Ailish Ocethion

### Sibling(s)

Prince Visemion Ocethion
Prince Aerynor I Ocethion

Paternal Half-Sibling:
Princess Haella Ocethion

Queen **Ailish Ironmaul Ocethion**, also known as the **Mother of Dragons**, and personally known as **Allie**, is the youngest and the only living child of King Vahaemar Ocethion and Queen Adeline Brightfyre. At the age of thirteen, she was made her father's heir, and grew up to become the second ruling Queen of Agriosa. Ailish was a dragonrider whose mount was Vesolaara and Silixia.

During her reign as queen, Ailish bore seven children from different fathers and was speculated to have engaged in relationships with several others, exploiting her position for affection. Consequently, Eldra Selene, her wife of ten years, divorced her due to these circumstances.

## Description

### Appearance

Ailish is forty one years old standing at five feet and six inches tall with a moderate muscular build and fair yet sun-browned skin, her eyes being bright orange-red with draconic-like slits. She had her family's traditional looks, wearing her platinum blonde hair in a series of braids with other parts of her hair in a half-up bun, up in a bun, or down on her shoulders. Ailish always dressed richly, favoring black and maroon velvets and golden laces in intricate patterns. Her bodice often glittered with pearls, silver, and gold, and she had always worn beautiful necklaces. She wore outfits more accustomed to the atmosphere of Agriosa, one of the most notable ones being a light diaphanous gown in a light purple hue. She was described as a beautiful woman who closely resembled Queen Jaeda Ocethion, the first woman to sit on the throne. Despite being in her early forties, Ailish is still strikingly beautiful. Some believed that she used dark magic to retain her young features. She still had an aged, motherly smile, with minimal crow lines.

Ailish had two additional pairs of armor, each with distinct qualities. The first set was originally made in Neverwinter, enchanted with holy magic. It mirrored the golden and silver colors of her goddess, Coventina. The second set was made in Agriosa on the other hand, featuring mesmerizing draconic scales and even etched in dragons. This set was a blend of silver, black, and red. While spending time in Hreinngar with the Trade of Blades, Ailish received an enchanted tattoo from her wife that stretched across her upper back. That tattoo is a two-toned crimson color, the deep hue of crimson dust and the lighter shade of orange, that features two detailed dragon wings, similar to her mount, Vesolaara. Around the time Ailish and Talisa eloped and got married, in Hreinngar, Ailish received another tattoo from Talisa that was on her left wrist, which was a red eye. Unfortunately this was removed after they divorced.

Like most Iythosians, Ailish was able to employ red draconic-like scales and a pair of large dragon wings. When her scales were employed, she had total fire immunity. Additionally, she was able to change the draconic-like eye slits she has to normal pupils. When she was fighting Frizum Kriuth in Calradia, she used her wings to transport individuals who were being attacked in order to heal them.

### Personality

Ailish is usually a serious, headstrong and willing woman that is filled with a quiet determination of leading her people. She showed herself to be quite vengeful on several occasions, mainly to individuals who had caused her significant grievances. However, she's also very tenacious and stubborn, refusing to give up even in the bleakest of circumstances. Her stubbornness has often caused her to rebel and go independent in some cases, such as when she had completely departed from Iythos.

Nevertheless, Ailish is very compassionate and cares very deeply for all her companions, often going out of her way to ensure nobody falls unconscious or dies in battle. Her fondness for children has been shown multiple times, and when she birthed a stillborn, she was visibly disturbed, so much that she had isolated herself for weeks on end. Her determination of keeping her children by her side has always been a number priority, along with protecting them from the famine people have constantly brought down onto her. In total, Ailish showed herself to be strong-willed and fearless, but also benevolent, and able to understand her mistakes and learn from them. Unfortunately, this, along with the traumas she suffered, led her to be also too fragile to bear the burden of her moral defeat: making her the woman she had always sworn never to become.

In recent years, dealing with immense workload stemming from global threats, Ailish has turned to alcohol as a means to manage the overwhelming stress. Frizum has made multiple attempts to persuade her to stop drinking on several occasions.

