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	* At the point of the [[First Chatcaavan War]] in 481 BA, Liolesa is 663 years old.		* At the point of the [[First Chatcaavan War]] in 481 BA, Liolesa is 663 years old.

	==Family==		=== Family ===
	* Mother: [[List of Eldritch Characters\|Rylaniel Jesa Galare]]		* Mother: [[List of Eldritch Characters\|Rylaniel Jesa Galare]]
	* Father: Toltheniv Delen Galare		* Father: Toltheniv Delen Galare

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	Pronounced ''lee-OH-less-AH.''<ref name="etw-pg">"Pronunciation Guide," ''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'' backmatter</ref>		Pronounced ''lee-OH-less-AH.''<ref name="etw-pg">"Pronunciation Guide," ''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'' backmatter</ref>

	==~~Physical Description~~==		==Appearance and Personality==
	Has tawny/light brownish-amber eyes. She shares the shape of her face and chin with [[Hirianthial]] and his brother Baniel. The combination (face shape and eyes) are reminiscent enough of Jerisa that some of the older Eldritch approved of Maraesa's selection of her for heir based on the resemblance. <ref name="priv">Author's private notes</ref>		Has tawny/light brownish-amber eyes. She shares the shape of her face and chin with [[Hirianthial]] and his brother Baniel. The combination (face shape and eyes) are reminiscent enough of Jerisa that some of the older Eldritch approved of Maraesa's selection of her for heir based on the resemblance. <ref name="priv">Author's private notes</ref>

	~~===Powers===~~
	Touching anyone, even briefly, makes her see how they fit into the Pattern, which makes her uncomfortable; she doesn't touch because (as often as not), she prefers not to start deciding where to slot people so they will best serve the Pattern. <ref name="fc-04" />

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===The Heir===		===The Heir===
	Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when Maraesa made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[~~Tasisaressa Delen Galare~~ \| Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the Swords when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells Reese at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />		Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when Maraesa made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[List of Eldritch Characters\|Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the Swords when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells Reese at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />

	After she became heir, Maraesa sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the ~~[[convents \|~~Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]]. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted Fassiana to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with Pieter (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.		After she became heir, Maraesa sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted Fassiana to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with Pieter (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.

	===The Queen===		===The Queen===
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	==Family==		==Family==
	* Mother: [[Rylaniel Jesa Galare]]		* Mother: [[List of Eldritch Characters\|Rylaniel Jesa Galare]]
	* Father: Toltheniv Delen Galare		* Father: Toltheniv Delen Galare
	* Spouse: none		* Spouse: none
	* Children: none		* Children: none
	* Other family: Maraesa was Rylaniel’s sister. Rylaniel’s brother, [[~~Theval Jesa Galare~~\|Theval Jesa]], married [[Sylfani Sarel Jisiensire]], and these were Hirianthial and Baniel’s parents. Liolesa’s other cousins, Maraesa’s two children, were Besinir Jesa (m) and Anariel Jesa (f)—the latter is the one who produced Bethsaida’s father.		* Other family: Maraesa was Rylaniel’s sister. Rylaniel’s brother, [[List of Eldritch Characters\|Theval Jesa]], married [[List of Eldritch Characters\|Sylfani Sarel Jisiensire]], and these were Hirianthial and Baniel’s parents. Liolesa’s other cousins, Maraesa’s two children, were Besinir Jesa (m) and Anariel Jesa (f)—the latter is the one who produced Bethsaida’s father.

	==Quotes==		==Quotes==
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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	* During the Solstice Vigil, Liolesa received toys from [[Bryer]], [[Irine]], [[Sascha]], and [[Kis'eh't]] - a ball of goo that always bounced back to shape, no matter how hard it was thrown, smashed, or torn; a sliding metal puzzle; a bead that projected a starfield; a pocket sized board that could be used to play four different games; and a palm sized palomino horse plush. From [[Hirianthial]], she received a Book of Hours from the ~~[[Convents \|~~Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]] and from [[Reese]], a pouch hammock of pastel cords with a matching blanket of pale yellow and pillows of white and cloud blue. <ref name="rph-04">''[[A Rose Point Holiday (Fiction) \|A Rose Point Holiday]]'', Chapter 4</ref>		* During the Solstice Vigil, Liolesa received toys from [[Bryer]], [[Irine]], [[Sascha]], and [[Kis'eh't]] - a ball of goo that always bounced back to shape, no matter how hard it was thrown, smashed, or torn; a sliding metal puzzle; a bead that projected a starfield; a pocket sized board that could be used to play four different games; and a palm sized palomino horse plush. From [[Hirianthial]], she received a Book of Hours from the Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa and from [[Reese]], a pouch hammock of pastel cords with a matching blanket of pale yellow and pillows of white and cloud blue. <ref name="rph-04">''[[A Rose Point Holiday (Fiction) \|A Rose Point Holiday]]'', Chapter 4</ref>
	* likes almond liqueur		* likes almond liqueur
	* does not admit people to her private morning time until she likes them, and doesn't stand on formality during that period <ref name="fc-04" />		* does not admit people to her private morning time until she likes them, and doesn't stand on formality during that period <ref name="fc-04" />

