Sel Lelya-Earcala

Sel Lelya-Earcala (form. Secia Tortukin) was Archwarden of the Aurlûnor Velande, Dragon Wife, and former Phoenix Advisor to Velereth Sareariel Lelya-Earcala. She served two weeks as a regent of the Aurlûnor Velande. She also formerly served as the Head Priestess of the former Kingdom of Yürki, and the Chronicler of KATO. She was known for expanding Aurlûnor Velande's diplomatic ties, sponsoring small and upcoming nations in Rathnir and Sinawendor, as well as for her exploration and mapping of the New World.

Sel would die of natural causes in the year 942ACA at the age of 58.

Early Life
Much of Sel's childhood is lost even to her. However, it is known to her that after leaving her home far to the west of Rathnir, she began wandering for several years as an ascetic monk through the wilderness of Sparwood and Cymru. Eventually, she made her way to the continent of Haven and through many of the abandoned cities on the continent.

Arrival in Yürki
Following an inability to find a permanent home in the Uldarashi Empire, Secia traveled across the Rough Sea towards Athazolant. Along the way, she was captured and interrogated by members of the Kingdom of Yürki after unknowingly trespassing into a cave beneath the town of Elctraz. Following this interaction and a short trip north, Secia journeyed to the capital of Yürki, SyBada, and met with the nation's king, TbsDbs. Expressing a desire for an actual place to live, Tbs allowed her residence and citizenship within the young country.

Priestess-hood and KATO
After a short time living within Yürki, Secia began having visions of a world-spanning turtle and preaching to her fellow residents. This proselytizing would lead to her holding the title of Head Priestess for the remainder of her days in Yürki. When Yürki joined KATO, Secia became the official Chronicler of KATO to keep records up to date.

Arrival in the Velande
Fascinated with seeing all she could of the world, Secia set forth from Yürki, and traveled far to the north. She sailed up the coastlines of the Sea of Slaves until she eventually arrived in the southern reaches of the Aurlûnor Velande. Arriving unannounced in the city of Lhûmar, she was quickly discovered by the locals and brought before the Velereth. Following this, she would become a Velereth Sareariel's Dragon Harem member and move to Lhûmar.

After converting to Twin Dragon and changing her name, Sel settled into life in the Imperial Palace. She quickly made many friends and allies while living within the Aurlûnor Velande and began traveling the world once more, albeit limited by her new responsibilities.

Exploration of the New World
After the news of the discovery of the New World arrived, Sel immediately began to plan an expedition to the newly discovered area. She gathered a group of close friends she had met on her earlier wanderings and set out to explore the continent. After several weeks of exploration, Sel prepared to return to the Velande. Before she set out towards home, Entropy launched her final assault. Drawn towards the chaos, Sel was dragged into the fray, sustaining many wounds. Upon her recovery, Sel returned to Rathnir. She would almost immediately set out again on a treasure ship to oversee the beginning of the colonization of the Viceroyalty of Isilûnde.

Ascension to Regent
Following Velereth Sareariel Lelya-Earcala's departure to the West, Sel took up the mantle of Regent of the Aurlûnor Velande in her absence. In the following time, Sel chartered a defensive pact with the Huitca Federation to protect the Velande and the Federation from foreign assault. With the return of the Velereth, she has stepped down from her Regency.

Spiritual Growth and Continued Travels
Over the following few years, Sel began to retreat from politics and focused on her spiritual growth. After meditating in her chambers for days or weeks, she left to travel the north. Wandering the roads of the former Bardonian Empire, she happened upon the lifeless city of Auron's Peak and met with a spectre. After speaking for a while with the ghost, Sel sat before the withered flower at the temple and passed into a deep slumber.

Within Sel's dream, she was a fox, leaping and bounding far to the south, and upon her awakening, Sel found herself within the Empire of Uldarash. Wandering in a daze, Sel was inexplicably approached by a young woman who proclaimed herself Uldarash itself and offered to lead Sel wherever she was headed. Sel told Uldarash that she intended to revisit a location she had visited many years before, Asahiri. Seemingly confused but willing, Uldarash led Sel, and later Breton Aerouant, to the devastated city.

Upon returning shaken from her trip to Asahiri, Sel Lelya-Earcala fell into a deep sleep. Her coma would last for months until she finally withered away peacefully in her sleep. Court physicians later determined her cause of death to be a mixture of fungal infection and ash inhalation from her final visit to the Uldarash Empire.

Rumors of Life After Death
After her passing, Sel continued to be occasionally sighted wandering the roads of the Aurlûnor Velande by travelers, detailing encounters with a pale figure, but the Imperial Court firmly denied their veracity.

Several decades passed until evidence of her continued presence was found. In the 72nd year of the Zentivaric calendar, a letter was delivered to Athaz the Traveler, alleging to be from Sel herself, writing via proxy. The contents of the letter are known only to the Traveler, but following this event, sightings of Sel resumed, albeit in Alteniquia and, more strangely, Haven.