Kaiseress Noor

Kaiseress Noor

Full Name: Noor as Salaam bint Daniyal Umra Suleiman Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu

Alias Lady Noor

Physical Description

Gender: Female

Species: Human

Race: Babkhi

Hair Color and Style: Long brown-to-black hair

Eye Color: Green

Skin Color: White

Biographical Information

Father: Daniel Simrani-Kalirion

Mother: Fatima al-Osman

Date of Birth: 1604

Place of Birth: Ardashirshahr

Date of Death:

Place of Death:

Current Residence(s): Palace of Krull, Palace of One Thousand Columns, Palace at Goldshire Hamlet

Nationality at Birth: Elwynnese & Natopian

Current Allegiance(s): Line of Ayreon-Kalirion

Occupation: Queen

Noor as-Salaam bint Daniyal Umra Suleiman Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu (born 1604 in Ardashirshahr) is the present Queen of Goldshire and Leng, Emira of Sathrati, and, through her marriage to King Noah, the current Queen consort of Uppland and Elwynn.

Biography

Born in 1604 and given the full name, in Babkhi style, of Noor bint Daniyal Umra Suleiman Simrani-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati, Noor was the only child of the psychiatrist Daniyal Simrani (later Prince) and Lady Fatima al-Osman, the daughter of Kaiser Aurangzeb and second wife of Daniyal. She has two half sisters, Isabella (born 1603) and Miranda (born 1604) through Daniyal's other wife Esmeralda Erinamoor. Her uncle is Tokaray al-Osman.

The father was not present for most days during Noor’s childhood. Her mother Fatima and stepmother Esmeralda lived with Noor and the sisters, but the constant bickering between the Simrani wives caused Noor and her sisters to be brought up by nannies instead. The three sisters had a close relationship throughout the early childhood. Their closeness in age gave a seemingly egalitarian character to the interactions between the three. However, it was always evident that the eldest of them was the most dominant one. Miranda always copied her eldest sister, though Noor often explored her own interests. Noor was particularly interested in Elwynnese mythology.

The family relocated to Eliria in 1607 when Daniyal was named Prince of Elwynn. Noor and her sisters led a secluded and protected life in Krull.

In 1613, the Elwynnese communist revolution was inevitable. Noor's father had been incarcerated in a mental asylum along with his wives. It was Jadocus Badius, then aged 26, the father's catamite, that led the three Simrani sisters in escaping to Natopia. Jadocus's bonded servitude and place in the household instilled loyalty in the young man, which caused him to serve and remain loyal to his master’s daughters. The sisters never regarded Jadocus as a father figure, in fact no more as a family servant, but they did treat him nicely and trusted him to the greatest extent. It was with Jadocus that Noor first confided that she was not heterosexual.

While in Natopia, Noor felt homesick. In an effort to "stay Elwynnese", she began identifying as a Babkhi Elwynnese and mimicked Babkhi mannerisms and habits. She became an active worshipper at the Lindström Zurvanist Temple, which, in line with Natopia's love for Elijah and Elwynn, had adopted the Elwynnist rite (Lady Elwynn as an avatar of Zurvan).

Once the Democratic People's Republic of Elwynn was replaced with the government of Prince Nathaniel in 1618, the Simrani household attempted to return to Elwynn. Jadocus flew to Eliria and asked Prince Nathaniel personally for his permission for the return of the Simrani sisters. Relations between Prince Nathaniel and Prince Daniyal had, since the latter's attempts to kill Nathaniel and then hold a state funeral for him, been somewhat frosty. Nathaniel and Jadocus were alone in a room in the Krull Palace for almost 48 hours before Nathaniel gave in and permitted the return. Nathaniel's only condition was that the Simranis would not engage in anything political.

