Liriope

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**Liriope** was a faerie and the former consort to High King Eldred and Prince Dain. She was the mother to Locke and Oak.

## Physical Description

It is unknown what Liriope looked like. It is possible that she shared similar traits with her sons. Due to the fact that Oak has brown hair and Locke has red hair, it is safe to assume that Liriope had some form of ginger or dark-colored hair.

## Personality

Liriope was said to be always laughing and impossible not to love. She seemed rather carefree, as she did not worry about getting pregnant during her affairs and seemed to use King Eldred and Prince Dain as "distractions." She was quite loving, choosing her son's life over her own, and loving her husband very deeply. Jude Duarte thinks she must have been kind based on her views of the mortal realm, which were much kinder than most faeries. She was a gancanagh.

## Biography

### Early Life

Liriope was one of many consorts to former High King Eldred. But she was also sleeping with Prince Dain, who was Eldred’s second son and third-born. According to Oriana, she didn’t seem to take any of it seriously. She was said to have loved Locke’s father very much. Dain and Eldred were dalliances and distractions. She didn’t worry much about getting pregnant, because it’s extremely rare for faeries to become pregnant. It didn’t even occur to her that she might have another child.

She later got pregnant with Oak, who was Dain’s child. However, a prophecy foretold that Dain’s child would lead to his death. In an attempt to save his life, Dain planned to murder Liriope so the child could never be born.

Liriope found out that Dain was trying to kill her and sent out three acorns to the people she trusted the most. Before help could arrive, Liriope was poisoned with blusher mushroom by The Ghost under Dain’s orders. Oriana, who received one of the acorns, rushed to Liriope’s aid but was too late. In hopes that the child was still alive, she cut Oak from her friend’s dead body and raised him as her own son. This would allow Dain to believe that his child had died and he would not come looking for Oak.

Jude learns the truth about Oak's parentage and that Queen Orlagh of the Undersea had located the blusher mushrooms used in Liriope's murder from Prince Balekin. Balekin was trying to learn Dain's involvement in Liriope's death so that he could use it to his own advantage.

### *The Stolen Heir*

It is still gossiped about in Elfhame how Liriope first charmed High King Eldred, and then Prince Dain, into her bed using her abilities as a gancanagh. Her first son, Locke, made both Jude and Taryn his lovers and stolen Cardan's former betrothed from him, and her second son, Oak, is believed to have also inherited some level of her powers.

## Relationships

### Romances

* Dain Greenbriar
* King Eldred

Liriope and Dain had a tryst while Liriope was involved with Dain's father, High King Eldred. Their relationship was not serious, just a dalliance and distraction. Liriope got pregnant with Dain's child. Dain was not happy because of a prophecy that stated his child would lead to his demise. As a result, Dain ordered Liriope and the child's death in order to save himself.

Lirope was one of King Eldred's many consorts.

### Friends and Allies

* Oriana

Oriana loved Liriope very much and was one of her closest friends. Many assumed that they were jealous of each other for both being Eldred's consorts, but this wasn’t the case. Oriana was one of the three people Liriope trusted with Oak's life.

### Family

* Locke
* Oak

Liriope lived with her son Locke until her death. She took him as a child to the human realm.

Liriope was Oak’s birth mother. Liriope did everything in her power to escape Dain and make sure her son was born. She chose Oak’s life over her own, as Dain would have no reason to kill her if she weren't pregnant with a prophesied threat to him.