Queen Serzy is an alchymist. She isn't royalty, but her subjects think otherwise; the Order of the Crystal Sword, her Canidaur knights, have a loyalty beyond honor.
Serzy Montaigne, last of her name, officially began the Regency of Canidium as an offshoot of her research into the ennoblement of animals. Eventually, the project succeeded so wholly that a whole kingdom was made to contain it. She claims to have no ambitions beyond her work and the protection of her family's honor. Prima Canidia began as an ill-fated experiment. Once a haunted mansion where adventurers would seek treasure and find only death. It was rumored that Count Victor Montaigne found something on his travels that came alive, or produced monsters. However, his daughter Serzy Montaigne has asserted that these are false and libelous rumors. There are of course official explanations about most of the events that took place while Dalsmedja was uninhabited. The queen's official story is that she was exploring underground when a crystal cave collapsed, and she found herself in Profundum, where the river of time flows differently. She returned with knowledge of alchemy won from an elven lord. This far-fetched adventure story is widely known, but not universally accepted. Ultimately she is dubbed "the alchymist queen" whether it is true or no.