Huevember Day 1:
Mother Heirophine Sieglinde, Voice of Idlehind
Born in the Year of the River 976 in Crown Keep, Cymonean Vale
Personal Name: Lady Odelia Illain
Although she was the eldest child of the High Lord Sigmund Illain, Lady Odelia was not to inherit her father’s lands or titles as she was from the Cymonean Vale, by far the most backwards and conservative region in the River Realms. The women of the Vale never truly benefited from the sweeping reforms brought by the Archqueen Illyria I. As a noble Lady of House Illain, Odelia’s only options were marriage or the priesthood. Being an independant and fiercely motivated woman, Odleia chose the latter.
She joined the Idamersine Order very young and quickly ascended through the ranks of the priesthood to eventually become the Voice of Idlehind at the mere age of 34, an incredibly early age to achieve such a high standing within the Church of Lir. On becoming the Voice of Idlehind, she took the name Sieglinde, paying homage to the local Saint Siegfried of the Swans.
The Idamersine Order however, is known not to be the purest of Lirran Orders, it has a reputation amongst the clergy to be rather corrupt, in many ways a political pawn of the High Lords of the Vale. Sieglinde’s (prev. Odelia) position in the Church conintued to bring her House of Illain much power, influence and wealth. Her rapid rise through the ranks was also likely due to generous donations from her House Illain…
