Marchioness Mirim Distar

**Mirim Qintar Distar** was a Marchioness of the Griffon Kingdom, Lord Commander of both the Queen's Corps and Queen's Corpse, and a fake Awakened by Tyris. She gave Lith admission to White Griffon Academy and was his most influential political backer. She was schoolmates with Queen Sylpha and remained closely associated with her. Despite her talent for magic, Mirim chose to pretend being magicless to make her enemies underestimate her.

## Appearance

The Marchioness was a woman in her early 40's, but even with the little makeup she wore, it was hard to imagine her a day older than 30. She had a beautiful face with great proportions and eyes that brimmed with intelligence and curiosity. She wore her waist-long hair straight down with no hairpins or barrettes at Lith's first meeting. Later, she wore a golden cloaking hairpin and a diamond tiara to adorn it, as well as a pale red evening dress, showing a shallow neckline and covering her shoulders, but leaving her arms exposed. She had dark brown hair with shades of blue all over.

## Personality

Mirim Distar was not a power hungry noble and cares deeply for her family. Lark considered her a smart and cunning woman and she was also extremely skilled at evaluating people. Due to having lost people close to her due to her position, she closed herself off to others, with only her family being the people she could afford to love.

## Equipment

Mirim wore an enchanted barrette that served as a cloaking device which hid her talent and disguised her mana core.

## Background

Mirim Distar was an alumni of the White Griffon Academy, having attended prior to Headmaster Linjos' appointment. During her youth Mirim nearly kidnapped her first husband to "liberate him from his golden cage", and once they did the deed, his parents had to let the two marry. He had already accepted her feelings, but his grandparents were against him marrying a mere Marchioness, not knowing Mirim's true identity, even with the Royals endorsing their marriage.

She moved from one battlefield to another for most of her life. After losing many people, she did her best to become detached and desensitize herself. Her first husband died in the field. Afterwards she married a man without any magical power to make it possible for her to protect him and guarantee him a long happy life.

After proving her loyalty as the Lord Commander of the Queen's Corps, Tyris made Mirim a fake Awakened and a member of the Queen's Corpse. In time, she became its Lord Commander as well, making it easier to coordinate the two organizations without them interfering with each other.

### White Griffon Academy

Marchioness Distar first meets Lith at Count Trequill Lark's annulment party. Lith gifts her a knock-off chess set redubbed "Queen's Chess" (where the queen has swapped roles with the king to appease women, who on Mogar are magically stronger than men). She tests Lith's character by arranging a small magic duel with some smalltime nobles.

Mirim meets with Lith again when Count Lark repeatedly pesters her for an audience to contest Headmistress Linnea's ruling that denied Lith admission to the Lightning Griffon. She is convinced to give him admission to the White Griffon Academy after Lith heals her daughter Brinja from poison as a result of an assassination attempt by Archmage Lukart. She also gives Lith his first communication amulet, and a second one for his family, officially announcing herself as his political backer.

After Yurial Deirus is attacked by Lyam Lukart and other noble students, Lith contacts Mirim and she explains the civil unrest between the old and new noble factions. When Lith defeats mercenaries sent to stir trouble in the White Griffon Academy forest, he contacts Mirim and relays to her his visions of the academy falling, also giving her one of the sealed dimensional boxes. She brings Lith and his group to Headmaster Linjos. Mirim later confers with Queen Sylpha about Lith's background and nature, citing that he would be a great asset to the kingdom, but warns of his ability of manipulation and cunning nature, and recommends keeping a relatively loose hold on him.

Mirim's Forgemasters fail to open the dimensional box, only managing to salvage some alchemical tools and a series of instructions and names. To continue the investigation without stirring unnecessary unrest, Mirim asks Lith to cause a commotion during the White and Lightning Griffon ranker party, allowing her to identify the suspects. When an attempt is made on Lith's life by sending him to encounter Gadorf the Wyvern, Mirim makes preparations to detain and quarantine the academy staff to find the traitor, replacing some with Royal Constables.

### Lord Commander

At Lith's 18th birthday celebration in the Ernas mansion, Mirim attends and inquires Lith's intentions after he leaves the Ranger Corps, attempting to keep Lith tied to the Kingdom, but he reveals his upcoming apprenticeship to Faluel the Hydra. Mirim discloses this to the King's Council after the gala, prompting the Royals to make the decision to promote Lith to Archmage in a gesture of goodwill and to ensure his continued loyalty to the Kingdom.

After Lith receives news of Orpal's return to Lutia, he asks Lark to inform Mirim. Mirim receives a card marked "Past" from a Balkor copycat, as do Lark and Lith's White Griffon professors. Captain Locrias notifies the Royals and **Marchioness Mirim Distar** when Lith unveils the DoLorean during its first run. Queen Sylpha and King Meron marvel at the invention, considering commercializing or weaponizing it. However, at Mirim's suggestion they decide to outlaw its production, though she calls dibs on the first commission for her daughter Brinja.

