Sareariel Lelya-Earcala

Sareariel Lelya-Earcala is an elven warlord, and the first and current Velereth of the Aurlûnor Velande. Known as the "Divine Empress" and the "Dragon Empress", Sareariel is seen as a Goddess among many people due to her mythical appearance by the end of the Warring States period. She is the head of the Leyla-Earcala Dynasty.

Validations of her origins are usually varied, as Sareariel is rather secretive about her life, and not many people know her behind closed doors. And those who usually do, don't share who she actually is, nor her origins being confirmed. It is not really truly known if she is actually immortal, as there has been instances of Sareariel receiving injuries, but has since said she is not invincible.

She was married to Tsar Toss I of the Second Tsardom of Ryzan, and ruled Ryzan as Tsarina during the Aurlûnoren-Ryzani Empire until it's break up a year into it's inception. In addition to her titles, Sareariel would possess the old title as Yimmu-Audal Empress following her possessing the Crown of Yimmu-Audal for a year and a half, as well as Calipha of Ardat-Mosul from her marriage to Dalatra Mosulia, and Pharaoh of Old Talawa through succession of possessing a Golden Axe and Golden Khoseph of the old Kings and Queens These titles would all be titular, as she does not have any claim to these lands, due to their usage being defunct following the establishments of Theios-Essukdal, integration of Ardat-Mosul into Bardonia and Old Talawa no longer existing as a nation. The title of Yimmu-Audal Empress was unawaringly on her list of titles, even blindly proclaiming it, even though she had no claim to the throne, nor desires. It would eventually be dropped on the seventh month of the fifth day of the year 931 in the birth of the Second Yimmu-Audal Empire. She is currently married to Kaiser Lucius von Savras of Andorn, and is the Kaiserrin as a result.

For about a few days, she was presumed to be deceased following The Ferrymen War due to her reported sickness and throwups, however, she reportedly returned back to Rathnir from the Vale.

Early Life
According to official sources of the Imperial Court, Sareariel was born in the Vale, which she would proceed to descend down toward her followers at the very end of the Warlord Period. It was recorded that fighting ceased after her sighting, and everyone knelt down before her, thus bringing a swift, peaceful end to the conflicts. Her divine mandate formed the Imperial Court, in which, in her word, created much of the laws of the Velande. It was from here, that she saw an unusual 900 years of positive rule, without a single flaw in the Empire.

However, actual sources would tell a different story. To selected people, Sareariel would describe herself as "a person within two people", one which is of the Vale, and not of this world, in a different form, as if she felt herself always existing, but had not found a realm to descend upon, and the other, being a young girl that was born out of a womb of a mortal peasant family located in the village of Dun, north of modern day Lhûmar.

As described by Sareariel, she would not really recall who her mortal birth mother and father were, but she could recall that her last name, Leyla-Earcala, may be a reference to her grandmothers on both sides. Regardless, she would recall that her life was "peaceful". By the time she would be 37 years of age however, the Kingdom of Melwende would attack her village, looting it to the ground, with her parents supposedly dying. This is when she recalled being recruited into the military, and where her early rise would come from.

Sareariel would find herself later becoming a general of the Kingdom of Melwende upon the burning and sacking of her home village of Dun by Linwe forces. Basing herself in Lingrinwë, which would later become Lhûmar, she would serve the Kingdom up until the battle of Paxin, where she would turn against Melwende, and proclaim a new powerbase in the south, beating Melwende, out maneuvering them despite their larger force, and bought an end to them. The Locendur Clan would later be conquered by Sareariel, uniting most of the core lands, and would proceed to fight against the growing Crow Hordes to the east, in which, during one of the battles, she would disappear after victoriously fending off an assault for thirty seconds, before appearing back in Lingrinwë. When this happened, Sareariel does not recall what she saw, except empty silence, followed by multiple dragon roars, and herself floating down, with people shocked, opening her eyes seeing them all bowing to her as if she was a divine being.

Early Reign
Sareariel would proclaim the Aurlûnor Velande in the year 0CA. Following this ascent to the throne, Sareariel would move the court, and the capital to Lingrinwë, and would rename it to Lhûmar. In 3ACA, despite her best wishes, Sareariel would sign new administrative legislation, that outlawed freedom of religion, and declared the Twin Dragon religion as the sole religion of the nation to reduce foreign influences, as well as quelling attempts of insurrection. The use of Court Eunuchs were also outlawed, as the court saw them as "troublesome" and one of the many reasons of why the Almadorian Kingdom fell. Old Almadorian legislation as well as ideals were one by one outlawed, or changed fundamentally, mostly overseen by the Imperial Court or by Sareariel herself. By the year 50ACA, the Imperial Court's influence would decrease, as Sareariel would take away powers from the Imperial Court due to their growing corruption.