Imperial House of Ayreon-Kalirion

Kaiser: Ayreon I - Anandja I - Anandja II - Ayreon II - Isa IV - Ayreon III - Hjalmar Redquill - Noor - Ayreon IV Shahanshah: Rashid Arsalani Emperor of the Natopians: Nathaniel Rulers of Elwynn: Richard Lyon - Rai Avon-El - Daniel Elijah - Nathaniel - Daniyal Simrani Jonathan - Hallbjörn Haraldsson - Noah - Vilhjalm Progenitors: Tuuler Kalir and Eskender Arsalani Head: Ayreon IV

Return to Elwynn

Shortly after the return to Elwynn, Nathaniel died. The household decided nonetheless to honour the condition imposed by Nathaniel. The new prince, Jonathan, was as naïve as his predecessor (also uncle), but received the sisters in 1620. Following the establishment of a friendship between the sisters, particularly Noor, and Jonathan, the Simrani estate (which had been appropropriated by the State during the Vigeland era) was restored. The sisters had now more means, and Noor used her share to invest in the post-communist booming Elwynnese market.

Despite her new-found interest for economics and brokering, she decided against studying the topics in university. When she enrolled to the People's Academy Adabistaan campus in Ardashirshahr (in 1621), she decided to study history and philosophy.

At university, Noor fell in love for the first time. Her non-heterosexuality was confirmed in her attraction and love for the Elfinshi student and rights activist Aviel Muur. The two young women had a passionate relationship for the first two years of the degree. However, the relationship ended unexpectedly when Aviel broke it off without citing any reasons. Three days later the stabbed body of Aviel was found in the Blue Elwynn. No perpetrator for Aviel's homicide was found. Despite the grief, shock and the many questions resulting from her girlfriend's death, Noor completed her degree with honours later the same year, just before Roqpin 1624.

Rise to political power

In the late summer of 1624, the Court of the Prince invited Noor to a grand ball to celebrate the one year of Noah's rule in Elwynn. Noor met the Steward Hallbjörn Haraldsson during the function, and the two found each other easy to trust. They met several times during the autumn, and in Qinamu the same year, Hallbjörn appointed Noor to Emira of Alalehzamin and Utasia and to the Council of Eliria.

She took her newfound roles seriously. In Alalehzamin and Utasia, she quickly decreed a census for the population, that later inspired the Elwynnese government to do the same across the Union. She held legislative elections, and the elected assembly became the only democratically elected legislature among the Elwynnese precincts.

However, in the winter of 1625, Noor fell ill with depression that also took the shape of a religious crisis. She had difficulties believing in the divine in the same way as she did before, and decided to travel and explore the world without constraints. She stayed several months in Alexandria at the invitation of Elwynnist scholar André Koeurdélan who was later to become Third Consul. Despite the many discussions on religion and theology, she did not manage to come back to her faith. She left Koeurdélan and travelled more. First around the wilderness of Stormark, then minor stays were made in Craitland, Hamland and Gotzborg. Her last stop was in 1627 in Natopian Elijah’s Rest.

At the very same time, Nathaniel was renanimated (by former Prince Jonathan) in Athlon. The reanimation intrigued Noor. The religious significance for the Bovinists in Elijah's Rest was so evident for her, and she decided to return for the first time since her childhood to Lindström. A few weeks later she met Nathaniel at a function hosted by Emperor Naian, and the two started an intimate friendship.

Imperial and Royal House of Ettlingar Freyu

Kaisers of Shireroth Hjalmar • Hjalmar Redquill • High King of Stormark Harald of Ettlingar Freyu Kings of Batavia Fränzi-Ferdinanda • Frederik Hendrik Rulers of Hurmu Harald • Aoife the Celt Duke of Brookshire Harald Queens of Ravaria Fränzi-Ferdinanda • Æsileif Rulers of Elwynn Harald • Hallbjörn • Noah Empress of the Natopians Asara Sisu Founder: Björka Hnossdóttir Head: Harald

First marriage

Nathaniel and Noor were both heirs to great estates and lands, and neither of them had heirs. They decided that despite their sexual leanings, they would marry one another. Their friendship, trust and respect were the foundations of happy marriage. Nathaniel instructed her in Bovinism, though none of Nathaniel’s endured miracles could sway her to become a true believer again, despite how much she wanted. She conceded, however, to have the marriage solemnized in the Bovic rites in the Church of Eternal Slumber in Elijah's Rest in 1629.