The Royals, Mirim, and Constable Tyris accompany Jirni and Orion as they conduct the test drive of the DoLorean. They simulate infiltration and smuggling activities before arriving past the Kingdom's borders into the Gorgon Empire, where Empress Milea Genys and a disguised Leegaain greet them. Sylpha classifies the DoLorean as Tier 1 Forbidden Magic, prohibiting its production. Mirim congratulates Lith on the achievement and Sylpha orders a commission for Mirim and the Royals.

The Balkor copycat ambushes and kills Count Lark. Mirim tries to pacify Lith, who lashes out at her and Jirni for the inadequate defenses. Mirim contacts Lith a month later about the location of his new mansion and brings him to visit several sites. He chooses a clearing in the Trawn Woods where the Rath household once stood. She reveals her existence as a fake Awakened and position of the Lord Commander of the Queen's Corps and Queen's Corpse, stating that with Thrud's sighting in the Kingdom and the Balkor copycat they need all the help they can get.

Mirim reintroduces Amyla Farg to Lith and assigns her as his liaison to the Queen's Corpse before explaining her past and telling him about Brinja's betrothal to Ainz. Afterwards she imparts heartfelt words expressing her affection for Lith. Lith later informs her of Parmegianno Haug's mission proposal to the Eclipsed Lands in exchange for contact with someone who knows Lark's killer, and she agrees to reinforce the security of his home in his absence.

The Three Horsemen launch attacks on major cities of the Kingdom, forcing Mirim to spread the Queen's Corps and Corpse thin. She sends Vastor to reinforce the city of Vesta and contacts Faluel to keep Lith's family safe and theorizes that the copycat will strike again soon. Mirim along with Jhoa, Lepto, Shad, and Siska face Dusk and his steed Sunset in the city of Prode. The Horseman nearly overpowers them, but with the help of Tyris' Mother Earth potion and Silverwing's spells, the members of the Queen's Corpse manage to drive Dusk away while sunrise eradicates his army.

Mirim returns to the Distar household exhausted and is caught by surprise by the Balkor copycat. Having no spells at the ready, little mana, and a battered body, Mirim is quickly overwhelmed and killed despite activating an emergency signal. The copycat leaves her butchered body in plain view, the word "Past" written on the wall with her entrails. He also hangs her intestines to the ceiling after wrapping them around her limbs, making Mirim look like a puppet held by an invisible hand through bloodied strings.

## Quotes

* *"You can understand a lot about a person based on how he plays, wins, but most importantly how he accepts loss."* (Chapter 40)
* *"A mage without control is no different from a violent drunkard."* (Chapter 40)
* *"I believe in compromises. Radical changes lead to chaos in the short term, and the neighboring countries would exploit the opportunity to invade us. No changes, instead, mean the collapse of the system."* (Mirim to Lith, Chapter 94)
* *"I know that officially I'm just a middle-level noble, and that there's a limit to what you can do for me without blowing my cover...but if even after everything I have sacrificed for the Kingdom, you can't even guarantee the safety of my husband and daughter, then you can take back my rank and status, and shove them up your as\*!"* (Mirim to Queen Sylpha, Chapter 146)
* *"I moved from one battlefield to another for most of my life. Once you lose as many people as I did, you do your best to become detached and desensitize yourself."* (Mirim to Lith, Chapter 1364)
* *"You always made us proud. The gods gave me no children after Brinja and I never got the opportunity to walk her to the award ceremony of the six great Academies, but they made it up for it by making us meet. Between taking care of you as your political backer and of your relatives as the Commander of the Queen's corps, I'm not ashamed to say that I almost consider you as a member of my own family. I always kept myself at a distance because I was afraid to admit that you had cracked through my armor. It's only once you let someone get close to you that they can hurt you. Yet after Lark's death, it's up to me to step up and take his place. No matter where your future brings you, you'll always have a home here. A home that I'm building for you. Never forget that. I know that I've failed you with Lark, but as a soldier, you have learned that no one can always win. Sometimes a defeat ends with just a retreat, sometimes we lose good people. What matters is to stand up again, without letting pride or grief blind you. Always be careful, and never give up on your heart. Every time we lose someone that we hold dear, a part of us dies with them. Yet it's that pain that teaches us how precious life is and how to appreciate those who we love, no matter how annoying they are."* (Mirim's last words to Lith, Chapter 1365)
* *"Heavy is the hand that wields the pen."* (Chapter 1372)

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1462
2. ↑ Chapter 1362
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 924
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 113
5. ↑ Chapter 39
6. ↑ Chapter 146
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 1365
8. ↑ Chapter 48
9. ↑ Chapter 522
10. ↑ Chapter 49
11. ↑ Chapter 1372
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Chapter 1363
13. ↑ Chapter 39
14. ↑ Chapter 49
15. ↑ Chapter 94
16. ↑ Chapter 146
17. ↑ Chapter 255
18. ↑ Chapter 263
19. ↑ Chapter 292
20. ↑ Chapter 928
21. ↑ Chapter 1267
22. ↑ Chapter 1278
23. ↑ Chapter 1329
24. ↑ Chapter 1346
25. ↑ Chapter 1365
26. ↑ Chapter 1372
27. ↑ Chapter 1390
28. ↑ Chapter 1395
29. ↑ Chapter 1402