The First Level One

The First Level One was the first successful Level One created by the Pendragon family, which kickstarted the creation of the Estinian government. At the time, she was believed to be the only Level One to ever exist. It's unknown whether or not she ever had a name, as many peasants at the time were never given one.

## The First Level One

### Relatives

At least one hundred children, likely moreArthur Pendragon (father-in-law)

Cerelia Pendragon (mother-in-law)

Barnete Pendragon (husband, deceased)

Crawford Pendragon (son, deceased)

Preston Pendragon (descendant, deceased)

Zacharias Pendragon (descendant, deceased)

Alexander Pendragon (descendant, deceased)

Andrew Pendragon (descendant, deceased)

Bennedict Pendragon (descendant, deceased)

Colin Pendragon (descendant)

Colleen Pendragon (descendant)

Beatrice Wilkes (descendant, deceased)

Lilah Wilkes (descendant)

Bianca Pamela Saburo (descendant, deceased)

Rina Saburo (descendant, deceased)

Joseph Saburo (descendant, deceased)

Iliana Saburo (descendant, deceased)

## Biographical information

### Appearance

Allard described her as short and muscular. She had long, black hair and a droopy nose. On the battlefield, she wore a uniform with the patches of a Sergeant First Class. At formal events she wore a uniform belonging to that of a member of the General's Circle. During her wedding to King Barnete, she wore a pink cloak and white button down dress.

### History

It's unknown when or where she was born, although based on military files Harold theorized she was likely born on the Pendragon estate, as most peasants at the time were born into servitude. She was a servant for the Pendragon family, working directly for Cerelia Pendragon but also served tea for Arthur Pendragon. While working at the palace, she was caught getting free remedies from the master herbalist on the estate, which wasn't allowed without Arthur's permission. She tried to explain that the remedies were for her dying six year old son, but Arthur said rules were rules before ordering her and the master herbalist to be put on trial. During his trial, the master herbalist claims that the remedies weren't for some random servant's son, but that the boy was actually the child they had together. It's unknown if this was true or not or just an attempt to save his life. The First Level One said she wouldn't have done it unless she felt she had no other choice. The trial appeared to be more for show than anything, though, as Arthur sentences them both to death. He does allow them to spend their last days with their dying son and agrees not to set a date for their execution until their son dies.

The day their son died Arthur declared their execution would occur the next day. They both used the Soul Energy method, which was when a person would drink a large amount of Soul Energy, as if they only drank a small amount (about one or two souls) it was a well known fact that there was a chance they'd survive and become what was known at the time as a Bortae or a Silva, now called Level Threes and Level Twos respectively. Arthur stated this method was ideal because it would cause them to die within three minutes, but they would feel the worst pain they've ever felt in those three minutes.

The First Level One cries as the master herbalist drinks the soul energy, causing him to scream and thrash. He stops suddenly, and when she looks over, he's dead. She begs the executioner to spare her life, but he ignores her, pouring the Soul Energy down her throat. Like the master herbalist, she screamed and thrashed, but after a few minutes she began to heave before passing out. The executioner feels her pulse, and states in his shock that nobody has ingested that much soul energy and survived before.

Arthur is quickly called down, and quickly realizes the power he now holds. She's quickly rushed to a guest room, where a medic drags a knife from her heart to her belly button. To everyone's surprise, the wound almost immediately fixes itself with golden blood. On Arthur's orders, the guards quickly chain the First Level One, realizing she could easily overpower them.

When she awakes, she's at a meeting between the Twenty Noble Families's representatives. Devin Doran notes that she looks pale and asks how long she'd been passed out for. Arthur said that it'd been about three weeks. Cordell Snow asks what's wrong with her. Arthur states there's nothing wrong with her before dragging a dagger down her back, causing the same phenomenon that happened earlier to occur again. All the men in the room looked shocked. Arthur says that she is proof that gods can exist, and that they could all make history. He then proposes his plan for the foundation of a new country by reuniting the former Playtan territories, many of which had large, wealthy, and powerful cities within them. He believed this nation would quickly reach the status of the Playtan Empire. The goal of this empire would to figure out how to use Soul Energy, and create an army of gods like the First Successful Level One to conquer the world, as well as to grant themselves and their families immortality. Arthur says that this united world would fix all the problems of the world, putting a swift end to war and suffering. Most of the men look skeptical, but the First Successful Level One seems inspired.

