Luelwyn Gilroch

Luelwyn Gilroch was born in the year 216 TE (Traveler's Era), as the younger brother to one Loreth Gilroch IV who was the grandson of Loreth Gilroch II Luelwyn Gilroch is the current Gildrichvraeld Versh Gildrich a'Owydd Aurybern, after having succeeded her brother Loreth IV after his untimely death from a "shark attack." Luelwyn is a tall female with darker hair whom belongs to the Noxnorric subrace of Humans. She is pale-faced and has cold, greyish-blue eyes. She is described as manipulative.

Early life
Luelwyn Gilroch was born the second child of the obscure Loreth Gilroch III who died young during the first Astronissian Forest Fire. She was raised exclusively on the Lornwick Estate, and educated primarily by her mother Aivrier. Her grandfather, the Head of House Gilroch, Loreth II, fled to Eldham after losing his mind following the death of Loreth III. Luelwyn had always loathed Loreth IV throughout her childhood and into adulthood. Loreth IV was a lazy spendthrift who would most certainly inherit the entirety of the Gilroch Estate, and she would likely see nothing. Loreth IV was six years older than her and as mentioned before, a lazy brat who wasted his time stealing food from the estate's kitchens. Following the death of her mother, Aivrier Gilroch during the Second Astronissian Forest Fire which largely destroyed the Lornwick Estate, the Gilrochs prepared to move south. Loreth IV had inherited the charter to a small archipelago within the Atardon Sea, and Loreth had the remaining three servants within his employment call for a coach from nearby Raykara. The heirlooms of House Gilroch, and the entirety of the Gilroch treasury were moved by horse to the capital of the Astor province, Astoria. From Astoria, a ship was rented and in a few weeks the pair arrived in Owydd Aurybern, referred to as New Cliffton in Traveler's Tongue. Loreth IV and Luelwyn would take up residence in one of the isle's vrochts, and while Loreth IV was busy squandering his money investing in dumb things, Luelwyn kept herself isolated. She was plotting, she would become the Gildrichvraeld of New Cliffton. For several months, Luelwyn watched as Loreth IV pranced around in fancy outfits and using obsessively long titles. All the while, Loreth IV is estimated to have drained about 25% of the Gilroch Treasury on useless things like a giant dock which got destroyed in a storm a week later, or a giant ship which he accidently sunk while piloting it around the archipelago. On the 28th of Autumn, Loreth IV shortly went missing before his mangled head was discovered on the beaches of Dillbar. His head was entirely detached from his body (which was nowhere to be found). After a quick examination Luelwyn would determine Loreth IV was attacked by a shark, or at least that's what she said. Nonetheless, Luelwyn would then declare herself the new Gildrichvraeld (Or Sovereign Princess) Of New Cliffton. Luelwyn held a feast in Loreth's honor that evening, and a wide variety of food and drink were served. Salty drinks and bubbly brews were drunk, while a variety of grain-dishes and chicken were consumed. Luelwyn herself even gorged herself upon a large slab of unknown meat which many assumed to be of an imported boar. The well-fed Luelwyn retired after the long feast, and the mourning of Loreth IV would end. Long live the Sovereign Princess.