For the first 400 years of her reign, Sareariel would see many struggles, and went through damages that would be throughout the realm. The year 100ACA saw the strongest attack by the Crow Horde yet, striking deep in the eastern portion of the Empire, seeing her largest defeat, and the territory falling to the horde. Although they lost a large amount of territory to the hordes, they would not loose their more important cities that was to the west.

200ACA would see a large peasant rebellion lead by Sareariel's old friend, Valiel Lenwa, who proclaimed herself as the true Celestial Matron, and started her own cult. This revolt would almost succeed due to Valiel's similar looks to Sareariel, and would reach all the way to the palace in Lhûmar, bringing factions of the Imperial Guard to her side. However, the rebellion would be ultimately reversed when Sareariel's key advisor, Wu Hellon, who would see through the massive deception, and asked Valiel, "If you truly were the Celestial Matron, drip your blood into this chalice of wine.", in which, he'd proceed to bring out the wine, and had her use a dagger to cut a small part of her palm, and drip her blood into it. It would begin to glow a distinct light blue, in which he would drink it. He would turn to his majesty and say "If you are the true Celestial Matron, drip your blood into this chalice of wine", in which he would bring out another. Sareariel would proceed to do so, with her blood being similar in composition. Upon drinking it, he would have the two stand near eachother. He glanced at the two, and proceed to point his sword at Valiel, stating her blood was "not refined", and "cooler than Sareiariel's". Following this, Valiel was executed, with the rebellion being pushed all the way back to her stronghold, fully unifying the county. This rebellion would last over thirty years, with remnants of her faction being put down.

The year 300ACA would see a serious famine plague the countryside. At this point, many people started to think Sareariel was the bringer of bad luck and misfortune. These grievances were bought to the attention to the Imperial Court, who sought to do something about all of this misfortune. At the same time, the Crow Hordes would attack the Empire again, with the fourth conflict against them. Though despite their misfortune with crop failure, Sareariel would emerge victorious in defending their lands at the battle of Cilyanar. It was at this time, that the ideals of expansionism was bought into question in the court. It was here, that the policy of Isolationism was placed, but Sarerial would refuse, stating that "If the empire is to get out of these miserable games by the King of Darkness, we must have allies to counteract the negative. It is the only way we can attempt to bring out Queen Lothra to assist in our struggles.". With this, she would reach out to different Kingdoms, and Empires for assistance, namely for food.

400ACA would be the final year of the struggles, in which, for the first time, despite it being a struggling year, it would be one of the better years. The Queendom of Tacua and the Queendom of Hampo would see themselves attacking the Velande under directives of the Dominion of Ashura. These invasion forces would be defeated, but at the cost of much of the population's soldiers, as their fierce attacks would be nothing more than hit and runs, so they may diminish their influence and military strength.

Mid Reign
For the first time, the year 500ACA would see a string of good luck, which would have Sareariel experience a Golden Age for the Empire. Throughout her reign at this point, she would see the Empire expand into Tacua, incorporating it into the Empire, as well as the upper tip of Hampo, though they would not see it be fully conquered until years later. However, as time went by, Sareariel watched as foreign influence started to plague the courts. Fearing this, the Imperial Court once more proposed to her to implement isolationism, in which she eventually did, cancelling all alliances and limiting trade in the year 850ACA. By then, the Takumakken Empire, who would unite years earlier, would attack, and have much of their land be taken over. They would also sack and burn the Yi'yen settlement of Yi, turning it into Sokalis. Following this, the two would eventually come to a peace for the first time, signing a treaty known as the Treaty of Smaugonik. At around this time as well, she would meet and marry Dalatra Mosulia, who was at the time, Khalifa de Ardat, where she would aquire this title, as well as Princess-consort of Yimmu-Audal following the Coronation of Dalatra as Empress of Yimmu-Audal.