She's seen at the Great Roxen Conquest, single handedly wiping out the Roxen army in the Battle of Roggs, which formally turned the Roxen territory over to the newly formed country of Estines.

When Devin Doran tried to go into hiding, he's tracked down and kidnapped by the First Successful Level One, who takes him to the Council to face trial. She's seen behind Arthur during the trial and noticeably grimaces when Arthur mentions his declining health.

On his deathbed, Arthur begged Barnete to marry her, telling his eldest son that by having children with her the bloodline would be the strongest in the world. Barnete points out that he's already married and has three sons with the woman he loves. Arthur simply tells his son that his final wish is for Barnete to marry the First Level One. It's implied that Arthur has asked Barnete to marry her before, but it only seems to truly resonate with him then. Their wedding photo can be found in the Ballroom Scene and King Colin claims to be the descendant of the goddess, which is how the First Level One is sometimes referred to.

Allard can see through his memories that she seemed to act as an advisor to many kings throughout her life, as she knew King Arthur personally. During battles, they would disguise her in an enlistee uniform to not arise suspicion, as she'd often single handedly win battles for Estines. In reality, she was head of the General's Circle until her death and often led and commanded battles and entire wars. Due to this rank, she was quite the socialite, often attending royal galas and balls in her General's Circle uniform.

Allard can also see that she was often experimented on and spent many of her years suffering. She was forced to have at least one hundred children, all of whom were taken from her to experiment on with the exception of her children with King Barnete. Whenever Allard experienced her memories, he felt horrible.

She spent her final days getting experimented on. The group of scientists, led by Dr. Gord and included a Level Two named Stephen Lorde, are determined to figure out the limits of their god. They slice her in half to see if she would die or perhaps regenerate an entirely new body. One half disintegrates and the other simply rebuilds her second half with her Harmony Blood. Pushing it even further, they chop her into little pieces and separate all the parts. Only one part regenerates, Dr. Gord noted, and the rest simply disintegrated. Throughout these experiments, she screamed and begged them to stop. The final test was to light her on fire. Dr. Gord poured a bottle of vodka over her and set her on fire. Her screams seemed the loudest at this point, Stephen had told Allard guiltily. One of the other scientists tried to put out the fire, but Dr. Gord said they had to keep going. After one hour and forty-seven minutes, her body stopped regenerating. Dr. Gord yelled at them to put out the fire, but it was too late, and when they put it out she was already dead.

When King Preston found out, he immediately ordered all the scientists but Stephen to be slowly chopped up in a way that would maximize their suffering. Once they were on the brink of death, he ordered the executioner to pour vodka on their bodies and set them on fire. King Preston allowed Stephen to continue serving in the military, as he was far too valuable as a Level Two to just let die.

The entire city of Estinia mourned her death through a large funeral service. That was one of the seven days in the country's history where only Noble Family members were allowed in Estinia's walls.

### Relationships

#### King Arthur

t's implied that she had feelings for the king, or at least felt very strongly about his plan which is why she was willing to endure the years of suffering. Allard said that based on her memories, their relationship seemed to be much more of a servant-master relationship, but that she was so devoted to him because he allowed her to be with her son despite breaking the rules.

#### King Barnete

King Barnete was her husband, but she didn't seem to like him as he was very cold and resented her. He rarely appeared in her memories and didn't seem to value him.

### Legacy

King Crawford attempted to forge a story based on the real one of the goddess who founded Estines, investing in the creation of art pieces that portray her as a goddess and portray her son as holy. However, this story didn't really stick, and many of the pieces are held by the Stuarts family as blackmail against the Pendragon family. However, a small cult with an estimated twenty thousand members throughout Estines pass down this story and worship her in private.