Andromache Nosterii

"I knew then that I was looking at the next Imperial Archon of Sylvania; and that she had been sent by the Gods to us. It was irrevocable destiny written by the Gods using the stars themselves.”

Selection of the new Imperial Archon, The Oracle of Amemachi Andromache Xi Nosterii (later Godd-Fjell) is Sylvic Elf best known for her reign as the Imperial Archon (Empress) of The Imperial Archonate of Sylvania. Prior to this, she held several other official positions in Sylvania and gradually worked her way up through the lower ranks of internal government. Her claim on the position of Imperial Archon is derived from, and reinforced by, a combination of a prophecy given by the Oracle of Amemachi, and her "divine birthright" as the daughter of the lesser deities of Sylvania, Nox and Lux-Sori. The period of time in Sylvania under her reign is referred to as “the age of Nox and Lux.”

Her primary residence was in the Sylvanian Imperial Capital of Noxwind. However, she previously held several other residences, most notably in Oleapolis and Luxwind.

Early Life
Historical records from the Luxwind Archive state that Andromache was born in an area close to the city of Pompaelo in, what was at the time, West Aristios. She was adopted by Unknown Nosterii (Gerràt en Olea) shortly after her birth, making her a member of the Gerràt family.

The Gerràt family would later merge with the Imperial Olea family while Andromache was still a very young child. However, her father Unknown would voluntarily disown himself from the family due to disagreeing with the conduct of Otto en Olea, claiming that his deeds were dishonourable and brought shame upon the family name. He then changed his surname to "Nosterii" with Andromache using this name to present day, alongside the last name of “Xi” in reference to the Noxwind Noble House of Xi which her birth parents were members of prior to their ascension to divinity.

She has made several public statements that she views herself as "Eastern Nox-Sylvanian” and that she has little interest in the culture of West Aristios. Despite this, she speaks High Aristii moderately well due to the teachings of her adoptive father Unknown Nosterii.

Early political career
Despite her family traditionally holding positions of power and amassing great wealth, Andromache received no favors from higher Sylvanian society, nor any privileges from her own family. As a result, she began her political career at the very bottom after moving to Noxwind, where she would find work as a labourer, building medium-scale projects within the city. Andromache also served as one of the chief immigration officers for Noxwind for an extended period of time, bringing many new citizens into the previously underpopulated East. This in turn inadvertently creating a housing crisis in Noxwind as the supply of houses quickly became scare as the population continued to grow.

Her building work would soon prove useful and she became a member of the Noxwind Town Council, where she worked on several projects to improve the city. Most notably, Andromache constructed several apartment buildings and houses to help reduce the housing crisis which had become a major problem within Noxwind owning to mass immigration into the city by the time she was a councillor.

After several months working for the Noxwind Town Council, Andromache ran for the position of Senator on the Noxwind ballot. She was heavily supported by the Archon Harry Von Prastegia, who threatened to execute any person who voted against her. Andromache received a massive majority of the vote and was elected on the first round of counting. She would go on to be re-elected multiple times up until she resigned from elected office to become the Duchess of the Nox Heartlands.

Senate Career
Upon election to the Senate, Andromache began proposing bills aimed at improving the internal affairs and economy of Sylvania. Her ideas were broadly supported by Archon Harry Von Praestegia, with whom she would go on to work closely with during her time in the Senate to complete major national projects, such as the Noxwind Market and the Sanctum of Luxwind which would become the de facto Senate building for Sylvania. However, her early political career was not without controversy; as she was well known to opportunistically write bills aimed at having her political opponents executed or banished from Sylvania, with many believing that this was a clear attempt to maintain her influence and power in office rather than pursuing their deaths for any actual legitimate reasons or crimes against the state. On multiple occasions, she attempted to use the Senste voting mechanism to banish or execute several officials who were seen as direct competition for promotions that she sought.

Duchess of the Nox Heartlands
Several weeks after her election, Andromache was appointed as the Imperial Lieutenant of the Nox Heartlands; though her focus still remained primarily on Noxwind for the duration of her appointment. It was not long after this that she was outright promoted to being the Duchess of the Nox Heartlands, a role that she was well suited to as she had become absorbed by, and somewhat obsessed with, Eastern Sylvanian religious and cultural views.

Her management of the Nox Heartlands province proved exceptional; as the population continued to increase in major cities such as Noxwind and Fosdinas and Eastern Sylvanian culture began to rapidly spread South to Luxwind. She continued managing the province for several months with great success, up until her retirement from provincial management when she was appointed as the Archon Sanctus.

Archon Sanctus of Sylvania
A prophecy was issued by the Oracle of Amemachi, standing that Andromache was destined to become an Archon of Sylvania and that her time would soon come to assume power and restore culture to the East. Soon after his revelation, the death of her predecessor had left the position vacant and she assumed power over the Church of Nox Lucis as the Archon Sanctus soon afterwards,

Andromache’s primary concern as the Archon Sanctus was to revive the culture of Eastern Sylvania; chiefly in the Nox and Lux Heartlands provinces which were well populated, but seen as lacking in any form of culture or events. She heavily favoured the Fosdinas Stars hockey team and encouraged many people in the East to support and attend their matches.