Noor became pregnant shortly after by artificial insemination, and gave birth to four identitical sons on 2 Filadin 1630: Adam, Aldin, Rostam and Arn.

The strong emotions that Noor felt for her children made her desire other strong emotions. Ever since Aviel's death, her emotions had been mellow and low-key. But strong, happy, passionate emotions now became a drug for her. She desired to seek them out.

She had several sexual encounters with women, but felt that they did not give her the passion and happiness she longed for. She began looking at men, and decided that all her Leonid guardsmen would have the bare-chested uniform (which they have in her and her children's household been ever since). For the first time in her life, she felt herself attracted to men. She had sex with several of her guardsmen, and the resulting competition among them for her provided her with both pleasure and power.

Nathaniel and Noor drifted apart, and while Nathaniel called upon her to remain loyal to her family, he never asked her to refrain from sex (on the contrary, he himself had sex often with other men). He simply wanted her time and devotion to the family. Noor, however, was often not there. After several rows, the pair decided to divorce. Noor was tasked with filing a divorce in Elwynn, and a court decree of divorce was issued on 24 Kusporin 1632.

Shortly after, however, Nathaniel died, and Noor inherited the Emirate of Sathrati from him. His other titles were inherited by their eldest son Adam, held in trust by Noor until his majority.

Simrani breakdown

After enjoying her newfound divorcéehood (which she herself termed widowhood) for a while with a slew of successive bedmates, suitors became to approach her for her hand. She was a rich woman, of imperial bloodlines (on both her parents' sides), and politically powerful. As such, many rich people, both men and women, approached her. Among them was King Noah and his sister Princess Fjǫrleif Llængjarla of Amokolia.

At this time, Noah and Fjǫrleif made manoeuvres to sway her. Noor found Fjǫrleif to be the more attractive of Hallbjörn's children, but she was too wild for her. Noah, on the other hand, she found handsome, and a marriage to him would be conducive. She would become Elwynn's queen, and her next child would one day be next ruler of Elwynn. However, he was far too young, and frankly, at the time she did not want him. She wanted a woman or an older man. When the King asked the question in public, Noor hinted that the king ought to ask Isabella instead, as a way to get Noah to go away.

That hint infuriated Isabella. She cut off all communication with Noor. Although they hadn't had much contact with each other since they both attained adulthood, the decision to cut off contact was one that shook Noor. In a letter terminating all correspondence between the two, Isabella wrote about Noah to Noor: I will not be available to marry one of Harald's half-trained house-elves and if you wish to ingratiate yourself with our insufferably smug masters I suggest that you bed the wretched boy yourself.

Noor felt crushed. Her family had disowned her, and Isabella had withheld the death of their father for a period of time in retaliation of Noor’s previous actions.

Ascension in Goldshire

Coat of arms of Noor as Ruler of Goldshire (the coat of arms of Ayreon-Kalirion escutcheoned with the seal of Goldshire)

Ryker Everstone, then Grand Duke of Goldshire, announced in late 1632 that he would pick a successor among volunteers. Noor, lacking direction and motivation in her life, decided to volunteer to become Grand Duchess of Goldshire. She thought that if she gained a position of significant political power in Shireroth, her sister would finally respect her again. However, Duke Ryker decided that among the volunteers, there would have to be duel. Noor did not hesitate. She prepared for a duel, took on martial arts training, practiced swordsmanship, and published a last will and testament, in which she bequeathed a large proportion of her estate, including the title Emira of Sathrati, and the custody of her children, to her sister Isabella, in the event of her death. This decision seemed to thaw the relationship between Isabella and Noor, perhaps because Isabella had calculated that her sister Noor would in any case be dead by the end of the year.

