Shihong Scholler



Empress Shihong was the Ilwraithe bride of Prince Ornwald, the former ruler of Gervasa. Princess Shihong is a woman of breathtaking beauty, with raven hair, flawless skin, and features so perfect many claimed her mother must have been a jenn. Most of Gervasa's nobles worried of the dangers of placing a trophy wife within reach of the Scarlet Throne, but prior to the death of Prince Ornwald, the princess' interests extended no further than her own comfort.

This changed after the death of the prince at the hands of an assassin. In her first public address, she proclaimed that Gervasa, which had once been the capital of a great empire, would be so again. Shortly thereafter, edicts proclaimed her to be the Scarlet Empress, heralding of a new age of power and prestige for Gervasa and its people.

(In the Ilwraithe language, "Shihong" means "the world is red".)