Following the death of Dalatra Mosulia, on the beaches of the Gulf of Heaven, Sareariel would come into possession of the Crown of Yimmu-Audal. After the crown was tracked to Crown Beach, the Council of Yimmu-Audal sent a representative negotiating a return of the crown back to their hands. Being in a good position to play Kingmaker, Sareariel would have the Council summon forth their contenders for the throne, and had her choose who will succeed. In this case, Carpicious would be crowned as Yimmu-Audal's Empress. Regardless, when Sareariel had them dismissed, she would not mention she was giving up her titles, and to this day, carry on the title as the Empress of Yimmu-Audal, but would never persuit to reclaim the land that was lost. The decline of the Takumakken Empire has bought forth momentum throughout the Empire, and Sareariel, who sought to once and for all, solidify her legitimacy as the successor to the old Almadorian Kingdom, and called for full unification. She would take apart of the division of the Takumakken partitions together with Viridian, Huitca, and Ryzan. However, one slice of the empire was not enough to satisfy her. She would start to draft up eventual plans to unify the other parts, despite getting a rather large part of the deal out of the other member states. One of the ideas was the eventual invasion of Ryzan, however, this invasion plan was scrapped, as military advisors tell the Velereth of their well known tactic to throw as many soldiers as possible to defend their land. Knowing that this would not fair well, Sareariel would have her court come up with different plans. Orwa Sinawis, one of Sareariel's most trusted diplomats, would suggest that she should form a union instead with the Tsar, and then take opportunity to find ways to carve the empire from there. This would become known as the "Dual Union Strategem". Liking this idea, Sareariel would present herself to the courts of Ryzan to marry the Tsar, and join together in a dual monarchy, in which, it was agreed, as the Tsar, Toss was reportedly delighted with the idea of seeing his nation become the largest and most powerful on the contienent. The union would then be formed following the marriage between the two, and Sareariel would reign as the Empress of this new union between the two. According to disputed sources, this whole union was not at all legitimate, as Sinawis was said to have been scheming to break apart the union to benefit her master's wish to unify old Almador, and was said that Sareariel and even the Bardonians were in on the plan to completely dismantle Ryzan, which Bardonia was an enemy of. However, Imperial sources seem to deny this, as the union would begin to fall apart due to the declining relationship between Sareariel and Toss, as well as arguments over running the Kingdom from both the Tsar and the State Leaders of Ryzan. Upon the end of the union, Ryzan would be invaded by the Bardonians, and Sareariel would achieve the chunk of the Kingdom that she desired. She would claim that it was through divorce proceedings, and Bardonia was not involved at all, though, regardless of what she said, Sinawis' ploy was a complete success. The following day, Sareariel would proclaim that Almador was officially unified, with it's core territories back into the hands of it's rightful masters.

The end of the union bought the end of Sareariel's rule over the Ryzani nation, and would return back to ruling her own lands. She would one night, be approached by a spirit simply known as "Taranusha" would approach her. She would tell her that to achieve even greater power and ambition, and to show that the Celestialkin are truly the caretakers of the world, she is to head to a place known as Old Talawa, the old home of the Talawan people before the migrated to Uldarash to establish the First Uldarashi Empire. She would also be informed of the fall of the Talawan Empire, and that is now ruled by non-Talawan peoples, which she was told not to recognize until they install a proper Talawan to the throne, but to not concern herself with the affairs of the Second Empire, atleast for now. She would guide her on a joruney toward the old capital, where a Pyramid was present. Leaving behind her ministers to take care of the affairs of state, Sareariel would journey toward this location. The first encounter she would notice was by a series of signs which lead her to a hill. Believing this was Taranusha, she would follow them, and it would lead her to a hill, in which she would call her "Faithful". Unknown to her, this could of been the first encounter between Sareariel and Entropy, who at the time, did not made herself known to her, but reports of a strange woman was seen before vanishing. Travelling eastward, she would head along the river, and would eventually found the Pyramid. She would notice how the Pyramid was in ruins, and looted, likely by grave robbers, pillagers and bandits who passed by the abandoned settlement. Much of the buildings lied in rubble, with some of them having massive sinkholes. When she entered the Pyramid, Taranusha would encounter her again, and would whisper, that she is infact, the spirit of the city that was once here, the capitol, Taranusha. The Pharaoh who was burried here has long since went to the afterlife, but his grave and his pyramid was ruined. Before the spirit departed, she would leave two things the graverobbers didn't looted, the Khoseph and Axe of the Talawans, as well as a Pharaonic Dress, which was crafted specifically for a Talawan Pharaoh, to be worn by Sareariel. She would fit into it, and would take both of them, and felt a strange power flow through her veins. "You are indeed the blood of our people, the kin of our forefathers. Let it be known, that today, you shall be known as Pharaoh of the Talawans. We know you would not make the same mistakes we had made. Please, mighty Velereth of the Sun, your Divine Energy is destined to rule over all Talawans as it's true Queen. It's true Pharaoh.". Following these words, Sareariel would become ceremoniously Pharaoh of Old Talawa, and inheritor to Taranusha, as well as the land around it. However, due to it being abandoned and in ruins, Sareariel had chose not to take the land, and allowed it to rest peacefully, keeping her titles and the sacred items only, and returned back to Aurlûnor. Upon returning back to her home country, a man by the name of GlitchyPaladin of Froggi Town would approach the courts of the Velereth, declaring his settlement in the nation's northwestern borders with Andorn. However, the way he had presented himself was considered extremely rude, and uncultured. On recommendation by her advisors, she would prepare for a Third Barbarian Rally, executing GlitchyPaladin, and begun the First Battle of Froggi Town. The Imperial Military was victorious the first time around, but due to them hiding in the mountains, a siege was not properly mounted. The Second Battle of Froggi Town would occur, where the Anarchists would blow their own house up, and attempted to hide in the caves. Sarariel would find Pepsidotmp4 barricaded in the caves, trying to hide from the Velereth, and proceeded to slaughter her. However, more of the Anarchists would try to resist the occupation upon arrival of reinforcements lead by Ulcanis of Lhûmar came to provide extra support. Ultimately, their resistance failed, and it would mark the end of Froggi Town, ending the insurgency.

