Editing Character:Magnificent Marigold (section)

=History=
Sesus Rathena's life was... not a disapointment, exactly, but there is only so far a mortal can rise in the Realm. Being married off to a barbarian king with some convenient Sesus blood in his distant ancestry was, if not exactly her ambition, at least got her a position of authority away from her Exalted family. So it was somewhat of a surprise when her children began to claim the birthright that she never had. First her eldest son, and then her next two daughters, and her fifth born and her sixth. Suddenly there was talk of family and ambition and conquest and suitors.
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And there was Ara. Fourth born (and third daughter) of Sesus Rathena. Brilliant, certainly. Brave, absolutely. Greatly accomplished in many fields? No question! Mortal. Disapointment of her parent's eye. The sole blot on an otherwise perfect record of breeding. Oh, it certainly looked hopeful for a while, but now 20 and, still, mortal.
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At 15, Ara left the outlands for the legion, serving for 3 years. At 18 she returned, called back to take over the responsibilities now beneath her siblings. For two years she stayed there, until the raiders came. Protected under cover of supernatural storms, they smashed past the border outposts for the capital. The king and queen quickly fled... what mattered some provincial pocket kingdom compared to the courts of the dragon blooded that their children had opened up for them?
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Ara broke into family vault before her parents could empty them, grabbed the few family heirlooms and sundry trophies her siblings had brought home, and emerged to lead what soldiers remained out to challenge the invaders. As every soldier who fought with her then would tell, there she died, her body carried away in a final act of spite by the elemental spirits backing the enemy's sorcerer queen. A day of memory and mourning was declared by her father, returned triumphant to his palace, and men were sent to hunt for the family treasures that had been lost. Sadly, they were never recovered.
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Four months later, a young mercenary, of Dragon Blood probably by her looks and her gear, walked into the lands of ____. Magnificent Marigold, she announced herself, and she was for hire for a very reasonable price - just a small kingdom. If she liked you, and for the right cause, a prosperous city state might do.
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