Lady Sirena Boran

Sirena painted in 67 CE.

Lady Nina Boran (niece and heir, alive)

Mia of the Lily (adopted sister and cousin, deceased)

Hestia Boran (sister, deceased)

Nikolas Boran (brother, deceased)

**Lady Sirena Boran** was the firstborn daughter of Lady Lorelai Boran and Lord Cyril Boran. She followed after her mother, becoming a highly successful botanist. She is most famous for instigating the Plum War in 47 CE.

## Biography

Born on the 19th of Priyat in 4 AE, Sirena was a healthy baby. However, she would soon prove to be a colicky baby, crying often and without reason much to her parents' distress. As a small child, Sirena was especially interested in her mother's orchard, accompanying her on her rounds about the grounds of Plumfield Manor. She was not particularly fond of her adopted baby sister Mia, who joined the family shortly before Sirena's first birthday. She often tormented her relentlessly, pinching her and poking her as she tried to draw. Sirena preferred her other sister, Hestia. However, she adored her baby brother Nikolas. Sirena took care of him as much as she was allowed, playing at being his nurse and governess. The two were inseparable.

Sirena was exceptionally gifted at school, excelling in the natural sciences. She quickly outpaced her tutor in her understanding of geology, botany, and pomology. In 12 CE she was sent to Wilemberg to attend university, graduating with a degree in botany with a specialization in horticulture. Desiring to further her knowledge she spent two years in Ihjarga at a hidden royal orchard learning ancient cultivation techniques. On her return to Fleur in 19 CE, Sirena began to develop a morph of the Lorelai Plum that would be sweeter and have a longer shelf life. In 28 CE she would succeed in creating such a fruit which she called the Star Lorelai much to her mother's delight. Her small orchard of Ihjargan star fruit trees proved successful in 30 CE, bearing a highly valuable small yield of the fruit which was purchased for large sums by the nobility of the North.

Sirena briefly courted the son of a merchant from Wilemberg in 32, but abandoned the prospect after her brother's marriage that same year to Emmeline Oster. Dedicating herself to her craft, Sirena became very close to her mother, taking over the older woman's business connections in Wilemberg. She bought up surrounding farmland in 34, expanding Plumfield Manor. By then, Sirena was acting more as the owner of the estate than her own parents. She continued in this manner until her mother's death in 46 CE.

Upon Lady Lorelai's death it was discovered that her will dictated the estate and title be given to Sirena instead of her brother Nikolas. This caused a great rift between the two, who had up until this time been quite close. Nikolas himself had also become a well renowned botanist in a similar vein to Sirena, though he also specialized in bee keeping, having developed many kind of specialty honeys on the property. This succession issue would tear a rift between the family that would eventually lead to violence.

### The Plum War

After becoming Lady of Plumfield, Sirena would enact several changes to the property, one reclaiming a large swath of unused pasture for the use in growing a peach orchard. Nikola objected, stating this area was necessary for his bees to use in creating honey. Sirena would not budge, and on the 30th of Holeaum 47 CE, she banned Nikolas from using the property. Furious, Nikolas refused to leave, so on the 4th of Attep Sirena sent in hired mercenaries to forcibly remove Nikolas and his staff. During this conflict, several beehives were burned, causing massive revenue loss for Nikolas. In response, Nikolas fled to Wilemberg, where he raised funds from his investors to hire a small host to raid the manor. On the 33rd of Attep his host met Sirena's outside the manor gates, resulting in twenty deaths as well as the partial destruction of the orchard that Lorelai had planted. Despite his efforts, Nikolas was defeated as Sirena had built up fortifications around the orchard and received her own protection from her investors. Nikolas fled again to Wilemberg where he recuperated.

On the 26th of Netep a small explosion damaged part of Plumfield Manor proper, destroying a tower and leaving three servants dead. Enraged, Sirena wrote to Queen Helena Wilem of Flowers for aid. She responded by putting a bounty on the head of Nikolas Boran. On the 30th of Netep Nikolas was found hiding in an opium den in Wilemberg. He was arrested and put on trial before the court the following month. He was found guilty of conspiracy to bomb Plumfield Manor as noted by the supplies found in his apartment. Queen Helena asked of what punishment Sirena wanted for her brother, to which she responded she was no kinslayer, requesting instead life imprisonment. The sentence was carried out on the 4th of Hathoria 47 CE. Nikolas would later die of Glass Joint Fever in 49 CE in Saltrock. Sirena retained full control of Plumfield Manor and eventually sued in 48 CE for her brother's intellectual properties, which she won from his widow Emmeline.

### After the Plum War

Lady Sirena would continue innovating in the field of horticulture, creating a new strain of peach tree in 58 CE. She had a lifelong friendship with Queen Helena Wilem of Flowers. In 60 CE she would formally adopt her sister's daughter, Nina Boran, as her heir after funding the girl's education and personally tutoring her in the trade for years. Lady Sirena would die on the 18th of Priyat in 70 CE, a day prior to her birthday. She was 73 years old.

Lady Lorelai's four children (from left to right) Hestia, Nikolas, Sirena, and Mia in 5 CE. Painted by her adopted brother Roberte Wilem.Sirena in her teens, sketched by her adopted sister Mia.
## Appearance

In her youth, Sirena had dark black hair which eventually went grey in her late forties. She was slender as a youth, with a somewhat harsh look constantly on her face. In her middle age she grew plump, yet maintained her sleek style. Sirena was said to only smile to herself.