Lady Elizabeth

Lady Elizabeth is a 45-year-old human noblewoman and commander of the elite Roundshiers. She is assumed to be chosen heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Dumat.

History
Little is known about the childhood of Lady Elizabeth, mostly because she was the unimportant daughter of a minor nobleman from Hoenschwangau. How Werner, prince of the Kingdom of Dumat, became enamoured with her is also a mystery. Their relationship lasted for years, and it was only a precious few months after their engagement that Prince Wener died unexpectedly.

After her fiance's death, Lady Elizabeth buried herself in her work commanding the elite Roundshiers. She has rarely made public appearances since, and it is said her demeanor changed completely.

Characteristics
Lady Elizabeth has made it her life's work to clean up the corrupt Kingdom of Dumat. With perpetual rings under her eyes, she is always dressed professionally in a Dumat officer's uniform, and always busy. Under her reforms, the Roundshiers have shrunk in number to less than half their former size, but their efficiency and morale has skyrocketed.

She is one of the most powerful women in the Core Empires, and her wrath is rightly feared by the gangs, corrupt nobility, and businessmen she actively targets for prosecution, exile, and execution.

The relationship with her would-be father-in-law, King Dumat Viermo, is politically complicated. She never actually married his son, Prince Werner, but nevertheless is considered to be the next in line to the throne.

Post-Coalition War
Lady Elizabeth has had the hard task of sewing her war-torn country back together. After the Coalition war, civil war instantly took its place after the death of King Viermo. As the Dumat nobles battled each other, Elizabeth slowly and methodically gathered her own forces and began collecting supporters under her banner as Queen Elizabeth.

As the only seemingly capable leader, the errant lords slowly came to heel and now Elizabeth has, mostly through brute force, made over half the country whole once again. Conditions are still deplorable across the country, and the war with the Free State of the Many is still ongoing, but things are slowly improving.

She's been so consumed with her work that she is still unmarried and heirless at the age of 50 and, at this point, will likely select her most capable advisor or general to take her place should she fall.

Rumors

 * Assassination attempts on Lady Elizabeth are almost a daily occurance. The running gag in Dumat is that literally everyone in the Kingdom has a good reason to want her dead, as without her, the throne will be up for grabs.
 * Rumors about her relationship and romance with Prince Werner vary wildly. Some say she seduced him and murdered him. Others that Werner chose her for her beauty. The more oddbal theories have to do with a pie-eating contest and 37 hardboiled eggs.
 * Some speak of a tawdry affair between Lady Elizabeth and Primarch Zadar, with versions of the story taking place before, during, and after her engagement. Others say it's nonsense; the Primarch agreed to officiate the wedding.
 * Elizabeth's reforms have angered many of the nobility- they don't like their kin being denied slots in the elite Roundshiers, or worse, accused of corruption.