O'Ways/Deirdre

Cagilan Empire, Atamara

Dame of Alatol, charged with authority in County Alatol. Warrior of Sigrid. Member of 'Les Femmes Collusoires'.

She is one of Megistos' nieces, who he as adopted as his own daughter. Raised in a pharmacy by a healer named Gilles, she is skilled in both the arts of war and the art of healing. She was found there by Cullen as he was recruiting a healer in the region, and was brought to Alatol to be a part of the O'Ways family.

Flashy, long red hair and emerald green eyes, freckles all over her body depending on the season and perfectly shaped, she is a breathtaking young woman. Her more timid nature changed abruptly after the Second Battle Of Dontow, where several units where slaughtered by attacking Carelians, a day after they suffered a crushing defeat. Several units were ordered to keep the grounds, in order to allow the main battle force time to regroup. The futility of the fight and the fact that she saw nearly every unit slaughtered to the man changed the way in which she percieved war.

After a short while of battle-weariness she decided to strike back at the Carelians, right when CE signed it's peace- agreement with them. She moved to Tara for a short time, to carry on the fight from there but after a few days they also decided on peace. By that time she had become convinced of her dedication to the warrior's code, therefore she moved to Darka and became an avid follower of Sigrid, Darkan Godess of War and Death. She also joined the "Les Femmes Collusoires"-Guild. After a time of indecision and frustration with the foreign contract for Eston and the way that war was run, she took a few days off in Azzal in the company of another Darkan noble, who remains anonymous to this day. After this, she was with child and chose not to raise it in a violent place as Darka, where death and gold are the most important of virtues, but rather went back to her family to beg them to accept her back. Megistos of course whole-heartedly welcomed her and asked her to stay in the County with him. After she gave birth to a lovely girl that Megistos named 'Muadhnait', she rejoined the Cagilan Empire's military effort in the south. If anyone wishes to understand how she thinks, they need only know this: She lives by Honour. No higher ambitions or secret agenda, just honour.

A fiery, passionate young woman, which is accentuated by her appearance, she charges into anything and anyone, often against better judgement. Somewhat rejected by her family because of her leaving the Empire and setting up an estate in the northern region of Bisquez, she was still very fond of her brother Cullen, who tirelessly pleaded with the family and Deirdre to make ammends. Even now she has returned and lives at the family's estate, she feels out of place in most situations that don't involve doing battle or preparing for one, therefore secretly still wishes to return to Darka. The superficial lives most people live can truly infuriate her and she is known to have killed a commoner because he was, as she called it 'being tied down by life'. Even though she is a trained healer, she is not the scolarly type, she learned out of nescessity. Her favorite passtimes are training her men (she claims she loves to make them sweat) and playing with men in general.

Her love for battle and honour has lead her to join the Cagilan effort to one day create a Colony named Coria. She has a very detached relationship with her daughter, taking profit of the tradition that in the O'Ways family, children are raised by all as their own.

Commands

Her first unit was simply called the "Alatol Dragonclaws", a medium-sized infantry unit. She too left this unit as militia in Nida during the Carelian war. She went on to recruit the "4th Alatol Dragonclaws", a mixed infantry unit, 42 strong. After two battles in Garnagi this unit was also left to defend Nida and one month later she left the "5th Alatol Dragonfire", a smaller archers - unit as a militia to defend the then freshly recaptured Duchy Capital of Skalk. She then recruited the "6th Alatol Dragonclaws" and carried on the fight. She took this unit with her to serve Tara, and then on to Darka. She then changed to Cavalry and raised the "'9th Bisquez Dragonriders", who were all killed on contract to Eston. Her next unit, the "10th Bisquez Dragonclaws" was eradicated just as fast, after that she was in command of another Cavalry unit, the "12th Bisquez Dragonriders". This is the unit she took with her to rejoin the Cagilan Empire, leading them to numerous victories in the Redspan War and into the heartland of Abbington, where the unit suffered immense casualties due to their arriving at a battle before the main army. She renamed the unit "12th Alatol Dragonriders", and led them on every possible campaign the Empire undertook. She asked to be assigned to the "Lightning Army", a fast moving attack force. They were defeated at a large battle in Falasan territory. After returning home, she formed a new Cavalry unit, the 18th Alatol Dragonriders, expanded it to a medium-size company and carried on the fight. She has distinguished herself in battle more than once.