Chandrelle Miharian

Chandrelle's illusory appearance (left) and her true form (right). Art by Tactician Kate.

## Birth and Death

### Died

Year 216 (killed by the Belkinus Necro Hunt Party)

## Appearances

### First mention

BNH S01: Let the Hunt Begin (as the Black-Veined Queen)

### First appearance

BNH S01: Let the Hunt Begin (as Chandrelle Miharian)
BNH Finale: The Virtue of the Viscount (confirmed as the Black-Veined Queen)

## Affiliations

### Family

Abigail Miharian, sister
Kara Miharian, sister

### Groups

Royal Guard
Spine of Death

### Other

Pierce Bloodstride, accomplice
Orion, predecessor as Viscount

**Chandrelle Miharian** was the leader of the Royal Guard, and served as Viscount of the Kingdom of Belkinus from her election in Year 138 to her death in Year 216. She was also the **Black-Veined Queen**, leader of the Spine of Death. As an NPC, Chandrelle was played by Joseph "JoCat" Catalanello.

Sina Steelward, and presumably other members of the Guard, could summon projections of Chandrelle from magic crystals.

## The Necro Hunt

At the beginning of Belkinus Necro Hunt, Chandrelle assembled the party for a secret mission to capture the Spine of Death's leader, a necromancer called the Black-Veined Queen. They were tasked to contain her in a banishment crystal and bring her back to Belkinus Proper. Chandrelle suggested the Queen was an alias of her sister Kara Miharian, who she believed was living just outside the Kingdom's borders in Cloveway.

Chandrelle also warned the party about the necromancer hunter Thorne, without mentioning that they were the resurrected form of her deceased sister Abigail Miharian

## The Black-Veined Queen

Uncertainty swirled around the identity of the Black-Veined Queen. Once the party confirmed that Kara did not use the title, they began to wonder if it was a person at all. Luc Badeaux speculated that the Queen may be a myth.

Kara, amazed at the power required to raise Abigail as Thorne, wondered if the Black-Veined Queen was a divine being created by siphoning, or perhaps a deity which inhabited the same world as Verteheim. Alternatively, she thought Pierce Bloodstride may have invented the title to ruin her reputation.

By the end of Belkinus Necro Hunt was revealed that Chandrelle herself was the Black-Veined Queen. She had used the title as a cover to send the party after her sister.

## Plot and Downfall

Chandrelle had been secretly practicing necromancy during her time as Viscount, including furthering Kara's research into siphoning. Her goal was to finish Kara's research into *true resurrection*, using it to bring back Abigail and other soldiers lost in the War. One of her early experiments was responsible for raising Abigail in her undead form as Thorne. Chandrelle has also siphoned the last known being in Verteheim's dead world.

After the party travelled to Cloveway, meeting Kara and learning more of the truth, they defeated Pierce Bloodstride in Verteheim and returned to Belkinus Proper to confront Chandrelle. Chandrelle was furious at being discovered, and blackmailed each party member, using Enoch with his decision to let Mirth go, Luna with her mother's choice to let her into illegal territory, Nathaniel with his history with his father and relationship with Lancel, and Renee with Francis' connection to Cloveway. When the party did not relent, Chandrelle attacked.

During the fight, she attempted to draw power from the being she had siphoned in Verteheim. Apparently overwhelmed, she took on the skeletal form of the being itself: a dragon. Luna Icewind ultimately dealt the killing blow to Chandrelle's dragon form, breaking Absolution's blade off in her body.

## Mechanics

For the final battle between Chandrelle and the Party, JoCat rolled in the open for all NPCs.

Chandrelle's gargantuan dragon form was treated as multiple separate creatures which could be attacked separately: the body, the head, the tail, two wings, and two arms. JoCat has confirmed that a mute crystal would only have targeted one section of the dragon.