## Relationships

### Vahaemar Ocethion

Ailish had always been very loving and protective towards her father; being equally confident that Vahaemar loved her back. While the two had always had their hardships, having random arguments over the simplest of things while Ailish grew, Vahaemar had always been very proud of Ailish regardless. The manipulation of her mother that had grown on her father hadn’t changed their relationship one bit, as Vahaemar had always been there to protect Ailish. When Ailish had mysteriously disappeared in the dead of the night for good, she recalls seeing her father watching from a balcony in the Dracōnem Keep.

When Ailish had learned of her fathers death, her grieving process wasn’t as heavy compared to when she had learned the truth of his death. Instead of taking time to actually process her loss, Ailish went to the immediate direction of war. When she claimed the throne that was rightfully hers, even then she could not process the death of her father. It was only till a year later when things calmed down when she broke down completely, only comforted by her wife, Talisa.

Even though Ailish had the resources as a cleric to *speak with the dead*, she never was able to pick up the strength to talk to her father. Even in the present when she thinks of him, she is oftentimes hellbent on getting revenge on her mother.

### Adeline Brightfyre

The relationship between Ailish and Adeline had always been something that was awkward, heavily devoting motherly love, and compassion. Adeline had always been strict on her daughter while she was growing up, growing enraged by the fact that she had survived many attempts on her life that her own mother made. Adeline had always devoted herself to acting as the trophy wife to Vahaemar, which always made him happy seeing his family come together.

When Ailish found out about her father passing the law of a ban on dragons, she took a handful of dragons that had found deep respect in her and left Iythos completely, heading for the far continent of Faerûn. A decade later, Ailish returned to Iythos after she heard of her fathers death. While in her time back in the capital city, she learned the truth of her mother forcing the law to be passed, followed by the fact that she was the reason her father was dead. After taking the throne from a small civil war between her and her mother, Ailish held strong resentment against her. Though had never had the courage to send her mother to her death, only locking her away in the dungeons.

### Visemion Ocethion

For most of her life, Ailish had completely forgotten most memories with her brother. For the short period of time they knew each other was when Visemion was named heir. Ailish had been about eleven years old when Visemion left to marry Lady Adrya Malgaeron, though eventually returned a year later, which led to the events when the two were assassinated.

One of the most important memories Ailish has of her older brother was when the two including Adrya took their dragons Vesolaraa, Eshalaraki, and Malandryl on a ride throughout Agriosa, Kingsport, and the Fractured Isles. Ailish distinctively remembers Eshalaraki being the largest dragon out of the three, while Vesolaraa came in second and Malandryl came in last.

### Eldra Selene

Two years prior to the events in the Calradian Imperium, Ailish met Eldra in Neverwinter, bonding over drinks, which led to them falling in love. They traveled to Hreinngar, and enrolled in the Hall of Sorcerers. Among the many spells they learned, one of them was an ability called Fusionchange. Under the alias Metis Selthion, Ailish and Eldra utilized this technique to battle Azrael's Enforcers when he attempted to manifest in the Material Plane. The duo, aided by a feline demihuman named Layria Meziinetz, employed the Metis technique for an extended period, ultimately defeating Azrael and his enforcers.

After Eldra’s presumed death, Ailish moved to Calradia, joining the Trade of Blades. However, Eldra was resurrected as a Baelnorn Lich under the alias Talisa Nathalanorn, and sought Ailish, eventually finding her years later. They married but left Calradia due to finding out that Nerva Cathor was using his academy to dominate and conquer Calradia. Discovering Ailish's family turmoil in Iythos, they led a rebellion, making Ailish queen.

Peace shattered when Talisa was taken again, returning later but distant. Despite Ailish's success in having children, Talisa grew distant and eventually divorced Ailish, retreating to Hreinngar. In 1495 DR, they reconciled, but their current relationship status remains unknown.

### Maevor Sungaris

Three years after the divorce between Ailish and Talisa, Ailish decided she would have to remarry. Ailish reached out to a childhood friend, Lord Maevor Sungaris, a nobleman who had been married before the unexpected death of his wife during childbirth. The two met at dawn on the Silver Shore, coming to an understanding that the arrangement is entirely a political one and that they both have found love elsewhere, Ailish being presumably attracted to somebody else, while Maevor had interest in men. With that in mind, they both agree to do their duties to their families, and afterwards to love as they please.