Noor's contender in the duel was Jacobus Loki, the personification of the loss of Elwynnese sovereignty. At that time he reigned as Kaiser as Kaiser Raynor XII. Noor had many grudges against the Kaiser, despite (perhaps also because of) having sworn allegiance to him upon becoming Emira of Sathrati. The grudges, she reckoned, be good fuel in the duel. The Kaiser, however, backed down, saying "no one shall die".

The Grand Duke Ryker then considered Noor to have won the duel by walk-over, and hailed her the new Grand Duchess of Goldshire.

In her position as Grand Duchess of Goldshire, she began immediate legal reforms. She called a constitutional convention to revise the legal structure of the state. While in Goldshire she was struck by how different, confusing and inefficient the civil service of Goldshire was. Instead of beginning the time-consuming process of reforming it, she dissolved it and outsourced most civil-service powers to the ESB-Jörmungandr Group, and policing powers to the Leonid Guard.

Second Marriage

Now, as head of the imperial state of Goldshire, her powers increased. She received envoys from far and wide, and more suitors came to her. Once more came Noah to her and asked for her hand. Noor was in a much stronger political position to agree to a marriage with Noah this time. Such a marriage would be between two equal spouses, both rulers of different states. Noah was now 16, and ruled Elwynn in his own right. He would soon be 17 and Noor found him more attractive. It would be a marriage she could endure, and perhaps, also find herself happy in. She sent a missive to Eliria agreeing to the proposal. Along came negotiators to decide on the contract of marriage.

Artist’s rendition of the betrothal of Noor and Noah

The ceremony took place at Cashma House on Cashma Island in Lake Cashma in the Kingdom of Craitland with Sir Vilhjálm Kormak, who is the Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Temple of the Lakes, at Haraldsborg, as officiant, on 20 Laemill 1633.

The marriage began promisingly and soon enough, in late 1634, Noor was able to quietly confide in her husband, as an aside when discussing otherwise mundane court matters - some petition pertaining to the Royal Parliament - that she was expectant with child. Naturally, although the news was not made widely public, every attention was lavished upon her. For Noor however childbirth was a familiar ordeal, and in order to better face it she retired to the Grand Ducal palace of Goldshire Hamlet (actually a major metropolis in spite of its name) with its breathtaking sea-vistas that she found so relaxing.

Every thought had been given to her comfort, but not enough consideration had been given to her safety. Somehow, something as a blatant as an anonymous parcel addressed to the Grand-Duchess containing, of all things, a cake, managed to pass through the hands of a postal courier, the scullery maid, the butler, housekeeping supervisor, the correspondence officer, two footmen, another butler, the Steward, the Grand-Duchess' Press-Secretary, the correspondence officer again, another footman, a Leonid Guardsman, a pair of guards from the Order of the Golden Spear, finally ending up in the hands of another Leonid Guardsman. Here the parcel was held for an hour while the Ducal and Personal Guards argued over which guards detachment had the right to carry a parcel to the royal chambers. This question of protocol was resolved by amicable fisticuffs and it was the Leonid Guard who carried the box to the Grand-Duchess' private apartment.

After the guard had delivered the package and departed the glimmer of a doubt clouded his mind, and he made his way towards the kitchens to find one of the tasters who had been employed by the Dukes of Goldshire as a custom dating back to the days when you couldn't move for titled Yastreb's who had been poisoned by the over-mighty Avakair Mint. Regrettably, by the time the Guard had found a suitably sober food taster (most customarily branched out into wine sampling, as a precaution) and returned to the royal apartments, Noor had already tasted the delicious desert-berry cake laced with Misoprostol and suffered a miscarriage.

