Queen Vyra

Queen Vyra of House Broum is the 97th Ruler of the Kingdom of Stin Cepel.

### Backstory

The thirdborn child of King Vaclav and Queen Jana, Vyra was never meant to rule, and never desired to do so
either. Most of the training she received was to stay out of sight and not say
anything to embarrass her elder siblings in important functions. Since she was
not being groomed to rule, this left her a lot of time to pursue other things,
which she did. She was fascinated by alchemy; she loved digging in the dirt;
and she wanted to learn how to shoot a crossbow. She also found she had some
minor magical talent, nothing formidable but enough to enchant some magic
items.

Vyra struck up a friendship with Asana, the Royal Embalmer, who taught her about potions, magic, and crossbows;
and Indar, the holy Shadeweaver of Jenova, who taught her more ethereal things
about religion and philosophy.

When the Harbingers of Purity took over Stin Cepel, they assassinated her entire family in the Royal throne room –
father, mother, and all three siblings (the Harbinger Coup). Vyra did not witness the murder
directly but saw the bodies when she followed Indar into the throne room. Indar
protected her from Gramorn and Seaorin, and Planeshifted them to the Shadowfell, where they remained on the run until they were found by the Sandstriders.

### Campaign

##### Reclamation

After that, Vyra spent her time
in Dryadis, trying to process everything that had happened. After a few weeks,
however, Indar was murdered and she was captured by Seaorin and locked into a
mind prison of sorts. She was broken out with the help of the party – her mind
took the shape of a series of trials in which the party had to decide what the
punishment should be for the accused. The decisions the party made stayed in
her subconscious and helped shape the type of regent she became – or will
become.

During the Battle of Broumov,
Vyra bravely went into the city on the front lines, waving the flag of Stin
Cepel and calling to her people to rally around her – which they did. When the
battle was over, she announced the heroism of the Stin Cepel Seven, the Reclaimers, as well as her desire to reunify the kingdom.

##### After Reclamation

Vyra named Evangeline Krost as head of the Queen’s Guard; Tolsmir and Tralin as her Royal
Shadeweavers; and Asana and a family friend named Mr. Minuko as her top
advisors. Vyra had a hard task of both punishing traitors as well as keeping
the Kingdom together. She cut off ties with the Dwarves, who had supplied the
Harbingers with weapons and other supplies, but invited the rest of the
continent to join a Continental Council, where they could discuss shared
issues. She enlisted the help of Asana and Mr. Minuko in the trials of those
accused of treason. Many times, she was counselled against the harshest
punishments and, unsure of herself, held back. This got her the nickname “Kitten Queen” by those who didn’t think she went far enough. Meanwhile,
divisions remained, neighbor suspecting neighbor, and Vyra found the prospect
of balancing the wellbeing of a kingdom overwhelming. She turned to drink, and
then eventually to drugs, specifically one called Myriad, to help her cope.

On the first Reclamation Day
celebration, she invited the Sandstriders to join her in her private quarters. She was
high, and seemed miserable. She asked the party to wipe out the last of the Harbinger Remnant in a cave in the Freezing Wastes, which they agreed to do.
When the party was reported dead, it was as if Vyra snapped out of a trance.
She realized that all this time, part of her had been waiting for the Sandstriders
to swoop in and fix everything. Without them, it was up to her – no more
excuses. She quit Myriad cold turkey and got to work. She executed people who
she would have spared before, placing their heads on spikes outside the walls
of Broumov. She made it clear that she was in charge. She reopened trade with
the Dwarves, after they issued a formal apology for working with the
Harbingers.

Struggles remained. The weather
started acting chaotically, leading to a dearth of healthy crops and a food
shortage. A new movement called the Path of Light started offering food to the
poor, undermining her authority. She argued constantly with the Captain of her Queen’s Guard, Eva, about actions to take or not take. Monsters thought long gone began rising
up around the country; rumours of local lords and ladies who didn’t respect her
rule abounded. The Dwarves cut off contact, and worst of all, there were
reports that the Sandstriders were traveling throughout the Kingdom wreaking
havoc.

When the real Sandstriders
returned, Vyra was relieved. She asked them again for their help; they decided
to leave for the Faewild. Eva asked permission to go on a mission to the Volcanus Wastes to help Vichand and other Bahamut followers find and kill a
dragon; Vyra refused to allow her to go.

Currently, Vyra is still working
on creating a unified kingdom. This is made more difficult by the monsters and
other creatures that seem to have awoken since Cyric came into the picture.

#### Shadows of Moonraker Peak

In the throes of the Astral Civil War, Queen Vyra learned of a Dwarven artifact which would allow her to send supplies and troops to aid the Coalition in their fight. She negotiated a price with Fandolin Stoneweaver, head of one of the Dwarven clans, and hired the Goldfoot Mountain Trading Company to transport the artifact, a Planar Stone.

The GMTC was jumped on the road by a group affiliated with the New Harbingers, who wished to use the stone to help their God, Cyric. However, their plan was foiled by a group of hired mercenaries. These mercenaries brought the stone to Queen Vyra, along with tidings of the treason of House Andolian, the stewards of the Mountain region of Stin Cepel. Queen Vyra summarily removed Evemie Andolian of her nobility, instead granting control of the Mountains to her daughter, Jenivieve Andolian.

Queen Vyra then enlisted the help of Asana and other magically-attuned experts to open a portal between Broumov and the Astral Sea. She sent troops and supplies to help with the assault of the Consortium War Camp, though she did not directly fight.

#### Aftermath

After returning to Stin Cepel from the Astral Plane,Vyra settled in as ruler. Though tensions persisted, they generally fell to the background. Vyra would go on to marry Ylros, the new ruler of Woestijn, and have a happy and productive marriage.