### Vamorys Ocethion

The relationship between Ailish and Vamorys started when Ailish was thirteen and Vamorys was fifteen, when Ailish was made her father’s heir. Vamorys grew a liking for the new heir, going as far to sneak out in the middle of the night with her onto the Streets of Silver. However, their connection truly reignited when Ailish returned to Agriosa and ascended to the throne. At that point, Vamorys made a secret attempt to marry her, but Ailish declined the proposal. Instead, she made it clear that she would only consider marrying him if she bore his child. Vamorys took this statement too literally and tried to father a child with Ailish. After experiencing a stillbirth followed by the birth of Natari, Vamorys asked again, only to be rejected once more. For a time, Vamorys avoided Ailish during social gatherings, but it was ultimately Ailish who rekindled their relationship. She deliberately brought Natari to events where Vamorys was present, providing him with opportunities to see their child.

During the events of the Storm of Dragons, Ailish grew to dislike Vamorys more due to his actions in the Fractured Isles. Ailish initially blamed him for the start of the civil war between House Ocethion and Greywater, which eventually led to the two no longer seeing each other as intimately as they once were.

### Morsan Greywater

The relationship between Ailish and Morsan started before Morsan had joined the Agriosan Queensguard, and had other priorities within House Greywater. Morsan’s father, Lucan Greywater, offered his son to Ailish as her husband during her coronation, when her father set up multiple lords throughout the realm to offer their hand in marriage. Even though Ailish denied all of them, Ailish found a particular liking in Morsan. The night after the coronation, Ailish and Morsan went onto the Silver Shore and shared a personal talk. Due to Ailish alarming sexual activity with her cousin, her father had speculated she had sex with him. Directly after this series of events followed the issues that her mother brought upon the kingdom, Ailish left Iythos with no warning.

When Ailish returned to Agriosa and took the throne, Morsan had already joined the Agriosan Queensguard under his mother, yet pledged his loyalty to Ailish afterwards. When the two were reunited and took nightly strolls on the beach alone, their relationship slowly built up again. Ailish ended up having a total of four children with Morsan. Their relationship started to fizzle out around the time when the Bold Council and the Brash Council were created.

### Children

Ultimately having seven children in her lifetime, Ailish has always shown compassion and love to her children, even to the deceased. The two children she has lost at stillbirth were something she did not take easily, once isolating herself for days at a time due to it. When the death of her son, Raeydar, happened, it took her weeks to ultimately process it. When it happened during the Battle of the Raven Queen, she wanted to believe he had only gone unconscious, yet she knew the truth when she could feel his life sap away in those last seconds.

The relationship with her first child, Roslin, was something she regretted at first. She did not want a child whatsoever, and when it came to the day she gave birth, her mother gave her no choice but to hand her off to a different family. Ailish had hated the fact that her first child would be a bastard, yet remorse flooded in when her mother sold her to a family in Sylcyne like she was a slave. When Roslin had lost her life to the Raven Queen, and then was resurrected at the battle, Ailish took her in again. She had no care for if a child was labeled as a bastard. She had only cared that if she had her own blood, she would look after her till death.

When Ailish had reignited her relationship with Morsan, she would give birth to three boys over time. Her first, Aemion, was named as the Heir to the Royal Throne. The struggle with having him as her heir had given her memories back to the chaos that struck the kingdom when she was named heir. Except, Ailish was a woman, and Aemion was a bastard. Despite what people thought and expressed, Ailish still did not listen to others. Her third and fourth sons, both twins, Aerydar and Raeydar were the two sons that she fell in love with ultimately. Roslin had not been in their life at this time, yet Ailish had found peace with the sons she was given. Though, when Ailish had been in a second secret relationship with her cousin, Vamorys, she would attempt to have a fifth child. Ailish had been pregnant with Lucaenia during the period Talisa had died, and gave birth to the stillborn girl only a week after. Ailish was visibly distraught, unable to come out of her royal chambers for days on end.

Her sixth child arrived later, the youngest, Natari. Ailish and Natari resembled each other perfectly. Natari had her hair and her mothers eyes. While Natari received the most hate from all of her siblings, she still was the child that Ailish let get away with the most. Finally, her seventh child, another stillborn, Rhaesella arrived a week after the Battle of the Raven Queen.