The cultural revolution of East Sylvania escalated and evolved rapidly when a second great reformation of the faith of Nox Lucis took place in Luxwind; with Andromache vowing to revive it long after the population had seemingly abandoned their faith and had largely forgotten about the Gods. To this end, she heavily promoted the religion and began passing several laws forbidding blasphemy in the East against the three deities of Sylvania: Sylvia, Nox and Lux-Sori. This would eventually lead to the rise of religious extremism in some parts of Eastern Sylvania; primarily in the city of Noxwind where the Cult of Nox began ritually murdering prisoners of war to appease the God of Death, Nox.

Lux Border Dispute
During her appointment as the Archon Sanctus, Andromache had begun to grow suspicious of the populace of the city of Alzaria, a town which bordered the Lux Heartlands. Her suspicion initially formed when reports began to be filed against several local councillors of the town stating that the Mayor had begun proclaiming himself as a God-King; and that the population had started to worship him rather than the Gods of the Sylvanian pantheon. At the time Andromache was reluctant to condemn people for heresy without substantial evidence due to the punishment for such being the death penalty. In addition, she had a broad tolerance for different ideas and faiths during her early reign as Archon Sanctus and had little desire to condemn people for holding differing beliefs. Additionally, she remarked often that she was a pacifist who sought solutions though peaceful means rather than through force. The reports however, caused her to believe that Alzaria may have been slowly becoming culturally incompatible with the rest of East Sylvania; and that they were very likely harbouring secessionist ideas.

Shortly after this, the Mayor of Alzaria elected to merge the city with the neighbouring town of Consilium, a move which outraged several government officials as it created an internal/provincial border dispute within Sylvania. This also created an uproar in the Senate; as the government was not consulted about the plan in advance. Consilium was part of the province of the Lux Heartlands, and by absorbing it, Alzaria had halved the size of the province. A hearted argument broke out between the Duke of the Lux Heartlands, Ulysses Lux, and the Deputy Mayor of Alzaria; with the former arguing that they had no right or authority to interfere in his province.

As the Archon Sanctus was responsible for managing internal affairs, Andromache travelled to Luxwind to meet with the disputing parties and quickly ruled that the provincial borders were to be immediately restored. As a result, Alzaria was forced to release Consilium and return the town to being an independent city within the Lux Heartlands province. Initially, they resisted the order, complaining that they were dissatisfied with the reasoning provided by Andromache regarding the combined cities sizes being indefensible in the event of a war. Eventually, Andromache simply told them that she did not care to hear their complaints any longer, that the borders were to be restored and that she would harshly punish any further “acts of heretical, sand hobo stupidity.”

Imperial Archon of Sylvania
Andromache was walking with Harry Von Praestegia admiring the scenery of the Nox city of Rothenburg when they noticed that the Imperial Archon Matt Olermo-Fielyna appeared to be sleeping on a bench nearby. Upon approaching him, they found that he was dead, and a note rested on his chest naming Andromache as his heir apparent to the position of Imperial Archon.

Controversies
Genocides & War Crimes

Despite her initial claims that she was a pacifist, Andromache was responsible for several genocides and committed numerous war crimes during her time as Archon Sanctus and Imperial Archon. She was heavily involved in the cultural genocide of Santos; deliberately and ruthlessly destroying any trace of their culture when Sylvania took their land. Andromache was also solely responsible for the genocide of Alzaria; deceptively promising the remaining population that they would be allowed to live peacefully if they did not resist her capture of the city after their leaders attempted a revolt from Sylvania. Despite this promise, Andromache immediately went back on her word and the entire population were slaughtered in the streets.

Marriage to The High King of Soolia, Charles Godd-Fjell
Prior to the signing of the Sylvanian-Soolia MDP treaty, a period of negotiation was open between the two nations with much debate on how the treaty could be ensured on a long term basis. Eventually, diplomats on both sides agreed that the treaty should be reinforced by a marriage between leaders of both nations.

This lead to a heated debate within the Senate of Sylvania; which was, at the time, predominantly under the control of the Eastern Sylvanian voting bloc that broadly supported the Archon Sanctus Andromache. Several bills were proposed within a few days, all calling for a ban on political marriages of Archons to other nation leaders, some even arguing that no citizen of any rank should be married to a foreign nation leader. The Anti-Altar Diplomacy Act was passed with a majority of 60% by the Senate of Sylvania, giving Andromache the opportunity to dissolve both her politically motivated marriages.

Further controversy occurred when it was revealed that Andromache was having an affair with the Sylvanian Imperial General Velarin Castelle (later Archon Velarin), leading to allegations that the marriage contract was not being upheld and that relations between Sylvania and Soolia would soon collapse if she continued in her misdeeds.

Further to this, High King Charles Godd-Fjell went “missing” shortly after Andromache was seen conversing with several members of the KSKD and the Cult of Nox, leading to mass speculation in Sylvania that she had hired mercenaries to murder him and dispose of his body. Additionally, many speculated that she had arranged his death with the new High Queen of Soolia and later, Queen of Midjor, Boreal.