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=History= Adara has only known three things in her entire life, every thing else merely an expression; excellence, elegance, and duty. Her mother was a legendary commander of the Paragon military whose epic tale came to an end shortly after giving birth due to complications. In her last days Talisa left instructions for her estate to oversee her daughter's education and training. Adara's youth was dedicated to education, discipline, and excellence at the hands of the finest but least forgiving tutors available in Paragon. With the legend of her mother ever looming and her isolation from the already sterile culture of Paragon, Adara found it difficult to separate herself from the incessant drilling; swordplay, etiquette, dance, history, swordplay, etiquette, dance, history, swordplay, etiquette, dance, history, swordplay, etiquette, dance, history, swordplay, etiquette, dance, history, swordplay, etiquette, dance, history. . . and so the child became a woman. Fifteen years of solitary refinement was at last revealed to the public as Adara joined her would be peers to prove herself worthy of becoming a noble to Paragon and the Perfect. Challenge after challenge was presented and each only served as a stage to validate her bloodline and as the sun set that evening she spoke the oath, binding her to the city-state. Adara had become a diplomat of Paragon and while the other newly appointed nobles reveled that evening, she returned to her estate; now empty save for her mother's ghost. Mere days later she received her first assignment, to approach Grandmother Bright as a first step toward alliance (if the Paragon is to march against Gem, it would be best to have amicable relations with your neighbor to the rear, Grandmother Bright's backing and guidance of such a treaty would give it more gravity). Adara traveled west to Chiaroscuro with her retinue of guards and single handmaiden. Upon arrival she waited patiently for her opportunity to speak with Grandmother Bright presenting a small collection of trinkets recovered from Dari of the Mists. In exchange for her political assistance Grandmother Bright requested a boon from the fifteen year old noble; first she would need to record a dreamstone of herself making love to a local noble and then have the stone smuggled into his private chambers, then upon returning Adara would give her a book. The request shocked and offended the young maiden's sensibilities but she softly accepted. The obstacles were not insurmountable but she hadn't any exposure to the arts of pleasure, and new little of the desires of men aside from the calculated and cold training in persuasion and diplomacy. To this end she had a servant buy for her a number of lewd dreamstones, one of which she planned to eventually plant her own fantasy. Meanwhile she began making the local social rounds before finally receiving an invitation to an upcoming gala after meeting him on several occasions. By night she submitted herself to the dreamstones, her innocent and pure mind being necessarily tarnished, until she found herself dreaming in perversity. It all offended her a great deal, clashing with Adara's chastity and nobility, but a part of her deep down secretly hungered for the illicit experiences; one evening the pleasures of the dream even physically manifesting much to her own embarrassment. She recorded this dream into a stone, her desire to succeed overriding her own sense of decency and chastity. Though it is one of her deepest held secrets, she savored that dream more than a couple of times before resolving to deliver it as intended. The gala itself was fairly typical, Adara herself spending much of her time making social rounds and trying desperately not to express shock at the occasional over-indulgences which she resolutely refused to partake in. It wasn't until hours later and the gala was in full swing that she had largely unobstructed access to the depths of the palace. Here she wandered the halls, trying to block out the sounds of those partaking of each other behind closed doors. Her heart raced, what if her host was like-wise engaged in his chambers? Would she be expected to participate? Adara blushed at the thought, but prayed silently that wouldn't be the case as she gently pushed open the door to his chambers and closed them behind her. Empty; Adara sighed in relief as she moved to his bedside table to drop the stone in it's drawer, but found herself hesitant. Finally, she focused on the agreement with Grandmother Bright and dropped the stone into the drawer then closed it with a wooden snap. Her heart racing, hands still on the bedside table she felt something warm rise up and burn from her core to her skin within a instant. Light burst forth and visions of ages past flooded her mind while raw essence poured into her body and soul. Adara looked up into a mirror to see the icon burning brightly on her brow while an anima encircled her for the first time, lighting the room. She stumbled back and fell onto the floor in shock and surprise as commanding words rang in her mind commanding her to unite the south under a single banner. Taking a moment to let the moment sink in and the wake of essence subside, Adara picked herself up off the floor and left the gala without a further word seeking the more familiar solace of her solitude. The next morning she returned to Grandmother Bright, still flustered and a bit shocked. Seeing the radiant young woman Grandmother Bright smiled, having known the experience might trigger an exaltation. Adara confirmed the placement of the dreamstone, withholding the fact of her exaltation; at least until Grandmother Bright pointedly brought up the issue before reminding Adara that she still had to deliver a book. Stunned, Adara flounders a moment, having completely forgotten to bring one. After a few moments of hectic apologies Grandmother Bright calms the young woman and bids her to focus on recalling a cache egg she sees attached to Adara's essence. With several attempts and some coaching the egg finally materialized into her hand, holding within it a few trinkets, a beautifully crafted blade, a journal, and a book on sorcery. Thankful Adara handed the book of sorcery to the goddess, who agreed to aid in negotiations between Paragon and Chiaroscuro. It wasn't until later that afternoon while taking inventory of her small cache of treasure that she even realized that the Paragon's sigil had left her hand. She considered this for a moment and realized that she was anathema to the realm, an enemy to the Paragon's greatest ally. If she were to stay it would put the Perfect and Paragon itself in danger. The thought of leaving her home behind tore into her heart, but until the realm had withdrawn she would have to decline the oath. Besides, now she had a new lord to serve, the Unconquered Sun himself. Since that day Adara has spent the past two years uniting small groups of the south into one banner; hers. Even many of the People of the Dune have come under her influence and there are now mixed communities that operate at all hours with the resident formerly of the dunes coming out in the evenings.
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