Truic Baddrass

Scant two years before the High Final Dawn and the end of the Second Age, Emperor Cerus Amora was ousted from his position. Having never mastered the Nagrech he became increasingly insane, with the aid and whispers of his Chancellor, Madrak. The Nobility united to usurp him and he was sent into exile with all his descendants. Weeks later he was killed, or died fighting for the Empire; opinions are divided.

The next two years saw conflict ripple through the land. Several of the Nobility knew about the importance of the Final Dawn and the need for one to be seated upon the Throne of Glass. Halgar was taken in a coup led by the then Elemental Lord of Air, George, before others managed to break the attempt. Factions vied for power until, almost at the very last moment, Michael Stoneheart was chosen. At the moment of his assumption the Inner City was attacked and savaged by assassins, one of whom, Baron Roxbridge, caused injury to Michael. The exact details are not widely known and already tales diverge but for a year or more Michael remained, little more than a puppet, on the Throne of Glass whilst the Nobility literally spilt their blood on the Nagrech to keep he and it hale and whole.

Michael’s consort, Truic, was the surprise choice to replace him.

A daughter of Cerus Amora she had deliberately married the now late Baron Baddrass scant weeks before her father’s fall. She and her sisters were scorned by Amora for her actions and thus cast out of House Amora; consequently, Truic did not have to accompany her father into exile. As a girl, Truic had adventured in the world and then when her father’s insanity grew too obvious, returned to Halgar. It is almost traitorous now to refer to her deeds then, for it is hardly a secret that Truic rapidly became a politician of power almost as great as she was a ritualist under Earl Natal’s tutelage.

Truic was made Empress. Arguably she was a compromise candidate, being the only one whom the diverse factions would accept as their second choice after themselves. Nonetheless she assumed the Throne and miraculously flourished. Determined not to be her father Truic invested more power in her Senate and Governors and acted only occasionally with commands of her own. Increasingly she was seen less and less as she worked to master the Nagrech.

At the Final Dawn passed (Deeber IM 1004) it is said that Truic finally achieved that aim. Ascending to a higher state and even worshipped in some cities, Keys especially, as a Goddess in her right…