Vaehna Vakerian I

**Vaehna Vakerian** is the eldest child of Raemor Vakerian and his wife, Selera. As is the dragon-lord's tradition, she married her brother-husband King Vaenarr Vakerian and is **Queen of Saerial** alongside his second sister-wife, **Visaenys Vakerian..**

Sharing her mother's martial aptitude, the Queen has trained since she was old enough to hold a blade. She is reputed for her many achievements during the Bleeding. Her ideologies have enforced the schism created by Visaenys' ascent into royal court, embodying the politics that the Talons pursue.

She is the rider of Silanax, a dragon of purple that hatched in her cradle. When not tending to issues of the Kingdom or the problems of her siblings, she can be found practicing or in flight.

## Appearance and Character

Vaehna stands at five foot 6 inches, embodying the slender physique of her bloodline. somewhat broad of shoulder, muscled faintly throughout and being granted the distinct swell of hip and bust.

Where once she may of only worn dainty dresses made of silk, years of bearing armor and a strict daily regimen have made her the pinnacle of athletic pursuits, a detail that is maintained throughout her rule. Her face is strong jawed, with a prominent, hawkish nose that mirrors the feathery quality of silver hair. Thick, stern brows rest over a deep red said to grow darker with the more blood she spills, a pallor that produces a chilly, piercing stare through white lashes. Silver locks hold a ‘bell’ shape when loose, puffing if not restrained in the braid that often plaits one side.

If all these traits did not separate the Queen from her family, individual scars would. The gash at her right shoulder is modestly tucked beneath clothing or her hair, but the missing patch on the right side of her head is difficult to hide unless hair curtains it as it normally does. Various nicks grace her person, though have been kept to an acceptable appearance throughout the years; the largest implication to her combat prowess are her hands, calloused and strong from the frequent grip on Silvermoon's hilt.

When the Queen walks, she carries an aura of oppressive, intimidating grandeur.  She bears the cadence of a soldier, disciplined and upright, calling forth a powerful, but unmistakably feminine voice of long projection. Because of this, her standard speak can be related to a high growl, accompanied by the severity that often characterized her stare.

Her reign has been consumed with the tireless effects of war, stabilizing the Kingdom by taking her place behind Vaenarr. Counseling industrial fortifications and securing resources for the realm, the Queen’s intolerance for foreign incursion is at the forefront of her mind.  Echoing images of cold judgement, her demeanor naturally fed favor to her sister, who preaches pacifism and equality. The emerging factions have been whispered as the “Talons” and “Wings”, each representing the political sides of Vaenarr’s volatile wives. She did manage to bear one child and one child only Vaenarr's Son and heir Laenyx Vakerian, all other children of Vaenarr are from Visaenys

Vaehna’s image has solidified to that of a competent, logical woman with unrestrained wroth for those breaching law, order and tradition. Preserving solidarity through retaliatory measures and swift, decisive action,  dissenters have popularized the nickname ‘The Bitch Queen.' Twisting her inherent martial abilities and unwavering stance to maintain order within Saerial, some deem her an unknown variable in this forming stability. She continues to criticize Visaenys’s idealism as a naivete that exacerbated the Second Uprising.

It is uncertain what she intends with the brewing tensions across the Jeweled Sea and the sway she holds over these political matters. With her eldest beginning to grow independent, she contemplates the issue of a true born daughter to wed them; a distant concern given the quarrelsome health she tends to after the war. She preoccupies herself with resolving the dormancy of mercenaries and re-instating the Dragonmaids.