Illia Ⅰ an Aesperii

Theme of Empress Illia I an Aesperii: Winter in F Minor, RV. 297

## **Overview**

### Titles

Empress of Escharia, Queen of Vasterien, Lady of Lostesrei, Countess of Raykara, Countess of Arce Chaureste, Duchess of Varmerion, Duchess of Gentarei, Archduchess of Varmerion, Baroness of Lileanen, Queen of Escharia, etc.

## Player information

### First Joined

2021

**Illia I an Aesperii**(Alternatively Aeszerii)**,** commonly known as **Liz** and by her username **HumbleAsAlways,** was the Empress of Escharia during the Gertonian Coalition and the years that followed. Not only was she the Empress but also was a **Deacon** of the Soleannen Faith, Explorer, and Architect of the capitol, **Lostesrei**. Illia did her best to save the fractured and unstable **Soleannen Empire of Escharia**, and worked to bring back the country to its "glory days", by re-establishing her uncle structure of government and also began to repair the sunken city of **Lileanen**. Empress Illia would lead the country until she was couped by her predecessor, **Emperor Zelorm**, due to them having clashing opinions on the best course for the country. After the coup Illia retreated from the affairs of the nation and fell back into studying the ways of the Soleannen Mystics, the old ways of Ehrlinnen, and the History of her uncle's Empire of Escharia.

## **Character History**

### Background

Illia was born in Lileanen to the Imperial Aeszerii Dynasty. Her father was brother to the Emperor of Escharia, Severie I an Aesperii, a ruler who would change the world of Rathnir and fate of the east. Illia was born during the peak of the Escharian Empire, and lived a very comfortable life. When Illia was nine years old, her uncle performed a ritual known as the Ascension, which would lead to the majority of the Niedene race to ascend to the Luminarium. At this point in her life, Illia would make a decision that would alter the course of the Aeszerii dynasties fate, instead of ascending, Illia chose to not participate in the Ascension and stay in the Hemrenei, garnerning her the epithet of "The Unascended".

### Early Life

For a majority of Illia's life she lived in secret and was not known to have survived the Ascension. It was during this time that she met her lifelong friend Elizabeth an Chaureste, whom introduced her to the history of her family and the dwindling ways of Ehrlinnen. It was following the encounters with Elizabeth that Illia gained an unsatiable ambition for power and control over what she considered her "Birthright". Once Illia had reached her mid-60's, she had withdrawn from hiding and rapidly climbed the ranks within Aesperium Niedea until finally reaching the status as the heir and successor to Emperor Zelorm. Following the Emperor's abdication, Illia succeeded as the **Empress of Escharia**, and chaos ensued. Illia slowly went mad with power and paranoia, being the subject to the rebellion of the east and eventually even sold the rights to the Island of Tessel. It was this chaos that ultimately led to a coup performed by her Predecessor and eventual rival, **Marshal Yazov**. Following the coup, Illia withdrew from all public appearances and retreated to her recently inherited estate, **Arce Chaureste**.

### Mid-Late Life

Following the events of the Escharian Civil War and the coup, Illia withdrew from the east entirely and moved her interests to the western reaches of the continent. From her Estate of Arce Chaureste, Illia slowly gained power within the region starting as a merely count to the Duchess of Gentarei. It was after this awarded title that Illia quickly took control of the west in its entirety by merging the Duchies of Varmerion and Gentarei into one, creating the Archduchy of Varmerion, which lasted from its unification until the partition of the Kingdom of Vasterien. Following the unification of Varmerion and Gentarei, Illia and her fellow dukes couped the Dazoqan Veriss an Astaseul and formally joined the Empire of Simulami. Shortly after this Illia convinced the Duchy of Escania to join her domain and she founded the Kingdom of the West, **Vasterien**. Illia then ruled Vasterien from it's creation until her death in 1736 ASC, being succeeded by her eldest daughter **Illia II an Aeszerii**.

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