Headcanon that Lissa, Viren’s Exwife and mother of Soren and Claudia is royalty.
There are only few things we know about Lissa.
She was married to Viren. She is Soren’s and Claudia’s mother. She left Viren because he used a morally questionable dark magic spell to save Soren’s life. She originates from Del Bar. She moved back to her family after the divorce.
Of the few things we know I always was curious about the fact that one of the things we learned is, that she isn’t from Katolis. Because it seemes to be not really important. It seems to add not much to the narrative. Except it might actually be important?
We don’t know what Lissa looks like, but there are many people, myself included, thinking she might look similar to Soren (or to be more precice, that he takes after his mother). Claudia and Viren both have dark hair, while Soren is blond. People thought he might just dye his hair, but it’s confirmed in the short story “Rise Again” that his hair was already blond when he was a child (and I doubt Viren and/or Lissa would let a child around the age of 10 bleach his hair).
So, with that thought in mind: Soren takes after his mother Lissa, has blond hair, blue eyes, and her mother is from Del Bar. I had to think about the only other person we know from Del Bar. King Florian. And well...
Not gonna say they have almost the same hair and eye colour as well as similar facial structures when it comes to cheek bones, but... Of course they are not identical, Soren also has a lot of things he got from Viren, like the eyebrows, but I still think it’s interesting. He could very well be Lissa’s brother for example, which would make him Soren’s and Claudia’s uncle.
One would now wonder, why would Lissa leave Del Bar if she was it’s princess. According to Tales of Xadia, the next in line is not necessarily determined by blood, but by a Gladiatorial Moot. People interested in the throne will engange in combat. Which means, being the Kings brother, or the daughter of the former King (who knows), does not necessarily make her have the responsibilties of a princess, so she would be free to just leave if she so desires. But what is also interesting, that she returned to her family in Del Bar after the devorce. Which means she was there when King Florian was assassinated by Viren’s dust moonshadow elves, which makes me wonder how she feels about Xadia and Elves and what her role could be if she is to appear in future seasons (if she will even appear, which I desperatly hope, because I’d love to know more about her relationship to Viren, Claudia and Soren)