Following the Barbarian Rallies, the Great Fire of Lhûmar would occur, which would destroy 90% of the city. The cause was unknown, but about half of the treasury was wiped out, as well as much of the livestock and food stores. The reconstruction of the capital would begin, which would build over much of the old ruins. Only the foreigner district, parts of the middle class district, the two temples and the square would remain standing.

Entropy
Sareariel would have multiple encounters with Entropy. The first encounter was likely after witnessing a strange explosion in the sky, which caused Lyn, the moon, to be completely destroyed. When a shard of her body came crashing into Lhûmar, it would destroy the Imperial Palace. Looking at a piece of what destroyed it, it was apparently made of metal, and was fueled by an unknown substance to the people of Aurlûnor. The name "Tyo'on'yo Dou'wall" would be on a part of the shards. Enraged, Sareariel would present this to her court now in a special tent that would convene meetings of the court and officials. Placing all the blame on him, a unanimous agreement would happen, having "Tyo'on'yo Dou'wall" to be tortured, tormented and executed for the severe crime of sacrilegious acts to occur. However, she would never find him, as he would not be in the Empire at all.

Recalling her first encounter with strange signs near Old Talawa, Sareariel would think of a method of trying to restore Lyn. An altar, as well as a plead for the pantheon as well as all Celestial Matrons of each of the planes to assist in trying to restore Lyn to her former glory. This ploy would fail, as Entropy would ruin the ceremony, ultimately making the call useless. In attempts to better understand her, however, Sareariel would hand Entropy a flower of Celeia, before watching her just merely glaring at it, as if she was in a trance, and disappearing.

Several more times she saw Entropy appear and disappear, one of which, was during the attack on Entropy would again appear later on, where stranger things were happening, when the sun begun to bleed red. She would be encountered by Entropy in her true form in Hyperboria and would face her in combat, together with Bardonians where she would involved in the conflict as a mercenary. She would fight an onslaught that would come, and would defeat the wither that destroyed most of Hyperboria. Entropy would encounter Sareariel again, where she was in her divine temple during the Bloody Sun, where she would actually summon her to converse with her, and try to get her to see reason. Although the attempt failed, she would eventually make a deal with Entropy: ''If you leave my people alone, and give me your weapon, I will gladly not interfere in your affairs. Break your promise, and I shall unleash the wrath of the vale upon you.'' This instance was not well documented, due to the temple burning down from Entropy's lava taint, but it seemed to have been agreed upon, and Dragon's Breath was handed to Sareariel. Unknown to her, a shrine to Entropy would be erected, but no sacrifices nor anything of that sort was given, and it was quickly smashed by inquisitors. She would also question Entropy, if she was in fact, involved in the destruction of both Paxia and Jadgas, which she would deny, but Sareariel would push her to confess the truth. However much lies she was spreading, it was possible that both events were likely linked to Entropy. No artifacts of note was gained from Entropy when it came to these two places, but some interesting information was given to her about their demise.

The battle against Jazzon would be Sareariel's last encounter with Entropy. Together with Bardonia, Ardat, The Hands, Athaz and Aesop as well as most of Rathnir, they would face off against him, and his hordes, as well as Entropy and several other primordials. As apart of their deal, Entropy herself did not actively attempted to target Sareariel, but much of the fighting was done by her minions and worshippers, who were far better armed and had the ability of levitation. They would eventually emerge victorious, with Entropy departing from the world in a fury.