Lost in Versh Havn Vredre (The Port Mines)
One of the very first things that Luelwyn Gilroch performed at the beginning of her reign was to inspect the dilapidated mines underneath the isle of Owydd Nildfaeld, which had been dry for several decades. Rumors were that the mines had taken an inhabitance by stone gnomes and had been infested with bats. Luelwyn then assembled a small group of one dozen to begun the expedition to spelunk the long abandoned Port Mines. The mine's initial shaft had been entirely covered in sand following windy conditions from previous storms, and first had to be excavated. Luelwyn brought with her a man named pigeon, which was entirely not important, but she thought was necessary. After several hours of excavation, the party descended in the mines. A large bat flew out of the shaft once the sunlight had shone into the rocky man-made chasm, already a bad omen. Two men fell to their deaths trying to descend the shaft with a crude pulley system. A third broke their legs after slipping off a ladder and was left for dead, and a fourth would drown in an underground pocket of water. It would take almost nine hours to reach the bottom of the shaft, and from there Luelwyn demanded the party continue. They finally entered the mines themselves, where all the tunnels were. Luelwyn would dispatch three men to search for caved-in tunnels ahead using previous maps of the abandoned mines. The three men did not return, and the party continued. The party at half size would take measurements of some of the bats found within the mine, and searched for potential ore veins. So it turned out that the mine was not dry, where several gold veins were found and evidence of iron ore. The party returned to the surface after two days, and Luelwyn proclaimed the immediate reopening of the Port Mines in order to continue the extraction of raw ores from underneath Owydd Nildfaeld. The bodies of the dead six men and women were partially recovered at a later date and the majority of the remains were buried.

New Cliffton
Luelwyn's first three years of rule were marked by the diverting of funds from her brother's strange and costly projects and invested within the nation's economy, taking a very mercantile approach.

As Luelwyn aged into her thirties, she continued heavy diplomatic involvement within the lands of her Grandfather, Loreth Gilroch II, in Eldham through letter correspondence with the Baykonian King Biglrab. Other diplomatic moves she performed included alliances with nations like Glanra and TEK, the latter of which she was betrothed to their head of state for a long while until the death of New Cliffton and breaking of the alliance agreement.

One of the other things Luelwyn did within her rule was by purchasing land within the subcontinent of Khanji where she founded the settlement of Vrod Lor near the modern city of Pelikos.

Noxvyvras
In the year 248 TE, the nations of Aulmerverie, Owydd Luel Gildrich, and New Cliffton merged to form the nation of Noxvyvras. Within the year, Luelwyn was elected as it's first Gildrichvraeld with 57% of the Noxist nobility's votes. Following her election to the throne of Gildrichvraeld, a coronation was held which was crashed by Alamyni-aligned assassins from Nueva Merida; starting rocky relations with Luelwyn's neighbors.

As Gildrichvraeld, Luelwyn started by trying to stabilize the unified states and eventually incorporated the other Synderian vassal Almeria under the banner of Noxvyvras. This union between Almeria and Noxvyvras was not without strife; with one Jorgieharo, Mayor of Nueva Merida, immediately vying for secession from this new union. This coupled with a separate secession movement started by one Atowi Renoux within their town Vaughrey.

These secessionist movements put immediate stress upon Luelwyn who fought to keep Noxvyvras together under her banner. This was accomplished by stalling Meridan secession until a solution could be made that would satisfy all parties, and through a marital union of peace between Atowi Renoux's son Scout Ardat and Luelwyn Gilroch which ended one year later as Atowi Renoux began his move for secession again.

The Northern Crowns
In the year 261 TE, the nations of Daelyria, Synderia, and Noxvyvras agreed to unite after a meeting within the city of Sovdal which was declared the Capital of This United State of Northern nations, from the Petals Sea to the Silver Sea. Luelwyn Gilroch was elevated to the title of "Empress," joining both Emperor Minkar Synderys-Petals and Empress Alestia Synderys-Elernel Petals as an equal.

As Empress of the now Empire-Tier nation of Noxvyvras, Luelwyn Gilroch eventually pumped out a new state constitution to replace the feeble vassalization charter and original constitution while also producing the Vrod Lor agreement which secured peace between the Almerians and Noxvyvras as a whole. Luelwyn was reelected as Gildrichvraeld in the year 270 TE in a landslide against Archon Osbertus Petals. The 270 TE election had the highest turnout in voters in the history of Noxvyvras, 44.

Travels to Eldham
In the summer of the year 180 TE one Loreth Forsvollr arrived in Owydd Aurynynbern. Baring striking resemblance to her brother, the deceased Loreth IV.