Liolesa Galare
Empress of the Eldritch Empire. Head of the Galare, the imperial House.
Physical Description
Has tawny/light brownish-amber eyes. She shares the shape of her face and chin with Hirianthial and his brother.
Biography
The Heir
Liolesa was born before the Pelted were even engineered on Earth, and she was heir when see Maraesa made the treaty with them. She became the heir during a winter vigil/investiture, and her vigil gatekeepers were her confessor from childhood, Elder Tasisaressa, who had been high priestess of the church of Jesa's provincial capital before she was elected to the more prestigious role of abbess of the Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa; and Hirianthial, who joined the Swords when Liolesa was selected by Maraesa as her heir. [1] 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. [1]
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.[2]) Some of those trips furthered her love affair with Pieter (a human geneticist). [3] Hirianthial, who was at the time the captain of her White Sword contingent, didn't know about these trips off-world.
The New Queen
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. [4]
It is not long after she's crowned that she ceases to use Hirianthial's milk name.
The Empress
Liolesa is over 600 years old and is of an age with Hirianthial.[5] Not long after he married, she began hoping that he and Laiselin would produce a daughter she could tap as heir, having begun to see errors in Bethsaida that would render her unsuitable.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
- 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">
- has a health scan "every century or so" [2]
Body Language
- is capable of ridiculous feats of bodily self-control (to the point of her pupils not changing size). Lets her guard down around people she knows and likes, though. [2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Major Pieces, "Prophet's Vigil"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Farmer's Crown, Chapter 13
- ↑ Rose Point, Part Three: SNOW
- ↑ Farmer's Crown, Chapter 4
- ↑ Earthrise Part One