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	==Physical Description==		==Physical Description==
	Has tawny/light brownish-amber eyes. She shares the shape of her face and chin with [[Hirianthial]] and his brother Baniel. The combination (face shape and eyes) are reminiscent enough of [[Jerisa ~~Galare\|Jerisa]]~~ that some of the older Eldritch approved of Maraesa's selection of her for heir based on the resemblance. <ref name="priv">Author's private notes</ref>		Has tawny/light brownish-amber eyes. She shares the shape of her face and chin with [[Hirianthial]] and his brother Baniel. The combination (face shape and eyes) are reminiscent enough of Jerisa that some of the older Eldritch approved of Maraesa's selection of her for heir based on the resemblance. <ref name="priv">Author's private notes</ref>

	===Powers===		===Powers===
	*see discussion for quotes about her powers		Touching anyone, even briefly, makes her see how they fit into the Pattern, which makes her uncomfortable; she doesn't touch because (as often as not), she prefers not to start deciding where to slot people so they will best serve the Pattern. <ref name="fc-04" />
	*Touching anyone, even briefly, makes her see how they fit into the Pattern, which makes her uncomfortable; she doesn't touch because (as often as not), she prefers not to start deciding where to slot people so they will best serve the Pattern. <ref name="fc-04" />
	*"My talent comes and goes at its own pleasures, not mine." Liolesa said. "And I still have the responsibility of action when it leaves me bereft of counsel. One can not be paralyzed by the future's uncertainty, cousin... because the future is forever uncertain. That is our salvation, for otherwise we surely be hunted by insanity." <ref name="LioLass1"> Laisrathera, Kindle page 313 of 388, 79%</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===The Heir===		===The Heir===
	Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when [[Maraesa ~~Galare]]~~ made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[~~List of Eldritch Characters~~\|Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the [[Swords]] when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells [[Reese]] at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />		Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when Maraesa made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[Tasisaressa Delen Galare \| Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the Swords when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells Reese at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />

	After she became heir, Maraesa sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the [[~~Eldritch Religion#Convents~~ \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]]. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted [[Fassiana ~~Delen Galare]]~~ to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with ~~[[List of Minor or Background Characters \|~~Pieter]] (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.		After she became heir, Maraesa sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the [[convents \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]]. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted Fassiana to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with Pieter (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.

	~~She chose her personal emblem after her vigil: a white flower twining around a sword.<ref name="RP2">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Two</ref>~~

	===The Queen===		===The Queen===
	The moment she saw [[Fasianyl ~~Mina Jisiensire]]~~ enter her throneroom with [[Sellelvi]] at her side, she'd known that her people would one day include more than the Eldritch. <ref name="fc-04">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 4</ref>		The moment she saw Fasianyl enter her throneroom with Sellelvi at her side, she'd known that her people would one day include more than the Eldritch. <ref name="fc-04">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 4</ref>

	It is not long after she's crowned that she ceases to use Hirianthial's milk name.		It is not long after she's crowned that she ceases to use Hirianthial's milk name.

	[[Maia]]'s hiring must have taken place around the 430s BA as her code date is listed at 430 BA. This feels off to me, though.		Maia's hiring must have taken place around the 430s BA as her code date is listed at 430 BA. This feels off to me, though.

