Queen Lucia

Lady Florentia

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Queen Lucia was the only Queen to rule in the history of Galderon, she ruled the Kingdom of Rayaan. She was married to King Kaylin and during most of her life served as his queen, he chose her as his successor to the throne as they had no children. She is the most celebrated and loved woman in the history of Galderon and people in the far reaches of the world speak of her beauty. She appears in none of the Galderon books but is mentioned in all of them.

## Biography

Born and raised in Florentia. Queen Lucia met King Kaylin during his celebratory parade after his crowning as King of Galderon, he was taken aback by her beauty and took her back to Yubel. They fell in love and even after King Kaylin discovered she was barren he remained with her saying he "You are still the love of my life, no amount of sons any other woman can give me will change that". She was the one to propose Galderon be split into three as she felt Kaylin spent too much time away and the Kingdom was too large to manage as one. As King Kaylin passed away with no sons, she was declared Queen of Rayaan and ruled for 9 years until her death in 9AK.

## Marriage to King Kaylin

Kaylin took the throne of Galderon after his father King Richard passed away. After his crowning Kaylin visited all the cities in Galderon to hold feasts and promise the people that he would do his best to help all those in need. During a feast in Florentia, Kaylin met Lucia and fell in love with her, he took her back to Yubel with her and they married in the year 35 BK. He and Lucia would always spend time to help the poor all over Yubel and eventually stayed in cities like Maithe and Corene to help the commoners there. After a while Queen Lucia could tell that ruling Galderon was taking a toll on Kaylin so she along with Maximus convinced him to split it into 3 regions with Kaylin ruling Rayaan, Maximus ruling Aralia and Icarus ruling Euroya. After the splitting of Galderon into three factions, King Kaylin and Queen Lucia ruled Rayaan and lived a happy life together, he took his wife with him to the Island of Agartha when he went away for 6 weeks. It is said that King Kaylin was never unfaithful to Queen Lucia and loved her more than anything, even after discovering she was barren he stuck by her side and claimed to not care about having an heir. They were married for 35 years up until King Kaylin's death, Queen Lucia then ruled as Queen of Rayaan until her death in the year 9 AK.

## Queen of Rayaan

Queen Lucia ruled Galderon for 9 years and fought the war against Maximus when he started a rebellion after uniting all of the Aralians. Icarus helped Queen Lucia defeat him and after his death Queen Lucia was left devastated and remained secluded from her people, she would visit King Kaylin's burial place once a month. She would continue to help those in need however and Rayaan thrived under her rule just as it had done under Kaylin's. She passed away from natural causes in 9AK.

## Legacy

Queen Lucia to this day remains the only female ruler in the history of Galderon, she was revered by men and women alike, just as King Kaylin was. People all around the world even in the distant lands speak of her and King Kaylin's love, as well as her incredible beauty.​ Queen Lucia was buried in the Valley of Heroes next to her husband King Kaylin.