IMPERATRIX LIA PARSYS (36) Lea Seydoux - TAKEN BY KATE Nationality: Akaemi Condition: Human Position: Imperatrix of Iliam (by marriage), Princess of Akaemis (by birth) Alignment: Akaemis Starting: Freehold Relationship(s): Jovis Turinus (husband/imperator/enemy/council member), Triphon Parsys (brother/archon), Aspasia Parsys (sister/potential council member), Hanno Turinus (adopted stepson/potential council member), Vida Arion (future handmaiden), Aouine Aeryn, Lada Koskei (best friends), Espen Hakon (former betrothed), Kresimir Koskei (interest)
lia is a woman trapped
originally hemmed in by ice, lia's recent marriage to JOVIS, the notorious imperator of iliam, was intended to safeguard her people
with the ice line dropping every year, they required a place of safety further south, to avoid freezing to death
yet, the very alliance which appears to promise salvation is a double edged sword
one of jovis' better known exploits, afterall, is feeding his previous wife to a firedrake for no other crime than being her father's daughter
lia does not intend to meet the same fate
secretly, she plots to poison her husband, taking all that he has for herself and her people, before he can do away with her, instead
it is not that she easily resorts to murder -- but lia truly believes her husband is a monster, and all arnoria will be better off if he were gone
and both her position and that of all akaemis are truly desperate, now
in truth, she no longer believes she has any other option available to her...
nevertheless, the traceless poison required for this comes from a rare substance found only near the ice line and must be given secretly
the only person she trusts to carry out this task is her younger sister, ASPASIA, whose coming has been unaccountably delayed
and, given how she, herself, has been feeling since her marriage, lia fears jovis has beat her to the punch and begun poisoning her
nevertheless, lia knows he can't afford to be rid of her just yet -- jovis is pressing for lia to be nominated part of the summit council
that way, he believes, he can pressure her vote and thus wrest greater control of the council from their marriage
desperate to prevent the tyrant from such abuses, and wishing to turn the tables on him, she summoned aspasia
but her sister has taken strangely long to arrive
with no way to contact someone on the long wasteland road between akaemis and the freehold, she is left to worry ceaselessly
and if something did happen -- was it truly an accident? but also if she does arrive -- will she be safe?
no matter what she does, she finds herself outflanked -- and those she loves in jeopardy
if she is put on the council, and her sister does not appear, lia fears she will suddenly find herself too 'ill' to attend meetings
thus leaving jovis unfettered to 'represent' akaemis on the council -- she does not to doubt that all he'd represent are his own interests
thus, she works in the background to frustrate her own chances at power
doing all she can to undermine jovis in his efforts to place both his wife, and his various cronies, on the council
while also fighting to learn as much as she can about aspasia's whereabouts
and secure further aid for the flagging wellbeing of all akaemis...