### Mariam Lazeena

Mariam had known Ailish since the day she was born, originally being a handmaiden known as Rhaenesa Marigold who helped Adeline in childbirth on multiple occasions. The two were considered inseparable due to Mariam being the only friend Ailish considered closely while she grew up. Most days when Ailish had gotten upset, Mariam would be there to comfort her. The two frequently took dragon rides on Vesolaraa and Malaquita over the border between Iythos and Lucilduun. Ailish learned of Mariam’s secret identity of being a dragon named Melhoraita a year before she left Iythos. When she did actually leave, Mariam and another handmaiden were the only two people who followed her. Ailish has explored the secret depths of how powerful Mariam’s magic expands, going as far as calling her the most powerful woman in the realm.

When the events of the Storm of Dragons rolled around, Mariam had been Ailish’s number one supporter. She would constantly be at her side, even working on duties that Ailish often could not complete due to the amount of stress she accumulated. On some occasions, Ailish gave Mariam permission to shapeshift into her and serve council meetings for her. It is unknown how many different occasions Mariam has disguised as Ailish, especially due to how similar she could act as her.

### Frizum Kriuth

Ever since Nerva's Conquest in Calradia, Ailish harbored a subtle grudge against Frizum. Whenever circumstances demanded confrontation, she displayed composure rather than impulsiveness. Her focus was on defending lives and protecting people, rather than dwelling solely on Frizum's personal consequences. The ongoing clashes between them gradually took their toll on Ailish, prompting her to raise concerns to the Heads of Houses in Calradia. For a brief period, Calradia's response to the band of necromancers' threat fell short, leaving Ailish infuriated by the fact they were taking things so slow. However, upon discovering Talisa's affiliation with Frizum, her anger temporarily subsided, as she recognized his quest for control over the imperium, or rather magical power.

Over time, their relationship evolved into a more civil one. Nonetheless, Ailish's resentment towards the lich persisted due to his repeated attempts to harm her friends. When Frizum and a significant number of necromancers, including Nerva, arrived in Iythos, they had yet to earn the queen's trust. Ailish felt uneasy about Frizum's potential to inflict harm on her dominion, prompting her to appeal to her goddess, Coventina. She placed a magical restriction on Frizum, causing his powers to be weakened and limited. This restriction was lifted during the Battle of the Raven Queen, enabling him to contribute to the fight.

As Frizum has grown more and more powerful, amassing considerable power, even becoming a deity, Ailish's faith in the former lich waned. She now only views him as a power hungry and egotistical individual, branded as "pure evil".

### Yorreyl Reddhigwen

Unlike the majority of her colleagues on the council, Ailish regards Yorreyl as one of the most proficient and dependable individuals. Her faith in him, especially in safeguarding her sons, remains steady, leading to an elevation of her opinion of the drow. When Yorreyl was entrusted with the protection of all three of Ailish's sons during the Battle of the Raven Queen, she didn't become resentful despite his absence when her son, Raeydar, was killed. Rather, she shouldered the blame on herself, believing she was a horrible mother. Even after the passage of four years since the incident, Ailish has refrained from discussing it with Yorreyl.

### Corvo Atilan

While some view him as unproductive and lazy, Ailish holds the opinion that Corvo possesses a strong mindset. Despite being aware of the things he thinks about her, she has attempted to treat him with greater decency. However, following the Battle of the Raven Queen, her demeanor changed. She no longer tolerated any nonsense from anyone and had an increasingly stringent attitude towards Corvo. This was evident during council meetings, where she grew infuriated by his careless behavior, such as interrupting discussions or placing his muddy boots on the table. Ailish opted to delegate most of her issues with Corvo to Mariam for resolution.

### Vesolaraa

Ailish had managed to tame Vesolaraa when she was merely twelve years old, despite already being given a dragon already named Silixia. Ailish managed to grow up with several other dragons not being tamed by her, yet with respect now that she had claimed Vesolaraa. She would have Zyndrahr, Modemona, Maildrintysa, Eshalaraki, and even Tyrmofaraa, the eldest dragon, under her yolk.

