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   * **Nicknames or aliases:** The graycloak   * **Nicknames or aliases:** The graycloak
   * **Date of birth:** 81 Cloud 24:30   * **Date of birth:** 81 Cloud 24:30
-  * **Place of birth:** Kuhel, Domain of [[geopolitical:alvraan]]+  * **Place of birth:** [[geopolitical:alvraan:Kuhel]], Domain of [[geopolitical:Alvraan:]]
  
 ==== Gender and sexuality ==== ==== Gender and sexuality ====
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 ===== Personal history ===== ===== Personal history =====
-Ilirith was born to a family of peasants within the dominion of [[geopolitical:alvraan]]. Her parents, a mother and two fathers, worked a //balviir// ranch along the boggy northern banks of the [[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:river:Shedir]] River. They were not rich, being merely tenants on their land, but their landlord was generally a fair and amiable soul, and the rents she asked were moderate enough that the family was left with quite enough to maintain themselves.+Ilirith was born to a family of peasants within the dominion of [[geopolitical:Alvraan:]]. Her parents, a mother and two fathers, worked a //balviir// ranch along the boggy northern banks of the [[geography:sekhaa:river:Shedir]] River. They were not rich, being merely tenants on their land, but their landlord was generally a fair and amiable soul, and the rents she asked were moderate enough that the family was left with quite enough to maintain themselves.
    
 Ilirith was their first daughter, and they doted shamelessly on her; one of Ilirith's earliest and dearest memories is being given a toy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goad|goad]] and a stuffed //balviir// by her elder father, so that she could "help" with the herding. She often accompanied her parents in the field, and as she became old enough to range around a little, she helped keep watch on the beasts, or - if they seemed disinclined to move - took the opportunity to swim in the winding waterways leading to the river banks. Her childhood was not precisely carefree, but it was nonetheless happy. Ilirith was their first daughter, and they doted shamelessly on her; one of Ilirith's earliest and dearest memories is being given a toy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goad|goad]] and a stuffed //balviir// by her elder father, so that she could "help" with the herding. She often accompanied her parents in the field, and as she became old enough to range around a little, she helped keep watch on the beasts, or - if they seemed disinclined to move - took the opportunity to swim in the winding waterways leading to the river banks. Her childhood was not precisely carefree, but it was nonetheless happy.
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 This was among the reasons that the Matriarch began sending Ilirith on missions outside the palace - to give her an outlet for her energies, to allow her more breathing space, and, perhaps just as importantly, to separate her from the Matriarch's youngest daughter and heir, [[person:Aveshinoth]], who was half a cycle older than Ilirith and with whom the latter did not get along. These missions tended to have a more proactive tone than those Ilirith had undertaken in the past: gauging public opinion, spying on the politically powerful, the occasional assassination. Ilirith learned to be exceptionally good at causing "mysterious deaths"; during a period of unrest among the southern nobles, three feudatories died within as many vigils, the rest abandoning any plans against the Matriarch. Nevertheless, Ilirith never did become comfortable with the business of assassination; while she, at the Matriarch's encouragement, rationalized them as a form of preemptive defense, she found it impossible to internalize this feeling. This was among the reasons that the Matriarch began sending Ilirith on missions outside the palace - to give her an outlet for her energies, to allow her more breathing space, and, perhaps just as importantly, to separate her from the Matriarch's youngest daughter and heir, [[person:Aveshinoth]], who was half a cycle older than Ilirith and with whom the latter did not get along. These missions tended to have a more proactive tone than those Ilirith had undertaken in the past: gauging public opinion, spying on the politically powerful, the occasional assassination. Ilirith learned to be exceptionally good at causing "mysterious deaths"; during a period of unrest among the southern nobles, three feudatories died within as many vigils, the rest abandoning any plans against the Matriarch. Nevertheless, Ilirith never did become comfortable with the business of assassination; while she, at the Matriarch's encouragement, rationalized them as a form of preemptive defense, she found it impossible to internalize this feeling.
    
-In 84 Cloud 23, the Matriarch added another duty to her schedule that she found much more promising. She told her that the Matriarch's cousin [[person:Vashareth]], the warden of [[geopolitical:alvraan:shedir_port]] and a loyal supporter, had come to her with a dilemma: that one of her sons, [[person:Demarath]], was a witch. Vashareth, knowing of Ilirith's presence, had hoped that the Matriarch could likewise find a way to spare Demarath from judgment by the priesthood, and the Matriarch had agreed to employ him in the palace.+In 84 Cloud 23, the Matriarch added another duty to her schedule that she found much more promising. She told her that the Matriarch's cousin [[person:Vashareth]], the warden of [[geopolitical:alvraan:Shedir Port]] and a loyal supporter, had come to her with a dilemma: that one of her sons, [[person:Demarath]], was a witch. Vashareth, knowing of Ilirith's presence, had hoped that the Matriarch could likewise find a way to spare Demarath from judgment by the priesthood, and the Matriarch had agreed to employ him in the palace.
    
 Demarath was an unknown, the Matriarch told her. Vashareth had successfully hidden his existence from everyone, including the Matriarch herself, for nearly three cycles. He gave the impression of servility, but was at an awkward age, less than two turns younger than Ilirith herself - boys were rarely reliable or predictable at that time of life. //I owe Vashareth this, and more - a thousand times over. She has never called in that debt, except for this, the life of her son. I am obliged to do this for her, though the risk is enormous,// the Matriarch had said. Demarath was an unknown, the Matriarch told her. Vashareth had successfully hidden his existence from everyone, including the Matriarch herself, for nearly three cycles. He gave the impression of servility, but was at an awkward age, less than two turns younger than Ilirith herself - boys were rarely reliable or predictable at that time of life. //I owe Vashareth this, and more - a thousand times over. She has never called in that debt, except for this, the life of her son. I am obliged to do this for her, though the risk is enormous,// the Matriarch had said.
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 ==== Other individuals ==== ==== Other individuals ====
-Ilirith knows a lot of people much better than they would like or intend, if they were ever aware of it, but this is largely for professional reasons - it's her job to know what they're doing in case they make trouble. She has only a few actual contacts, mostly members of the royal family of [[avishraa:community:alvraan:]] and their more trusted servants.+Ilirith knows a lot of people much better than they would like or intend, if they were ever aware of it, but this is largely for professional reasons - it's her job to know what they're doing in case they make trouble. She has only a few actual contacts, mostly members of the royal family of [[geopolitical:Alvraan:]] and their more trusted servants.
    
 Of all of them, she is closest to the [[geopolitical:alvraan:matriarch]] herself, [[person:Ankorineth]], who is her primary employer. Since being taken from her original family, the Matriarch has been the closest thing Ilirith has had to a mother, and her loyalty to her goes rather beyond simple fealty. While neither Ilirith or Ankorineth exhibit much open affection toward each other even in private, there is a sort of unspoken, low-key familial bond between them. Of all of them, she is closest to the [[geopolitical:alvraan:matriarch]] herself, [[person:Ankorineth]], who is her primary employer. Since being taken from her original family, the Matriarch has been the closest thing Ilirith has had to a mother, and her loyalty to her goes rather beyond simple fealty. While neither Ilirith or Ankorineth exhibit much open affection toward each other even in private, there is a sort of unspoken, low-key familial bond between them.
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