Phayriko Chimara, Last Daughter of Chimara

Overview

Phayriko Chimara (CA 4) is a female Feyyangi-Vulalopen and Citrine Agent of the Champions of Haven. Born in 2,982 YM in the Imperial Province of Captimia, she is the last surviving member of the once-proud Chimara Royal Family and the final living ember of what once ruled over the former provincial Kingdom of Chimara bearing their title.

Despite her noble lineage, Phayriko Chimara has never ruled a day in her life, having been born more than a decade after the fall of her homeland. Rather than inheriting a throne long since reduced to ruin, she has instead carved her own path upon the face of the world.

As a Citrine Agent of the Champions of Haven, she has devoted herself not to a lost kingdom, but to the protection of the world itself, ensuring that no other land suffers the same fate as Chimara.

Fall of Chimara

Once a thriving and noble lineage, the Chimaran family stood as their nation's preeminent beacon of culture and influence, the Chimara name tracing their ancestry back to the earliest dynasties of the Known World. However, their fate was sealed during the final days of the Alls-Rule War; a cataclysmic conflict that engulfed the entirety of mortal civilization. The war, fought between the titanic forces of the Westland Empire and the Eastern Union, saw once-great nations fall, and none within the Empire suffered more than Chimara.

The province, which stood on the Eastward side of the Bariquel continent, had its lands constantly ravaged and pillaged by the Rahmielic forces attempting to break into the Imperial heartland of Captimia. Once a proud province of the empire, its strategic location made it a prime battleground for both sides, and in the war’s final days, the Eastern Union launched an all-out invasion, laying waste to Chimara’s lands. The Royal Keep of Yinlao, the heart of its ruling power, was razed to the ground, and with it, the ruling house was brought to ruin.

Chimaran Purge

In 2,970 YM, the Chimaran Purge, as it became known, began as an orchestrated effort by the Eastern Union to ensure no royal Chimaran remnants would survive to reclaim power. The province's nobility was rounded up and subsequently slaughtered, Chimaran cities were left in ruins, and the survivors of the massacre were enslaved or driven into exile. The province itself was reduced to a lawless wasteland, ruled by warbands, remnants of the old armies, and mercenaries seeking profit from its fall.

Yet, against all odds, one ember of the Chimaran royal line endured. Phasarika Chimara, then reigning Queen of Chimara at the time of the province’s fall, managed to escape the carnage, fleeing westward across the Provincial Border into Captimia, the capital province of the Westland Empire.

Seeking asylum, she found reluctant refuge within the Divisional County of Lakenshire, where she was granted protection as a ward of Captimia. Though the Westland Empire sympathized with her plight, it was still recovering from its own devastating losses in the Alls-Rule War and could do little to aid the restoration of Chimara. Thus, the once-proud Queen of Chimara spent the next twelve years in exile, her homeland left to fester as a war-torn ruin.

Birth of Phayriko

Tragedy, however, struck once more. In 2,982 YM, Phasarika Chimara gave birth to her only surviving child and heir, Phayriko Chimara; the last heir to a kingdom long since reduced to ruin. But the toll of exile, hardship, and grief had taken its toll. Phasarika, having clung to life for twelve years solely to preserve the Chimaran name, succumbed shortly after childbirth, her strength finally failing her.

With her passing; Phayriko was left utterly alone; a newborn princess in a world that had no throne for her to inherit, no kingdom to return to, and no place for the once-great Chimaran lineage.

Phayriko was subsequently branded as a princess without a throne, the heir to a lost kingdom that existed now only in whispers and fading memories. Raised among the Lakenshire aristocracy, she was granted the finest education and training that the empire could offer, Empress Limethea Silverglow herself took a personal interest in the young heir, often visiting her throughout her upbringing. Though the Empress’s reasons were her own, it was her ultimate wish to see Phayriko one day reclaim control over Chimara, once the Westland Empire was in a position to restore the long-ruined province.