World Summit
Following the Entropy Crisis, things would return back to relative normalcy. The World Summit was hosted in Tlahatl, and Sareariel, in a surprising move, stated she was interested in coming, shocking the court. Despite a policy of isolationism, the Velereth decided it was the best opportunity for her to represent the nation's interests and address issues there that had plagued the Empire, as well as telling other nations that they are not to be hampered with. Governor Aesop would be picked as her main diplomat, and Zax, a person who recently loyally followed the Velereth, also offered to come as protection. Soon enough, she would have her chance to speak on the podium of the World Summit twice, where she would address the issues of their nation, telling them that they were isolationist, addressing the bandits and barbarians that had raided multiple settlements in the empire, as well as announcing to the world, that Entropy is not a Goddess, and that she is a "Very Powerful Heretic", and how Gods can be killed. This would also be the first proper time where she met Herb Dashwell, the owner of Apollo Radio in person, rather than via radio waves.

The Revision
Sareariel would partake in the Ferryman Conflicts, in which she would become one of the leading generals in a large conflict. The Velande would be attacked by the Ferrymen, who would presumably be responsible for the Great Fire of Helemar. At first, it was regarded that these attacks were conducted by normal and ordinary barbarians. However, the influx of Messenger Pigeons came about, and even sent an insulting letter to her. As a result, the Velereth had Orwa Sinawis recalled to the capital, and took a map of Viodoxa, in which she would point to Istanboulder, which was located in Viodoxa, an Empire located far far away from their current location. Regardless, she would have her army march out toward the location, and joined the coalition that was stationed near it, who was also partaking in the war.

The battle would prove to be one of the worst tactical disasters in Sareariel's history. At the midpoint of the battle, Sareariel would lead her force toward the northern gates of Istanboulder, due to a miscommunication made by the commander, BackToTheHub. This error would lead her troops north of the city, isolating her with three Ferrymen Forces, nearly killing her before being saved by a former hands member named Yaykei. During the withdraw, Yaykei would assist the Aurlûnoren forces back to Lhûmar, in which, was reported that the Velereth would throw up a liquid black tar before disappearing into the square's center. This would be the last reported sighting of the Velereth for an entire month.

The Velereth would re-appear following a month after disappearance. Her scars would heal, but the gashes and injuries she sustained would dramatically change her face and arm. Some feared that she fell for Entropy's taint. However, when she opened her eyes, they were clearly the same color as the stars themselves, with a distinct glow and movement to them. After this, the Velereth would revisit much of her policy, changing the Empire to a bit more of an open stance, and would go on to negotiate a new peace between Ryzan, and the Velande, handing back territory that was taken away during the dismantlement of the previous political union they were both bound by. This imperial decree was met with backlash from the more hardline supporters of the Velereth, not recognizing this, and it remains claimed today, despite the treaty dissolving all claims made against it.

Sareariel would proceed to also re-marry, and become the wife of Lucius von Savras, effectivley also becoming Kaiserrin of Andorn, achieving a life-long ambition to have de facto control over Areska. Though, oddly enough, she didn't pursued this claim, and would instead, seek closer relations with Bardonia. Finally, after over months of co-operation, Bardonia would sign an alliance with the Velande, cementing their relationship on the world stage. Multiple incidents would occur such as insurgency made by outsiders, but this was quickly dealt with due to the evergrowing power of the Velande's newfound strength. Sareariel would however, go on a two month expedition to the west, leaving Sel Leyla-Earcala, a former high priestess of the Kingdom of Yürki, to become Regent of the country. Upon her return, Sareariel was extremely shocked to find the Empire doing even better than before. Prior to her departure, Sareariel would have three children with Shǔwà Gāngshivaè, a Asarāvijān whom she married about two years ago, where she travelled to Tengaesal when she was personally invited by Nero Terazawa Shigetada of Plagatéa.

Personality
Sareariel is described as a rather strict person, someone who values martialness, honor and righteousness above all costs. She is a morally ambitious person, seeking talent from all corners of her empire regardless of their social status. Most of her most valued advisors come from the more humble origins, and had seen themselves become some of Sareariel's most closest friends and valued assets to her ambitions. Sareariel usually looks down on foreigners, seeing them as no good troublemakers, and will usually not act very kind toward them. She has very little tolerance for those who waste her time, and will usually tell them as such if they are wasting her time or not through her bluntness.

Sareariel is intolerant of those who are against the Twin Dragon faith, and takes it very seriously. She is devoted to the Gods, and will usually pray every single day, surrounding her palace and gardens with statues to their likeness, as well as dedicate her resources to make Lhûmar and her other cities look nice, even the more poorer locations. She is also the one who does not easily forgive those who disobey the law, and punishes them accordingly, acting as judge, jury and executioner in certain cases herself.