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Anastasia Wrathburn

Usurper Queen of Ressaria
NPC

Formerly the advisor to the rightful Queen of Ressaria, Mary Elizabeth, Anastasia masterminded a plot to kill the Queen and seize control of Ressaria. Although Catherine Grey, to deal with this intrigue, her efforts appear to have gone wrong somewhere along the way.

According to the Xylene, the effort to kill Mary was unsuccessful; however, she has not resurfaced since the attempt.

In her absence, Anastasia has consolidated power within Ressaria. She began with a campaign of sympathy- the Headsmen for example, the Queen's royal guard regiment, had their official uniform altered to include a symbol of the rightful Queen and her famous axe.

Giving an impassioned speech about the need to come together in a time of mourning, but also to be vigilant and vengeful against Vandermane for their supposed part in the rightful Queen's downfall, she earned some good will from the nobility of Queensreich.

Under the guise of gathering the rightful Queen's closest political allies, the ruling nobility of each major city in Ressaria, Anastasia sent out her Ressaria, ousting Queensreich castle, and are acting in an advisory capacity to ensure that Anastasia's rule is in keeping with what the rightful Queen would have wanted - although this is another fabrication meant only to validate her rule. 

When the Ressaria itself, Anastasia acted swiftly to condemn the conclusion. She took advantage of the opportunity to alienate the citizens of Ressaria from The Ecclesiocracy, again earning praise with another bold speech. In this she displayed righteous fury at the accusations of the High Priest of The Ecclesiocracy, declaring "while the neighboring kingdoms may think so little of our love for our Queen that one among us might dare to stain their soul with such a deed, I know in my heart that all of her subjects were loyal and true, and that none would even consider such a treasonous, hateful action."

With a growing nationalist sentiment rallying behind her, coupled with a silver tongue and a knowledge of politics and legislature second only to the rightful Queen herself, Anastasia had little trouble in isolating the citizens of Ressaria from the rest of the world, setting them up to go to war with Vandermane.

As an additional benefit of the impending war, Anastasia has been able to execute or imprison at her discretion any nobility or other persons in positions of influence whom she suspected of conspiring against her, simply by declaring that her royal spies had learned that they were secret Vandermane spies. As a result of her combined efforts, Anastasia's rule is currently unquestioned and absolute.

Holds the patron deity of Ressaria, the Empyreal Lord Ragathiel, prisoner.

Holds one of Xanthan's Xanthan Orb.