

Lady Sheera was a talented bookkeeper in the kingdom, managing the intake of books and translations of many texts from around the realm. Q would often steal texts, smuggling them to her room to read before slipping them back into place. Because of all her reading and her mother’s intelligence, Q was able to quickly pick up other languages -- her favourites being Primordial and Dwarvish. Q's father, on the other hand, was fierce and strong with the might of a thousand men in his heart. He was a well-respected soldier and General in the realm and high expectations rose from the children of Aeris.

With all this being said, there was one catch. While Q was determined to win the throne and her parent’s approval, she wasn’t the brightest bulb. She was a rambunctious child, bubbly and outgoing and always smiling. This was wonderful for most people, but not for a future Queen. Her parents discouraged this behavior and by the time she was 60, the young elf had learned to control her eagerness in front of her parents and focus on her studies. She was very in-tuned with her religion, worshiping the Seldarine everyday and praying her her success.

Overall, she was a sweet, dedicated girl. However, when the day came to fight for the throne it seemed her competitors were a bit more rough around the edges. Moon elves with selfish sneers, and wood elves with a hearty appetite for competition. All of the other first daughters seemed far superior to her. And sure enough, she wasn’t good enough to earn the throne. Her parents were heartbroken, her brothers were saddened by the loss, but Q’uelenna seemed to be taking it quite fine. She gave no appearance of sadness or remorse, only a positive outlook. This enraged her father. She should’ve taken it more seriously. She should’ve worked harder, studied more, fought stronger! But there was nothing she could do. She had brought shame to her family and her life track was suddenly coming unhinged.

But when news of the Everheart spread to Y’shtala, Q saw it as not only an adventure, but a chance to earn back her mother and father’s respect. She geared up with her chain-mail and pack and fled in the darkness of nightfall. She bore the amulet of the first daughter and vowed to follow in the footsteps of an honest and just soldier. She spoke her oath as paladin and left home with a plan. She was excited and determined to save the tree and all of Alpheim. For she knew if she didn’t, there was no way she could return home. There was no way she could bring herself to disappoint her parents again.

But not long after, she came across a bunch of unlikely adventurers. She was drawn to them and their enthusiasm and Q’ue begged for them to let her join them in their endeavors. She vowed to never tell a lie and be fair. She promised to help them do whatever it took to succeed and she is determined to keep her word.

## Relationships

* Sheera Aeirs ( mother )
* Ailmar Aeris ( father )