Queen Ascendant

Mortal Life

Born the daughter of the last king of the Fanged Kingdom in approximately 315 BC, her name has been erased from history. As part of her father's bid at apotheosis, she was (involuntarily) placed upon the Stone Throne in Ar Salem Dolem and a ritual focus was constructed. All the worship and the souls of the sacrifices (at first only animals, but later humans) flowed through here and into the focus (and thus to the White Skull). She acted as both an object of worship and a filter, purifying and focusing the stream of anima. Her lifespan, fed by the anima stream, was tremendously prolonged, but she had to endure the detritus left behind as the souls flowed through her own.

Unable to leave the Great Pyramid and under the control of the High Priest (who was given a control totem), she was a ceremonial figurehead until the Cataclysm. There is little record of her having any influence. In the years after the Cataclysm and before the people returned from Kel'al'ar, she and a much-reduced priestly bureaucracy coexisted uneasily. After the return and the founding of the Stone Throne nation, she began to exert influence through her handmaidens--body doubles chosen and altered to look like her and act as her agents throughout the nation.

It was through a retired handmaiden that she made contact with the Catalysts who were exploring the Stone Throne from the Council Lands, seeking the Dark Lady. They, in their inimitable fashion, came to Ar Salem Dolem and stormed the High Priestess's estate, killing her and destroying the both the control focus and then the ritual focus, breaking the spells that held her bound.

Ascension and Worship

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