Agathia

## Queen Agathia

In the year 429 B.C., a little human girl named Agathia was born to a rich and powerful Slavic family in the far east. Her people were a group of nomads who roamed the lands to trade their goods in exchange for food, clothing, and materials. In 410 B.C, her family came across a large empire established in the Southern region of modern-day Siberia. The empire, ruled by King Caedes, made an arrangement with the nomads in return for peace and a pact for trade partnership. Agathia was set to be married to the King's son, Dimetrius, and serve by his side as queen. The nomads agreed, and thus in 405 B.C. after the King's passing, Dimetrius and Agathia married and ascended to the throne.

Through the years, Agathia never held any real power on the throne, and watched as Dimetrius turned into a selfish, power-hungry, and greedy beast of a man.

Not far from the empire, giants roamed the land with gifts of magic. They were peaceful creatures who established balance in the world around them, but Dimetrius saw an opportunity to claim their gifts for himself and sent soldiers to hunt them. After the first giant had fallen, the knights returned with a vial of its silver blood. The moment Dimetrius took a sip of the silver liquid, his body began to flow with powerful energy. The new power thrilled him, and so more hunts began. Bounties were placed for anyone wanting to earn a hefty boon for slaying giants, and soon even the townsfolk were hunting giants and showing off their severed heads as trophies.

8 years after the boy king's ascension, Agathia watched the King's sinful power grow. He grew violent towards her and often forgot of her presence amidst the insatiable hunger for power. She was pregnant with whom was soon to be the new heir to the throne when a powerful giantess stormed into the castle halls demanding to see the King. As the giantess and the King spoke terms of a deal, Agathia saw her chance to flee. She fled the castle with the few knights faithful to her on horseback.

Her escape from the castle was urgent as flames and amasses of shadow soon erupted from within the depths of the castle itself. As she gazed to the kingdom she once called her home, all she witnessed was ruin and devastation as a devilish monster arose with a hellish scream. The beast heaved and spat fire as white as snow unto the villages below. Hundreds of thousands of souls arose from the streets to be consumed by the great beast. Soon after everything was destroyed and reduced to ruin, a bright light consumed the beast and sealed it away to an unknown world. She wouldn't dare watch the turn of events lest she too join the souls of the damned.

She rode for hours, days, weeks, and even months to protect her unborn baby and the people who fled with her. In the cold mountains of Northern Siberia where no man dares to travel, she found sanctuary in the mouth of a cave. Under the light of a full moon, a divine spirit resembling the giantess approached her, and gave her baby a blessing. The baby would be the first Silvestrian born of silver blood, and it would be given the gift of life to create more of its kind with the purpose to guide humanity to a life without sin and evil. That same night, Prince Alextrios was born into the world as a symbol of a healing world. As a second gift for their acts of bravery and honor, the spirit gave the 7 knights who protected Agathia a similar blessing to become the first "Council of Primal Virtues". Each knight was given a virtue to fulfill, and thus a corresponding primal power.

As Alextrios grew, the few who fled, along with Agathia herself, established a small stronghold. With their newfound powers, the new Primal Virtues used the land around them to create a new castle high up in the mountains. They created cities, bridges, and districts, and when they were done, each claimed a mountain of their own to forge into a "pillar of primal power" for future generations to harness their true potential's and grow.

Agathia was crowned the first queen of what was named the Silvestrian Empire. As Prince Alextrios created more Silvestrians with the aid of the virtues, the Silvestrian race emerged and began to flourish. Upon Agathia's death, a temple containing a statue of Agathia was built on a mountain neighboring the castle. She has a holiday in her honor and is revered as the first true Silvestrian deity. She symbolizes fertility, love, and peace and is associated with the full moon.

### Final Notes

* Queen Agathia is the **first** Silvestrian deity.
* She is the only human deity
* Because of her association with love, fertility, and peace, it is a common practice for Silvestrians to be betrothed and try to conceive under the light of a full moon.