Octavia Archelaus
When Octavia entered the world, the omens surrounding her birth were undeniable. Those present spoke of an unnatural stillness that fell over the kingdom, as if the world itself paused to acknowledge the arrival of this gifted child. Her cry, they said, was unlike any other—resonant, commanding, and filled with an unspoken power.
From the moment she could walk, Octavia displayed a brilliance and strength that set her apart. The air around her seemed charged with latent energy, and she exhibited an uncanny aptitude for the arcane. Her presence captivated even the most hardened of Morgana's court, though her innate gifts sparked whispers of unease among those who recognized their dangerous potential. To Morgana, however, Octavia was the culmination of her ambitions—a daughter destined to shape the future of Archelon, no matter the cost.
But even in those early years, there was a flicker of something Morgana did not anticipate: a purity in Octavia’s spirit that could not be fully suppressed, a spark of compassion and curiosity that stood in stark contrast to her mother’s calculated cruelty. Though gifted and shaped by forces beyond the mortal realm, Octavia’s fate remained her own, a thread woven with both promise and peril in the tapestry of Archelon’s dark history.
When the Cataclysm struck, severing Archelon from the rest of the continent and plunging the world into the Spellscourge, Octavia became an unwitting savior for her people. The calamity separated her from Morgana, leaving her stranded in the mountainous home of the dragons. Alone and desperate, Octavia sought a means to secure the survival of her people in a world devoid of magic.
In a bold and audacious act, Octavia forged a pact with the dragons, offering loyalty and kinship. Yet, she went further—using the Ancient Tongue, she wove a spell that channeled the dragons' power into her own people, creating the Drakona. This act, while ensuring her people’s survival, came at a cost. The dragons, enraged by her manipulation, declared her a pariah, and Octavia found herself isolated once again.