Hardly a day passed and yet in the time it took for King Noah to arrive and take charge of his wife's security and the investigation into the attack on her person, the postal courier, the scullery maid, the two butlers, the housekeeping supervisor, the correspondence officer, the three footmen, the Steward, the Grand-Duchess' Press-Secretary, the pair of Leonid Guardsmen, and both of the guards from the Order of the Golden Spear had all been impaled in the Palace courtyard for failing in their duty to the Queen. Although her strength had not yet recovered, Noor was sufficiently spirited to demand that her husband find her assailants, kill their children in front of their eyes and then cast them into gaol to rot for the rest of their lives. Instead, offered as a compromise, the King promised that justice would be served in accordance with Elwynnese Law.

Subsequently the finest minds of the Mango Rangers, the Leonid Guards, the Avakair Mint, the Union Defence Force, the Order of the Golden Spear, the Suthergold Defender's League and a couple of private detectives provided pro bono by the ESB-Jörmungandr Group, have met and, having examined the crime scene, agreed that the dark blue glass orchid delivered with the cake and engraved with the name of the Dark Orchid Society, is possibly a clue. The assayers of the Avakair Mint however maintain that this is too blatant to be credible and are continuing in their process of testing members of the household for impurities in their own inimitable fashion, suspecting an insider job.

Queen of Goldshire

In the year 1633, Noor, in her capacity as Grand Duchess of Goldshire invited the nobles of Goldshire to a constitutional convention where matters of governance could be discussed. Being still regarded as somewhat foreign among the natives of Goldshire, the constitutional convention was a way for Noor to show that she cared about her new kingdom.

The constitutional convention discussed two items mainly, the matter of the future of the monarchy and whether slavery should remain legal. As the convention carried on, the effective compromise was that slavery would remain legal under strict regulation, and that, in order for Goldshire to appear equal to Elwynn and Lichbrook in the Imperial Republic, Goldshire was to become a monarchy too. In the early days of 1635, the new constitutional framework was implemented, and Noor was hailed Queen of Goldshire.

Fifth child

Another joy struck Noor about this time as she found out that she was once again pregnant. Unfortunately, her gynaecologist, Abdullah al-Zaraqi, had been a Tegong agent of Jingdao (with a total change of personality following), something that Noor did not quite appreciate until she was visiting him at the hospital in Allswell. Al-Zaraqi cut her hospital room off from anyone else. The Alalehzamini government, led by Arandur Thorgils Tarjeisson, understood the seriousness of the situation, and sent troops to the hospital as soon as they could. Noor was shortly after found safe, al-Zaraqi was arrested, and so were agents of al-Zaraqi in the hospital.

Noor’s husband, King Noah, was very keen of keeping Noor safe in Elwynn, where, he thought, she could be protected, but Noor would not listen to him on those matters. She defiantly flew to Goldshire Hamlet after the hospital incident, and then to Natopia, for meetings in Lindström and later in Leng. To her surprise, in Leng, she was elected Queen following the sudden resignation of the incumbent queen, The Timeless Shadow. Thereafter followed more meetings in Lindström.

On her flight back to Goldshire from Lindström, she understood that her water had broken. The plane landed in Teldrin, where with the assistance of Thorgils Tarjeisson, she delivered a son, Vilhjalm, on 19 Qinamu 1635.

Euran war, and Goldshire timeout

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Sixth child

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Civil War in Goldshire

Queen Noor as depicted by Goldshirian artist Raul Benedict, who was subsequently fed to a herd of pigs in the Kingsgate Fighting Pit.

Appearance

Noor is a strikingly beautiful woman, with long dark hair, emerald green eyes, fair skin, and a slender but curvaceous, graceful and regal figure. She also has long fingers and high cheekbones. Noor often dresses richly, favouring silks, velvets and lace in intricate patterns. Her dresses usually glitter with pearls and diamonds, and there usually are rings on her fingers. Whenever Noor is anxious, she will turn them compulsively, round and round. She is also fond of exquisite jewellery.

