Elerra Duskryn

Hushed whispers and quick hands speak of a woman that few would dare to cross, but all speak about under their breath and in secret corners. For centuries, her family has ruled this city, amassing wealth, power, and numbers, making it impossible for anyone, even with the most well-thought-out plan, to overthrow this family, and now this woman. Outside the city walls, her name is still spoken in hushed tones, afraid that one of her many pawns is listening to report back to the black queen. A single misplaced word to the wrong person or in the wrong place could spell death under the rule of Elerra Duskryn.   For ten centuries, House Duskryn has led Eryndlyn, a status that no other has ever held. This is the house's source of pride, something that Elerra holds dear because it shows what her predecessors have accomplished, and what she has brought to the table after upstaging her older sisters. They lacked the drive that her mother looked for, the qualities of leadership and conniving intellect that would allow their house to retain the position that it had held for generations. Even amongst the Silver Elves with their long lives, generations meant something, it meant centuries and millennia of conquest and survival. For Elerra, retaining all that House Duskryn had made and growing it into the coming millennia was her only goal.   Manipulation is Elerra's specialty, how she took power in her house to begin with, but that cycle of manipulation has continued with her children, including the Third Son whom she supposedly threw away. Another secret of Káto, taken and twisted in the dark before returning to the ears of those who gather, shrouds House Duskryn, but for Elerra, this is of no consequence. After such a long reign with so much manpower, few dare to question anything about her house. It is nothing more than a matter of handwaving and all have forgotten of her lost son, her mercenary kept in the dark. In Eryndlyn, this is normal, discussions millennia in the making. There is no need to question what has already been established.