Vesolaraa, Ailish, and her flock of dragons ultimately left with her when she left for Hreinngar. Hreinngar had thankfully been one of the many dragon-friendly countries she had been to in her lifetime, allowing her to free-range her dragons. Vesolaraa and Ailish have been on many journeys together, from battles in both Hreinngar and Calradia, and even today in Agriosa.

### Coventina

Ailish's early devotion to Coventina led her to develop a proficiency in divine magic, particularly in the art of healing. Despite her mother's initial disapproval of her religious pursuits, Ailish formed a deep bond with Coventina that has bolstered her power and abilities over the years. Even after Ailish retired from her adventurous lifestyle and withdrew from actively promoting Coventina's influence, the goddess continued to watch over her.

As her new lifestyle as the Queen of Agriosa, Ailish has mellowed out from the aspect of the war domain, and has transitioned to the protection domain instead of life, her original domain. With four children and now two grandchildren, Ailish has the strong feeling of having protection over them, especially after the loss of her son, Raeydar Ocethion.

### Raven Queen

What most people remained oblivious to was the fact that, when Talisa was killed at the hands of the Raven Queen, Ailish resorted to becoming a worshiper of the Raven Queen. In her grief, she unknowingly opened herself to manipulation that led her down a path of unnecessary sacrificial killings and the process of learning blood manipulation. As a consequence of her brief affiliation with the Raven Queen, her unborn child was born as a stillborn. Moreover, Coventina temporarily severed her ties with Ailish, only returning once she had gone through the religious trial process to absolve herself of the murders she had committed.

### Calradian Imperium

Ailish was originally sent to Calradia after departing from the Order of the Gauntlet and the Trade of Blades, and was recommended to the Calradian Imperium. Much like the former organizations she was in, she joined the Imperial Legion and was ranked as a Centurion. With her already extensive knowledge of holy and other magics, Ailish did not need much training and would lead a portion of the Legionary Company. She spent most of her time doing what the legionary did, protecting the emperor. Yet, Emperor Nero Neretzes seemed to take notice that she had been lacking in the position she was in, and offered her a seat in the Imperial Spellbinders, where he assured she would be more comfortable. Ailish took the ranking and was seated in the spellbinders. As she grew her way up, she eventually became the Supreme Wizard of the Spellbinders, leading the entire branch.

Ailish made several friends and expansive relationships within the imperium. On several occasions, due to her position as a priestess of Coventina, she officiated plenty of weddings. One of those weddings was the remarriage of the emperor. During the time when she was in the imperium, she had a few dragons alongside her. When Ailish was called back home and took the throne, her time in the imperium began to dissipate. She would eventually leave, departing for Iythos for good and to never return.

### Kingdom of Agriosa

Ailish was the first noblewoman born in the Temple of Wer-Eluithol located in the capital city, Agriosa. While others saw this as a prophecy, no one thought much of it. When both of her brothers passed on, Ailish was named the Heir to the Royal Throne by her father, King Vahaemar Ocethion. This seemed to divide the realm, while others looked forward to having a woman sit on the throne. This ultimately ended with the assassination of her father, letting her mother usurp the throne. Ailish had left prior to this after a disagreement with her parents, fleeing to Hreinngar, yet after she received word of her fathers death, she returned back to Agriosa. After learning the truth, she fought for the throne and ended up winning it. The realm would be put back to peace once more, making Ailish the second woman to sit on the throne in at least one hundred years.

Ailish would ultimately reign for six years until the Battle of the Raven Queen arrived, leaving her wife, Talisa Nathalanorn, dead. Followed by many other individuals. Ailish managed to defeat the Raven Queen with a group of friends, yet in the end, Talisa would divorce Ailish after the emotional damage Ailish had caused. Four years ultimately passed, in those years, Ailish would take on another consort. With a total of ten years on the throne, some would assume the relationship within the walls of Dracōnem Keep had long mended after the departure of Talisa. The truth, most of the council and even nobility soon would learn about how Ailish ultimately acquired her children. Yet they never understood the true meaning, soon causing an internal war to break out. One side, the Queen’s Party, naming themselves the Bold. While her contestants named themselves the Brash. Even though Ailish remains as a successful queen, some would say that her consequences are soon catching up to her.

