Black Princess

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Known in varied texts as "First Consort", "Raesene's Lady" or "the Gorgon's Queen", the Black Princess is one of the least encountered yet most fabled of the awnsheghlien. The first wife of the Black Prince, Raesene Andu, this raven-haired beauty was called Tara and she was the sole daughter of a highly placed noble family of Anuire. She was present in her pavilion near the battle of Deismaar and was thought buried under tons of rock in the final explosions that rocked the mountain.
Legends say that she survived the fall of Azrai and the rise of her husband, though no historical accounts tell of her rise from the rubble of Mount Deismaar. Believers of the legends say she has grown to loathe the creature her husband has become, and she bides her time in marshalling her power and learning magic to destroy him. Few speak of how she changed over the years, though one legendary account describes her as an exquisite female whose flesh appears made of solid onyx, her hair and eyes flashing blue and white with lightning. If she still lives, she will be one of the main agents to rally against the Gorgon to bring about his downfall.
A woman matching her description and claiming her name slew two assassins as they made an attempt on the life of Savane, the human consort of Fhileraene, Prince of Tuarhievel. Savane's rescuer has since been engaged as her bodyguard and they spend more and more time together, though some fear that this woman claiming to be Tara is simply one of the Gorgon's many plots to bring about the destruction of Tuarhievel.