	===The Empress===		===The Empress===
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	==Family==		==Family==
	* Mother: [[~~List of Eldritch Characters\|~~Rylaniel Jesa Galare]]		* Mother: [[Rylaniel Jesa Galare]]
	* Father: Toltheniv Delen Galare		* Father: Toltheniv Delen Galare
	* Spouse: none		* Spouse: none
	* Children: none		* Children: none
	* Other family: Maraesa was Rylaniel’s sister. Rylaniel’s brother, [[~~List of Eldritch Characters~~\|Theval Jesa]], married [[~~List of Eldritch Characters\|~~Sylfani Sarel Jisiensire]], and these were Hirianthial and Baniel’s parents. Liolesa’s other cousins, Maraesa’s two children, were Besinir Jesa (m) and Anariel Jesa (f)—the latter is the one who produced Bethsaida’s father.		* Other family: Maraesa was Rylaniel’s sister. Rylaniel’s brother, [[Theval Jesa Galare\|Theval Jesa]], married [[Sylfani Sarel Jisiensire]], and these were Hirianthial and Baniel’s parents. Liolesa’s other cousins, Maraesa’s two children, were Besinir Jesa (m) and Anariel Jesa (f)—the latter is the one who produced Bethsaida’s father.

	==Quotes==		==Quotes==
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	* "One cannot be paralyzed by the future's uncertainty, cousin... because the future is forever uncertain. That is our salvation, for otherwise we would surely be hunted by insanity. We live too long, to also live without surprise." <ref name="lais-24">''[[Laisrathera (Fiction) \| Laisrathera]]'', chapter 24</ref>		* "One cannot be paralyzed by the future's uncertainty, cousin... because the future is forever uncertain. That is our salvation, for otherwise we would surely be hunted by insanity. We live too long, to also live without surprise." <ref name="lais-24">''[[Laisrathera (Fiction) \| Laisrathera]]'', chapter 24</ref>
	* "Go on, then, dear one. Let us put an end to this era in our history and move on to brighter days and better deeds." <ref name="lais-24">''[[Laisrathera (Fiction) \| Laisrathera]]'', chapter 24</ref>		* "Go on, then, dear one. Let us put an end to this era in our history and move on to brighter days and better deeds." <ref name="lais-24">''[[Laisrathera (Fiction) \| Laisrathera]]'', chapter 24</ref>
	~~== Quotes illistrating her powers and limits ==~~
	* "When I am mistaken, it is usually disastrous" (at least one story in Major Pieces, Patience (Fiction), also elsewhere)
	*"And how many worlds did your civil war catapult into tumult?
	~~"One, Liolesa said, "But unlike you, one is enough to serve us our extinction"~~
	*"Not even her sense of the weave had hinted that what she'd needed done, what she'd hoped she would earn with his sacrifice, would be accomplished in such a fashion.
	*"That there might be occasional surprises in their life struck her as a blessing." -- Major Pieces, Patience (Fiction)
	*" Her single sops to the political necessities were Hirianthial and one of Delerenenard's legal secretaries, and of those she brought the one more because of the Pattern than any need to present a powerful front to her allies. She'd known that Hieranthial's services as a surgeon would be called for--had suspected, feeling it, that it was Sediryl's wyrd to return a chastened woman bot one who would survive with the right elements in attendance. Liolesa had taken care to ensure that they were, and having done so, felt no concern."
	* There is a quote that implies that Liolesa will live for at least a thousand years, and maybe millennia. It is from her Virgil.











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	~~==The waiting Cradle:==~~

	===Quotes about her===		===Quotes about her===
	* "When our Empress keeps a secret, the only people who learn about it are the goddess and herself." (Fassiana, in ''Healer's Wedding'', chapter 5)		* "When our Empress keeps a secret, the only people who learn about it are the goddess and herself." (Fassiana, in ''Healer's Wedding'', chapter 5)
	* "This from the woman who took the sword as her personal emblem in defiance of the customs that mandated hat a woman should bear the seal and shield alone?" Laisrathera p 297, 75%, chapter 23
	* (some quotes are about humor, some about a point needed, some about information. This one because, being unexpected, I found humorous:) So, he does. Prithee, marry him directly, and do not wait." To say who she said it to would be spoiler. Laisrathera, page 305