After Noor had given birth to her quadruplets Princess Fjǫrleif Llængjarla of Amokolia told Noor: "Motherhood becomes you, Lady Noor." The vast majority of people at Court agree with Fjǫrleif that with every pregnancy Noor grows more and more attractive. Noor on the otherhand is known to be rather ambivalent about the whole process of childbirth, the pain, the not inconsiderable indignities and the risks entailed.

Issue

In her marriage with Nathaniel, Noor gave birth to four sons on 2 Filadin 1630, in Ardashirshahr:

• Adam Anushiruwân Hilding
• Zahir al Din Benjamin Rai
• Rostam Job Cashmael (died 1639)
• Arn David Shapur (died 1639)

With Noah, she has given birth to two children, a son and a daughter.

• Vilhjalm Gudrödar Daniel (19 Qinamu 1635, Teldrin)
• Esther Fatima Gudrid (18 Oskaltequ 1638, Saint Harald's Mount)

Titles

Note: only titles held in her own right.

• 1604 to present: Lady of the Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings
• 1624 to present: Emira of Alalehzamin and Utasia
• 1633 to 1635: Grand Duchess of Goldshire
• 1633 to present: Emira of Sathrati, Marchioness of Zy-Rodun, Imperial Princess of Shireroth, Countess of Cape Farewell, Baroness of Running Bull, Imperial Chieftainess of the Longships Isles, Storjarla of Stormark
• 1635 to present: Queen of Goldshire, Queen of Leng
• 1638 to present: Jarla of the Longships Isles
• 1639 to present: Duchess of Istvanistan
• 1640 to present: Countess of Istvan, Lady Mayor of the City of Vladagrad

Queen Noor's full titles (including those as consorts) are currently: Queen of Goldshire, Queen of Elwynn, Queen of Leng, Queen of Uppland, Queen of Amokolia, Princess of Arietta, Storjarla of Stormark, Princess of Mishalan, Princess of the Storish Bilander of Anglethyr, Bondegard, Bosworth, Gascogne, Gascony, Guernsey, High Queen Asa Land, High Queen Hervör Isle, Humlebæk Island, Lady Gudrun Isle, Los Bananos, Lyngelan, Marthunia, Merlaide, the Old Sea Fortress, Østfold, Sicilia, the Suðreyjar, and Thydtwinnster, Imperial Princess of Shireroth (Emira of Sathrati), Imperial Chieftainess and Jarla of the Longships Islands, Emira of Alalehzamin and Utasia, Lady of the Two Sacred Rivers and the Twelve Peoples, Lady Triumphant in All Four Quarters, Duchess of Istvanistan, Duchess of Froyalan, Duchess of Northshire, Duchess of the Lady Esther Isles, Býurgreifynja of Eliria, Lady Mayor of the City of Vladagrad, Jarla and Grand Electress of Jorvik, Jarla of Bernicia, Marchioness of Zy-Rodun, Countess of Cape Farewell, Llængjarla of Elwynn, Lord in Jorvik, Baroness of the Fórntida Kærleikalanden, Baroness of the Elw, Baroness of Opplysta Smørvirket, Baroness of Running Bull, Countess of Old Araxion, Countess of Old Cimmeria, Countess Shishin, Countess of Elsenar, Countess of Storborg, Countess of Istvan, Countess of Ancient Wintergleam, Wardeness of the Flower of the North, Royal Consort of the Blood-Unifier of the Jewel of Many Facets, Lady Imperial on All Continents, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings.

She is also entitled to the following styles:

• Her Majesty (as Queen of Goldshire);
• Her Riverine Majesty (as Queen Consort Mortal of Elwynn);
• Her Viking Majesty (as Queen Consort Mortal of Uppland);
• Her Imperial Highness (as Emira of Sathrati and member of the House of Ayreon-Kalirion);
• Her Imperial and Royal Highness (as Storjarla of Stormark); and
• Her Royal Highness (as member of the Imperial Branch of the House of Ettlingar Freyu in respect of the Storish Bilander).