Earia Nymaras

**Earia Nymaras** was a sister of the great Edessan king Sumlin the Wise, who believed that his wisdom was weakness and stabbed him to death and took his throne. She ruled as queen shortly until the Salahan Empire invaded due to her actions. She was tried and found guilty. She was then brutally executed by being fed to Beaked Horrors. Her soul was trapped in the dagger used to kill her brother, where she remains to this day.

## Earia Nymaras

### Aliases

"The Traitor Queen""The viper who lost our freedom"

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Queen of Edessa

Lady of Duquba

### Relatives

Dastan II Nymaras (Father) Lasha Taga (Mother)

Sumlin Nymaras (Brother)

Abisom Marhasa (Husband)

Sarna Marhasa (Daughter)

Zoeil Marhasa (Daughter)

Malika Marhasa (Daughter)

Abisom Nymaras (Nephew)

Bella Nymaras (Cousin)

Dalmar Sandrasiar (Second Cousin)

### Affiliation

Kingdom of Edessa (Ruler)
House Nymaras

## Biography:

### Early life:

Earia was born the second child of King Dastan II of Edessa and his wife Lasha, in the royal palace of Durquba.

Her elder brother was Sumlin, who would later go on to be know as the wise and the two were close, at least in their childhood.

### Nobility:

Earia would marry the brash warrior lord of Harsaras, Abisom Marhasa, and thought the match originated as part of her brother's diplomatic schemes. The two quickly became lovers and bore three daughters, Sarna the Follower, Zoeil the Poisoner, and Malika the Assistant.

She would witness the Salahan Empire’s failed invasion of the land which saw Edessa and a coalition of Desert Tribes, including the Elven Drana, form against the empire. The war was bloody, with many dying in the fighting including Earia's beloved husband Abisom, who died defending her brother in battle.

### Usurper:

After the war, Sumlin made peace with the Empire, forcing the Emperor to marry his daughter Maraia to his son Abisom to ensure peace. But Earia grieved for her husband, and swore revenge on the House Vellens and their empire. She saw her brother’s leniency in the peace deal as weak and sought to rob him of his throne.

She plotted with her three daughters with cruelty and malice against her own kin. While she spoke with her brother, arguing about the situation with the empire, she pulled a knife on Sumlin and stabbed her brother to death. As he died, he warned her that she doomed them all. At the same time, her daughters killed the young Abisom and Maraia as well as anyone who were loyal to Sumlin in order to take the throne.

### Downfall:

She would rule for a few years, but not as successfully as she believed, with most of her allies abandoning her due to her ill deeds and the Church of the Sands turning against her for her kinslaying. With her coalition broken down, she stood no chance against the Empire when their new emperor Lucien Vellens marched his armies into her lands seeking to avenge his sister Maraia and add Edessa to his empire. The war would go badly for her, and the once mighty kingdom of Edessa would fall under the control of the Salahan Empire.

Lucien was ruthless with his justice, and was quick to put Earia to death for her killing both her kin and his, feeding her to Beaked Horrors before a crowd of nobles and giving her titles to the loyalist House Baylen.

## Personality:

She was treacherous and cruel, killing her own brother and nephew for own ambitions.

## Titles:

 Sumlin Nymaras
 Abisom Nymaras