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	* During the Solstice Vigil, Liolesa received toys from [[Bryer]], [[Irine]], [[Sascha]], and [[Kis'eh't]] - a ball of goo that always bounced back to shape, no matter how hard it was thrown, smashed, or torn; a sliding metal puzzle; a bead that projected a starfield; a pocket sized board that could be used to play four different games; and a palm sized palomino horse plush. From [[Hirianthial]], she received a Book of Hours from the [[~~#Eldritch Religion#~~Convents \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]] and from [[Reese]], a pouch hammock of pastel cords with a matching blanket of pale yellow and pillows of white and cloud blue. <ref name="rph-04">''[[A Rose Point Holiday (Fiction) \|A Rose Point Holiday]]'', Chapter 4</ref>		* During the Solstice Vigil, Liolesa received toys from [[Bryer]], [[Irine]], [[Sascha]], and [[Kis'eh't]] - a ball of goo that always bounced back to shape, no matter how hard it was thrown, smashed, or torn; a sliding metal puzzle; a bead that projected a starfield; a pocket sized board that could be used to play four different games; and a palm sized palomino horse plush. From [[Hirianthial]], she received a Book of Hours from the [[Convents \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]] and from [[Reese]], a pouch hammock of pastel cords with a matching blanket of pale yellow and pillows of white and cloud blue. <ref name="rph-04">''[[A Rose Point Holiday (Fiction) \|A Rose Point Holiday]]'', Chapter 4</ref>
	* likes almond liqueur		* likes almond liqueur
	* does not admit people to her private morning time until she likes them, and doesn't stand on formality during that period <ref name="fc-04" />		* does not admit people to her private morning time until she likes them, and doesn't stand on formality during that period <ref name="fc-04" />
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	[[Category:Jesa Characters]] [[Category:Jesa Noble Characters]]		[[Category:Jesa Characters]] [[Category:Jesa Noble Characters]]
	~~[[Category:Family (Fiction) Characters]]~~

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	==Family==		==Family==
	* Mother: [[Rylaniel Jesa Galare]]		* Mother: [[List of Eldritch Characters\|Rylaniel Jesa Galare]]
	* Father: Toltheniv Delen Galare		* Father: Toltheniv Delen Galare
	* Spouse: none		* Spouse: none

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	*Touching anyone, even briefly, makes her see how they fit into the Pattern, which makes her uncomfortable; she doesn't touch because (as often as not), she prefers not to start deciding where to slot people so they will best serve the Pattern. <ref name="fc-04" />		*Touching anyone, even briefly, makes her see how they fit into the Pattern, which makes her uncomfortable; she doesn't touch because (as often as not), she prefers not to start deciding where to slot people so they will best serve the Pattern. <ref name="fc-04" />
	*"My talent comes and goes at its own pleasures, not mine." Liolesa said. "And I still have the responsibility of action when it leaves me bereft of counsel. One can not be paralyzed by the future's uncertainty, cousin... because the future is forever uncertain. That is our salvation, for otherwise we surely be hunted by insanity." <ref name="LioLass1"> Laisrathera, Kindle page 313 of 388, 79%</ref>		*"My talent comes and goes at its own pleasures, not mine." Liolesa said. "And I still have the responsibility of action when it leaves me bereft of counsel. One can not be paralyzed by the future's uncertainty, cousin... because the future is forever uncertain. That is our salvation, for otherwise we surely be hunted by insanity." <ref name="LioLass1"> Laisrathera, Kindle page 313 of 388, 79%</ref>

	~~==Nickname==~~
	~~Liolessa is called Lia in the story [[Beacons (Fiction)\|Beacons]]~~

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===The Heir===		===The Heir===
	Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when [[Maraesa Galare]] made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[~~Tasisaressa Delen Galare~~ \| Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the [[Swords]] when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells [[Reese]] at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />		Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when [[Maraesa Galare]] made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[List of Eldritch Characters\|Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the [[Swords]] when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells [[Reese]] at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />

	After she became heir, Maraesa sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the [[Eldritch Religion#Convents \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]]. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted [[Fassiana Delen Galare]] to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with [[List of Minor or Background Characters \|Pieter]] (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.		After she became heir, Maraesa sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the [[Eldritch Religion#Convents \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]]. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted [[Fassiana Delen Galare]] to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with [[List of Minor or Background Characters \|Pieter]] (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.