Heroic Ventures

Despite the hardships of her past, Phayriko Chimara grew into a fine young woman, one of whom prided herself on her immense and remarkable optimism. She found appreciation in the world around her and rather than dwelling on the shadows of her lost homeland, she chose to focus on the possibilities of the future, shaping her own path in this great wide world with unwavering resolve.

Phayriko Chimara had long felt the weight of expectation pressing upon her. Groomed as the successor to Chimara’s lost throne, she was raised to believe that it was her inherent destiny to reclaim her homeland and restore its former glory. Yet, as the years passed, she came to see this fate as a burden rather than an honor. The Westland Empire had no real means of restoring Chimara, and her title was little more than a symbol of a kingdom that no longer existed. She grew restless, longing to see the world beyond the aristocratic circles of Lakenshire and to define her future on her own terms.

In 3,000 YM, at the age of eighteen, Phayriko secretly left Lakenshire, abandoning her sheltered life in search of something greater. Her first destination — guided by false aspirations of reclaiming her name — was her ruined homeland of Chimara, a place she had only ever heard about in retrospect. Sneaking past Imperial patrols, she crossed the border and entered the remains of her homeland. What she found was devastation, and while she had known of Chimara's end, her wildest imaginings could have never envisioned devastation such as this. Once-great cities lay in ruin, their walls crumbling, their streets silent. What had been spoken of with reverence in Lakenshire was, in reality, nothing more than a wasteland of lawlessness and despair.

Her time in Chimara was brief. Not long after her arrival, she was discovered by a group of rogue Chimaran militants; remnants of soldiers and revolutionaries who had refused to abandon their homeland. Some saw her as a lost princess, while others viewed her as nothing more than a relic of a failed past. They took her captive, uncertain of what to do with the last heir of their fallen kingdom.

Before her captors could decide her fate, Phayriko was unexpectedly rescued by Andromeda Ravenborne, a rogue warrior who had recently arrived on Bariquel after a failed assassination attempt on Deimos Mordarow of Tealrith. Learning of Phayriko’s capture, Andromeda launched an attack on the militants, cutting them down and freeing her. With no other options, Phayriko fled Chimara with Andromeda, escaping westward to Captimia.

The two quickly became close friends, and the two in their ventures became known as heroes, traveling across western Captimia and gaining a reputation as wandering heroes. Where Phayriko had once been raised in luxury, she now saw firsthand the struggles of the world outside nobility. Through these experiences, she found her own path, one that was not bound to a throne or a kingdom.

Andromeda would go on to become one of the founding members of the Champions of Haven, an order dedicated to protecting the world from greater dangers. Phayriko, having found purpose beyond the title of princess, was one of the first to join, no longer the lost heir of Chimara, but a warrior in her own right.

Appearance

Phayriko Chimara possesses a striking and elegant appearance, an embodiment of both her royal lineage and her Feyyangi heritage. Her fur is a pristine shade of silken white, immaculately groomed and possessing a soft, almost ethereal glow when illuminated by light. This ivory coat is subtly tinged with delicate hues of rosy gold along the edges of her ears and tail, giving her an almost celestial radiance.

Her eyes are a mesmerizing shade of deep burnt amber-orange. They are large, expressive, and sharply defined, framed by dark lashes that enhance her already piercing gaze. These amber-golden irises shift between warm and cool tones depending on the light, a trait common among Vulalopen, further emphasizing her regal presence.

Phayriko’s delicate facial features reflect the noble heritage of the Chimara line; her muzzle is finely tapered with an elegant curve that enhances the natural poise of her expressions. Her ears, large and sharply pointed, stand alert, their inner fur a subtle pink hue, contrasting with the pale ivory of her coat. She often decorates her ears with ornamental accessories, favoring golden filigree and intricate floral hairpins, both acting as tributes to the Chimaran aesthetic traditions that were lost in the demise of her homeland.