## Character Information

### Proficiencies and Abilities

Ailish is a Drakewarden Ranger and a Cleric of the Protection Domain, who is remarked as a force to be reckoned with when using her divine magic. She uses many of her divine abilities to heal and give buffs to her companions during mid battle. Her extensive knowledge of magic stretches to arcane, conjuration, evocation, and the list goes on. Ailish does not always rely on magic but due to her muscular build, she is incredibly fit and flexible, often using her physical strength as a last option if needed. She had always never been one to brawl, yet will often take the chance if it's someone she greatly resents.

Ailish is naturally resistant to fire damage and has also grown more resistant to spell effects over the years. With her draconic heritage, she has immunity to sleep and paralysis effects. With the enchanted tattoo she possesses on her back, it also gives her resistance to water and ice damage. Ailish also has darkvision and ultravision.

### Notable Items

#### Current Items

* Stonewell Battleaxe (Received from Vahaemar)
* Aegaron's Shortsword (Received from Vahaemar)
* Mace of Disruption
* Bow of Silveress (Crafted by Marisha)
* Earrings of Sending (Crafted by Eldra; Shared with Eldra)
* Amulet of Coventina
* Ring of Protection
* Ring of Spell Storing (Received from Mariam)
* Weavepiercer Gloves (Once owned by Eldra; Received from Nahalia)
* Gauntlets of Deliverance
* Belt of Giant Strength
* Boots of the Vigilant
* Animated Map (Crafted by Dorian)
* Tuning Fork for the Feywild (Once owned by Phyrra)
* Dragontooth necklace inscribed with "Born from Fire" (Crafted by Mariam; Received from Visemion)
* Ring of two dragons twining around a ruby (Crafted by Eldra)
* Red bracelet (Shared with Eldra)

#### Former Items

* Saturnina Shortsword (Stabbed into Eldra's grave)
* Unicorn Horn Wand (Taken back from Azrael; Thrown into sea)
* Shield of the Centurion (Destroyed at the Battle of the Icepeak Hills)
* Necklace Of Prayer Beads (Destroyed at the Battle of the Icepeak Hills)
* Periapt of Wound Closure
* Gauntlets of Ogre Power
* Scarab of Protection (Received from Mariam)
* Eldra's Pirate Jacket (Received from Eldra; Placed onto her sword at Eldra's grave)

## Quotations

### Spoken by Ailish

> **━ Ailish to the Council of Advisory**"I will strive to be a good queen, I will do my best. But I know well that whoever wins this civil war, landlords will still cheat tenants, city guards will still demand bribes, warriors will still kill men to steal their cattle, drunken husbands will beat wives. The plague and the labor of childbirth will take more lives than all the evils of man put together. Still, men are willing to fight for me, though it gains them nothing, for no other reason that the throne is my right. I will not betray these men."

> **━ Ailish to Morsan**"I wanted our sons to have a life different from mine. I did not want them to sit in servitude to my reign, having to partake in this challenge. When I was in Calradia I was taught to forget my people, despise my way of life and my family, my beliefs, my roots. Our roots! Yet here I am serving as queen, and you are upset because of that. You took away our son's life because you wanted my mother on the throne."

> **━ Frizum**"Is House Greywater's survival necessary for the future endeavors of the Kingdom of Agriosa?"**━ Ailish**"Why in Coventina's breasts would you even question that?"

### Spoken about Ailish

> **━ Talisa**“You don’t have to call me anything special anymore. I don’t want to bear the name you gave to me. I cannot stay in a castle all day while you do all the diplomacy, games, and sex. I just can’t do it anymore. I can’t love you like this.”**━ Ailish**“What about what I did for you? I sacrificed my son to bring you back!”**━ Talisa**“You killed your own son, Ailish. He was never mine.”

## Trivia

* The name Ailish meant noble and kind, though originated when inspiration was taken off an Altmer who had tanned skin, blonde hair, and yellow eyes, in a D&D: Elder Scrolls campaign. Later down the line, the inspiration for Ailish gathered from characters in Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and Critical Role.
* Coventina herself is a neutral good deity, but the goddess did not mind if she did not share the alignment.
* Ailish has a light English and Latin accent.
* Ailish is bisexual.
* The soundtrack Oh, Darling was based on the relationship between Ailish and Talisa.