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	* Spouse: none		* Spouse: none
	* Children: none		* Children: none
	* Other family: Maraesa was Rylaniel’s sister. Rylaniel’s brother, [[~~Theval Jesa Galare~~\|Theval Jesa]], married [[Sylfani Sarel Jisiensire]], and these were Hirianthial and Baniel’s parents. Liolesa’s other cousins, Maraesa’s two children, were Besinir Jesa (m) and Anariel Jesa (f)—the latter is the one who produced Bethsaida’s father.		* Other family: Maraesa was Rylaniel’s sister. Rylaniel’s brother, [[List of Eldritch Characters\|Theval Jesa]], married [[List of Eldritch Characters\|Sylfani Sarel Jisiensire]], and these were Hirianthial and Baniel’s parents. Liolesa’s other cousins, Maraesa’s two children, were Besinir Jesa (m) and Anariel Jesa (f)—the latter is the one who produced Bethsaida’s father.

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===The Heir===		===The Heir===
	Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when [[Maraesa]] made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[Tasisaressa Delen Galare \| Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the [[Swords]] when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells [[Reese]] at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />		Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when [[Maraesa Galare]] made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[Tasisaressa Delen Galare \| Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the [[Swords]] when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells [[Reese]] at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />

	After she became heir, [[Maraesa]] sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the [[Eldritch Religion#Convents \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]]. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted [[Fassiana Delen Galare]] to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with [[List of Minor or Background Characters \|Pieter]] (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.		After she became heir, Maraesa sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the [[Eldritch Religion#Convents \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]]. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted [[Fassiana Delen Galare]] to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with [[List of Minor or Background Characters \|Pieter]] (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.

	She chose her personal emblem after her vigil: a white flower twining around a sword.<ref name="RP2">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Two</ref>		She chose her personal emblem after her vigil: a white flower twining around a sword.<ref name="RP2">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Two</ref>

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	Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when [[Maraesa]] made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[Tasisaressa Delen Galare \| Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the [[Swords]] when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells [[Reese]] at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />		Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when [[Maraesa]] made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[Tasisaressa Delen Galare \| Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the [[Swords]] when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells [[Reese]] at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />

	After she became heir, [[Maraesa]] sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the [[Eldritch Religion#Convents \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]]. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted [[Fassiana]] to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with [[List of Minor or Background Characters \|Pieter]] (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.		After she became heir, [[Maraesa]] sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the [[Eldritch Religion#Convents \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]]. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted [[Fassiana Delen Galare]] to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with [[List of Minor or Background Characters \|Pieter]] (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.

	She chose her personal emblem after her vigil: a white flower twining around a sword.<ref name="RP2">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Two</ref>		She chose her personal emblem after her vigil: a white flower twining around a sword.<ref name="RP2">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Two</ref>

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	Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when [[Maraesa]] made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[Tasisaressa Delen Galare \| Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the [[Swords]] when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells [[Reese]] at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />		Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when [[Maraesa]] made the treaty with them. She was invested as the heir during a winter ceremony, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, [[Tasisaressa Delen Galare \| Elder Tasisaressa]]; and Hirianthial, who joined the [[Swords]] when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. <ref name="mp-pv">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) \| Major Pieces]]'', "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> (In what is perhaps a demonstration of what time does to memory, Hirianthial tells [[Reese]] at some point that Liolesa had been heir since birth. <ref name="rph-04" />) At the time, her chief concern was the growing class divide in the Eldritch population, between those who labored and those who ruled them... but during her vigil, she had a vision of a future that would ask far more of her than the oversight of the Eldritch's society. It was also during that vigil that her nascent talent for Pattern-sensing bloomed. <ref name="mp-pv" />

	After she became heir, [[Maraesa]] sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the [[Eldritch Religion#Convents \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]]. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted [[Fassiana]] to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with [[List of Minor or Background Characters \|Pieter]] (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.		After she became heir, [[Maraesa]] sent her on several missions to the Alliance, acting as her ambassador. She also took multiple covert trips off-planet over a period of two centuries. Her cover for these trips was meditation retreats to the [[Eldritch Religion#Convents \|Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa]]. Some of these trips involved helping others, as when she escorted [[Fassiana Delen Galare]] to the Alliance to find her help conceiving. (And also when she discovered she was infertile herself.<ref name="FC13">''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) \| Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 13</ref>) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with [[List of Minor or Background Characters \|Pieter]] (a human geneticist). <ref name="RP3">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref> Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.

	She chose her personal emblem after her vigil: a white flower twining around a sword.<ref name="RP2">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Two</ref>		She chose her personal emblem after her vigil: a white flower twining around a sword.<ref name="RP2">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) \| Rose Point]],'' Part Two</ref>