Queen Miraena Pearlshard

• In superb health, with a dancer’s grace and subtle muscular strength.
• Highly flexible and agile, often moving with effortless fluidity.

• Iridescent pale silver scales.
• Fine gill-lines along her neck that flutter when she sings.
• Flowing hair like pearl strands, drifting in delicate waves even without water.

• Enormous, luminous eyes framed by long pale lashes that seem to almost glow when she performs glamour magic.
• Tiny tear-shaped scale patterns beneath her eyes — rumored to mark a line of seers in her family.
• Always carries the faint scent of ocean lilies.

• Powerful Bard of Glamour, able to weave enchantments into her voice that soothe, charm, or awe.
• Her singing can subtly heal emotional wounds and calm fear.
• Can shape bioluminescence around herself for dramatic storytelling or intimate ambiance.

• Draped in translucent silks that swirl like mist, adorned with tiny opalescent shells and delicate pearl strands.
• Often wears a high coral collar that frames her face during formal appearances.
• Wears rings enchanted to maintain perfect pitch and clarity of voice even underwater.

• Lamentide Lyre: An ancient shell-strung instrument that resonates with her magic, gifted by her grandmother.
• Veil of Siren’s Grace: A fine mesh cloak that subtly amplifies her bardic performances, making them irresistible.

• Tutored by the finest voice-masters of Coralspire.
• Learned magical theory under bardic mentors, specializing in enchantment and illusion.
• Took diplomatic instruction to prepare for life in high politics.

• Formally a wandering court bard in her youth.
• Now serves as Queen of Virella, overseeing cultural development, foreign relations, and state ceremonies.

• Personally funded the restoration of ancient underwater theaters throughout Zalara.
• Orchestrated the Pearl Accord with minor reef kingdoms, securing trade and cultural exchanges.
• Revered for her performances that blend song, illusion, and subtle emotional healing.

• Once lost her composure during a key diplomatic performance due to a hidden sabotage spell, briefly humiliating Virella before allies.
• Regrets that it took years for her marriage with Aralyn to become genuine love, feeling she was at first too distant.

• None deeply scarring, though she still carries guilt that her initial performances were all done for power rather than passion, worrying her art was once hollow.

• Highly empathetic, sensitive to emotional nuance.
• Possesses a subtle cunning — knows how to phrase truths to soothe or shape.
• Loves puzzles, layered poems, and old tragedies.

• Believes beauty has divine weight, that art is as crucial to a realm’s soul as its armies.
• Strives to heal and unite rather than divide, even if it means gently deceiving for the greater harmony.

• Finds necromancy horrifying, especially reanimation of ocean dead.
• Disdains blunt cruelty; refuses to compose songs for war-mongering or tyranny.

• To elevate Virella as a beacon of art and arcane grace across Mythralune.
• To ensure the next generation — especially Prince Vaelor — inherits a kingdom both powerful and beautifully whole.

• Master of diplomacy, emotional insight, music, and minor enchantments.
• Lacks talent in military strategy; leaves war matters fully to Aralyn and the Deepwardens.

• Likes:
• Moonlight, coral lanterns
• Whispered confessions
• Old sea ballads.
• Dislikes:
• Harsh noise
• Brutish contests of strength,
• Gaudy displays that lack subtlety.

• Deeply compassionate
• Quick to give comfort
• Loves nurturing others’ talents.
• Inspires loyalty with little effort.

• At times manipulates emotions to avoid conflict — even at the cost of honesty.
• Can become melancholic, fearing her glamour is merely shallow artifice.

• Tends to hum softly when thinking.
• Twirls strands of her luminous hair around her fingers in small, hypnotic motions.

She is still living, but already depicted in countless murals across Virella, shown with flowing hair and a hand raised in song amid coral blossoms.

She has ruled as co-monarch of Virella with Queen Aralyn for over 70 years, celebrated for cultural and diplomatic successes.

• Queen Aralyn Tidecrest: Wife and deepest bond, though they were strangers at first.
• Prince Vaelor: Devoted mother, quietly anxious he neglects his heart for magical ambition.
• Maintains friendships with bardic circles across Mythralune.

• Daughter of the prestigious House Pearlshard.
• United their lineage forever with the Tidecrest dynasty through her marriage.

• Devotee of the Deep Canticle, with private prayers to Naelir for inspiration in art and dream.

• Incredibly charismatic
• Thrives on attention but never lets it become vulgar.
• Exquisite etiquette, known for turning potentially hostile courts into allies through charm.

• Tilts her head and lets her hair spill like a curtain when amused or intrigued.
• Touches her heart lightly when moved by something — or when trying to calm tensions.

• Keeps a small moonray named Lysil, who drifts beside her during private swims and will even follow her during court sessions. The moonray’s gentle glow complements Miraena’s bardic illusions.