Petra Mako

> "Woe unto those who stand against me, for they also stand against Kui. For he wields a mighty spear, and that spear is called Salachii!" -Petra Mako
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## Princess Petra Mako

### Aliases

Princess Petra, Lady Mako, Razor-Fin, Little Fish (Hates this name)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Petra Mako (zechs.wrydan)

Petra Mako is the standing heir and apparent ruler of what remains of the Great Salachii Sea Imperium. She is the youngest daughter of the late Emperor Noyan and chosen descendant of the water god Kui by Salachii customs and lore. While born with royal blood, she tends to be found exploring the world and spearheading battles in her quest to revive her Empire, and bring the denizens of the oceans to the forefront of the world stage on Malm.

Petra was born in the Autumn of 1870 C.E. to the Emperor and Empress Noyan and Mitheia, in the Holy Salachii capital of Kuiss'e. For most of her early life she was trained and tutored to become a Custodian Guard, the elite bodyguard of the Emperor, to serve under her older sister Tetra who was next in line for the throne. Even as a young Aqua Elf Petra established herself as not just a formidable warrior, but a clever strategist, and charismatic commander. The priestly scholars of Kui even reported that they could hear the song of the water God guiding the young Petra during her early trials. The young princess even took it upon herself to study the Deep Sea chronicles, and the Verses of Kui. Through her studies she developed a spiritual outlook of their Empire, and conceptualized a new form of the Custodies Guard with faith to both the Emperor and the the water God. These ideals gained her much popularity with the Salachii people and the Priesthood who usually found themselves at odds with the military.

During the Great Crusades, the Salachii saw their chance to reclaim what they declared to be lands stolen from the seas and engaged the Griffin Empire of the Humans. Some say the tragic passing of the Empress Mitheia, caused by a overzealous humans attacking what they thought were monsterkin during one of her diplomatic trips to the Dynasty, also spurred the Salachii into action. This began the River Wars which would rage over a span of twelve years as the Salachii Imperium used the rivers to launch devastating raids and flanking attacks on helpless human forces. The use of Aethertech that allowed the Salachii to breathe on land for longer periods while the humans had no underwater equipment, contributed heavily in the Salachiis' favor. While her Father and older sister went off to fight on the front lines of battle, Petra remained in the capital to finish her final trials. The only word she received from her father was what would be his final decree to the Imperium. Emperor Noyan declared that Kui had elected to choose the next Emperor through a divine sign to all of the world. This was a dramatic change from the usual succession by bloodline alone. Some say Kui chose this new rite to favor Petra as his next representative. In the final year of the war, despite being on a winning streak, the Salachii suffered their first major blow. The Emperor was slain in a bold attempt to attack the Human Capital. Petra's older sister also went missing during the battle and was not heard from again. The distraught Petra ordered a full scale attack on every human settlement, and to raze the lands they were built on into the seas. The end of the war saw the most bloody engagements in history, as Salachii armies descended on human towns in what can only be described as massacres, as most of these towns had no military garrisons or tactical significance. In a turn of events that some call a divine intervention from Fion to save the human race, the fire God thrust his flaming sword into the oceans and boiled them. An estimated ninety percent of the Salachii population and their beastkin allies were boiled alive quickly, bringing a swift and bitter end to the River Wars and the Salachii as a world power. The surviving Aqua Elves were spared a horrific fate either by residing in a region far enough from the epicenter of the event, or by taking refuge in their temples to Kui which were astoundingly insulated. Petra was fortunate enough to have been in a temple at the time of the boiling, as she was praying in preparation of her first charge into battle.

The young princess Petra was now left with a shattered Empire, and a broken people who were scattered and afraid across the vast oceans. She vowed revenge against the humans, and the fulfillment of Kui's mandate to bring the world under the control of the seas. Slowly, she has gathered the Aqua Elves back and regained some of the pride her people once had. Even now, the Salachii have rejoined the Dynasty that had shunned them centuries ago. With new allies and renewed fervor, the Salachii have become a more common sight again, though many worry about their penchant for revenge and conquest. Petra has voiced her hatred of humans openly, and tends to attempt to weaken them through subversion and humiliation whenever she can.

In the latest turn of events, Petra fought with the fearsome pirate Firejaw. During the battle, Petra was bested by Firejaw's use of Fion's magic and left incapacitated. As Firejaw summoned a shower of meteors upon the helpless Salachii, a bright magical ward manifested and protected the Princess from harm. The Salachii Remnants saw this as Kui's sign and now await the perfect time to crown their new Empress, which would consolidate Petra's control over all of the Oceans, something that would finally reunite the Salachii and Aquatic beastkin as a whole and provide Petra once again with an army.