Lady Clodese

> "*I wouldn't cross Lady Clodese. Only fools think the Lord runs this city; his wife is the one pulling the strings, everything that happens is by her purview. I know who to listen to.*"
> ― The Steel Fist
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**Lady Clodese** is the wife of Lord Clodese and by extension the Lady of Fallcrest. Though she maintains a dainty formal outward appearance, she is really a hardened woman who disdains her husband's lack of resolve. She controls nearly all official matters and many unofficial matters within Fallcrest via influencing her husband and using personal agents. As a result Lady Clodese is often considered to be the true ruler of the city. She devised the plan to rouse the Fallcrest Army to take on the New Nerathian Empire using the Sword of Leavisus during the Bloodreaver War, and was also The Party's main benefactor.

# History

Not much about Lady Clodese is known before the Bloodreaver Invasion. It is known she married Lord clodese at some point, but the details of the marriage or her position before hand are unknown. Since she has been Lady of Fallcrest, she has take a great number of administrative duties from her husband, often without him even knowing, on account of his laziness. She is known to be quite assertive in her role, gaining the favor of those like The Steel Fist, while disdain from others like Gregory Rammelm.

Following the Second Battle of Fallcrest, in which the city defenders only barely beat back the Bloodreavers and took heavy damage to the Low District, Lady Clodese became disillusioned with her husband's plans to wait out the Bloodreavers in the city. She determined the Bloodreavers would only grow stronger and would eventually capture the city. However, Gregory Rammelm held the Lord's ear quite well, and he refused to sally out and counterattack the Bloodreaver threat.

In order to gain the Lord's favor to an offensive plan, Lady Clodese and a few others (including The Steel Fist), sent out the city's hero to The Sword Barrow in the hopes he would retrieve the mystical Sword of Leavisus. Legend held that whoever wielded the sword could not lose a battle, and she hoped that having the sword would give Lord Clodese the confidence to counterattack.

# Appearances

## A Heart of Sorrowful Power

By the time that The Party arrived in Fallcrest, the city's hero had been gone for two weeks and worries were beginning to form about his disappearance. The Steel Fist, judging The Party as hardened adventurers, directed them to Lady Clodese to help out.

Though she initially met The Party with normal pleasantries, as soon as she learned The Steel Fist had sent them she went straight to work explaining the situation. She then offered The Party a handsome reward should they investigate The Sword Barrow and discover the fate of the missing hero (as well as recover the Sword of course). When The Party agreed, she drafted up a letter allowing them free access in and out of the city.

Thereafter Lady Clodese hired The Party as de-facto mercenaries of her personal employ to aid the Fallcrest Army through the rest of the Bloodreaver War. They quickly learned of Lady Clodese's influence within Fallcrest and she became their primary liaison and patron. When The Party departed eastward from Fallcrest in pursuit of Rob Boss, Lady Clodese made sure their received letters of introduction to aid their task. She also continued to support the efforts against Rob Boss from afar, eventually sending an expeditionary force of the army under The Steel Fist to join the Alliance of Hammerfast.

## The Psion's Night

Lady Clodese remains in Fallcrest during The Psion's Night, serving as a stern, hardened leader capable of tackling the chaos of the apocalypse. Lord Clodese perished during the early years of the night and Lady Clodese finally threw off pretenses to take direct control over the city amidst the trying times. She, alongside Aisu of the Blue Hair, were the primary administrators of the city until Aisu's departure, after which Koko Kuirimu has filled the role of joint-administration alongside Lady Clodese.

# Trivia

* Despite her importance in the plot of AHOSP and to Fallcrest in general, Lady Clodese's forename has never been revealed.