Liliána Mirrad

Blue eyes were a rare condition this far south. Only House Mirrad members had eyes like that, including Liliána.

Most of the time she wore black dresses, emphasezing the grief she felt for her family. Her dresses were lightly adorned, befitting minor nobility.

She saw the world for the first time just months before Great House Riak made their first move against the old noble houses. Liliána was the first child of the lord of Minor House Mirrad . Born at just the beginning of the first major conflict of the fledgeling kingdom Hallia, this warring would come to dominate the rest of her life.     She was a quiet child, obedient to her superiors and kind towards her underlings, making her parents proud. When she was four years of age, her brother was born. Most of the time Liliána was patient with the unruly Tréor, but sometimes they do ended up in an argument. As sibling usually do. As they both grew older, these arguments stopped, they both realised that at least their family has to be united as the kingdom falls ever deeper into infighting. Eventually Tréor and his father had to leave for the war, leaving Liliána and her mother - who started to show signs of sickness - home.     Letters from the front were few and far between. As her mother's sickness got worse, Liliána's outlook at life slowly worsened. Her mood spiraled deeper into loneliness and depression. Out of her family, she was the only one who were there at her mother's funeral, and with barely any news from her brother and father, Liliána felt as if she was alone in the whole world. She did her best to keep House Mirrad in order, but that task was hard enough for an experienced nobleman, let alone a lonely teenager. Some days she couldn't even get out of bed. Her servants were there for her, true, but they couldn't replace the family. The family she lost. Or at least she thought so.   One day, however, Tréor returned from the war. Five years, the siblings had not seen each other and those five years left their marks on both of them. Liliána was now a frail soul, who gave up on hope in life. Tréor on the other hand was a much more mature individual. The personal glory-seeking and thirst for battle of his younger years vanished in the bloody conflicts of the war, he now cared only for his family and house. Liliána, for the first time in many years, felt hope again for a better future.   After his return, Tréor refused to take over the house at first, he only helped out with military and law enforcement duties. While Liliána expected more from him, even that was a huge weight off of her shoulders. Tréor also held feasts where he invited many of his friends from war, who were also sent home. One of those friends being the son of Lord Tyrral, Lunir. Him and Liliána fell for each other almost immediately when they met.   After a while with no news from their father, Tréor decided to step up and take the mantle of lord and Liliána was more than happy to assist him in every way she thought possible. During that time Lunir promised her they would get wed. She finally felt that she had a family again. Things could only get better from here. Right?

Liliána was educated just like any noble lady in the south. She was taught the history of her house and the short history of Hallia. A noblewoman's duties in Hallia includes organizing the servants and housekeepers, and raising the noble children. Also they have to learn some sort of art, most popular being singing and playing the harp. Liliána was taught all of that along with painting, horseriding, knitting and sewing. Unique among noblewomen, Liliána also learned archery.

Surviving the lonely years while she waited for her brother to return can be an achievement on its own. The fact, that she managed to keep her house somewhat organized only adds to that. No great feats were associated to women at the time and she knows that. Doing her part to the best of her ability was always enough for her.

Her biggest embarassement was that she reached 25 years of age without getting married. At the time women - especially those of noble blood - were married off much younger than that. However, when the men were busy dying in a needless war, not many cared about raising a family.

The time spent taking care of her sickly mother and the lonely years after that left their mark on the young girl's soul. Liliána cares little for hope, expecting her life and death to be meaningless. Some days she is so low mentally, that she doesn't leave her bed at all.

Liliána was always quiet and observant. She learned to listen and speak only once she had thought through everything. She is also intelligent and cunning, so when she did speak, her words carried a lot of weight usually being the best possible solution for a problem.

For a long time, even she doesn't know what kept her going. During the lonely years of the war, she gave up on hope of ever seeing her family again. But once Tréor has returned, she felt revived. After that her main priority was to see her brother becoming the best Lord House Mirrad had ever seen. Her secondary motivation was to marry Lunir Tyrral, but a son of such a highly regarded noble family was out of her reach, even though his heart already belonged to Liliána. Both of these goals, however, depended on the same condition: rebuilding House Mirrad into a powerful noble house. Thus, her target was set.

Liliána loves all sorts of art (painting, music, sculpting, poetry, etc.), both to create and to just enjoys someone else's work. She enjoys social events too, if only to listen to others talking and making jokes.   What she truly hates are the duties of a lord. Usually a woman shouldn't have take those on, but her situation is somewhat unique.

Her intelligence is her biggest weapon. She lets others talk and listens until they accidentally reveal their weakness, which she can exploit later. Her mild nature makes her appear not threateing.

Her biggest flaw is her shyness. She often refuses take take things into her own hands, leaving the decision-making to others, even though she knows what should be done.