Dubhaine Family/Moira

Iraen	Once Moira's squire, Iraen is now her chatelaine and closest confidante.
Caradoc	Moira's squire.
Yfain	A giant of a man with an oft-times murky past, Yfain is a reaver's reaver: happiest when the ale flows freely and there's mischief to be done. He and his four freebooters joined the Imperial Cagilan Guard on January 2nd 1008 having previously been employed as guards by a smuggler in Isadril. He has since survived massacre and mayhem.
Helion	A severe man in late middle-age, Helion is Moira's personal physician and an acknowledged expert on mental disorders and the infamous Red Shade toxin.
Neris	Helion's assistant. A woman in her late thirties with an extensive knowledge of herblore.
Rollo (Rollo the Young)	Yfain's youngest companion, boasting a deep scar across his forehead from their last adventure. Rollo is the company's chief scout.

Etymology

Properly translated from the original classical tongue, the name Moira means "share" or "fate". Hence Moira's full name means "the fated amongst the women of dark countenance", a not unfitting name for a woman who for many years lived her life in the storm of controversy and now battles alone against the forces of darkness.

Background

The third of three half-sisters, Moira is dark of both hair and complexion with prominent features and a sinewy frame. Her beauty is that of the winter storm, harsh and irresistable. Some girls are destined to be great warriors or powerful matriarchs, Moira aspires to both - the bookishness of her sister Brigdha is mixed with the athleticism of her sister Aoifa and in that marriage lies an ambition that knows only the bounds of honour. A true Dubhaine.

Stats

The following scores are based on anecdotal evidence.

Personality

Moira is driven by a deep conviction that power should derive from the consent of the nobility, as represented by the knights of the realm. Democracy is close to her heart, although she would find the concept of letting peasants have a voice in the affairs of state incomprehensible: only the knights have both the education to understand the interests of the realm, and the commitment to serve it selflessly. Unfortunately her ideas run foul of the usual practice of feudal patronage, and she finds it difficult to see appointees who fail to undergo election as anything other than oligarchic impositions on the body politic. This is an area where cooler heads would keep their opinions to themselves, but Moira has a temper and is prone to righteous indignation when her views are discounted out of hand: therein lies part of the reason for her self-imposed exile from the glorious Cagilan Empire as the Republic as a system of government can be oppressive to a young noble starting out on her career.

Whilst her temper is tempestuous it is rarely seen in full flow and to most eyes she is by turns charming, gracious and downright riotous. The men and women under her command are all hand picked for their courage and skill, and she shares a camaraderie with them that defies all social conventions: she accepts and encourages familiarity from those who would willingly lay down their lives in her service and reckons it no diminishment of her honour to listen to their opinions. However on the battlefield she presents a grim, humourless demeanour and exercises iron discipline over her company.

Honour is a significant factor in her thinking and she will not turn her hand against those incapable of harming her. This is an ancient notion of chivalry and is partly mixed up with her private spiritual beliefs, of which she is very reticent to talk. As such she does not engage in looting or the lynching of defenceless peasants. The men and women under her command would probably do these things without a second thought as many of those who follow her banner have experienced the joys of freebooting: perhaps if a situation triggered other, deeper emotions she would let them have their head but you can be sure her conscience would plague her afterwards. There is always a price to be paid for unleashing the shadow.

Titles

Household

Commands

Imperial Cagilan Guard	Infantry	A company of elite heavy infantry composed exclusively of Cagilan ex-patriots
Oporto Irregulars	Mixed Infantry	Brave woodsmen from Oporto
Moira's Sharpshooters	Special Forces	There's mixed infantry, and then there's the Sharpshooters
Moira's Rangers	Special Forces	Commando raiders

Battles

A record of battles Moira Dubhaine has participated in.

	February	March	April	May	June	July	September	October
1008	February	March	April	May	June	July	September	October 1008
1009
1010
1011

Quests

A record of Moira's more significant encounters with the enemies of humanity.

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
1011	January								September	October		December

Personal Journal

Fontan, East Continent

Moira started her career in Krimml, accompanied by a small bodyguard. She distilled her small retinue of retainers down to the barest minimum: the five men who originally formed The Imperial Cagilan Guard. Her decision to give her allegiance to Fontan in its war with Sirion, Old Rancagua, Light of Fountain and The Obsidian Isles was based on their much-vaunted democracy and the injustice of a nation standing against so many others.

January 1008, The Oberndorf Campaign

Prior to commencement of the campaign, Moira swore allegiance to Marchioness Abigail Captain of Negev. At the same time she became embroiled in political controversy over appointment of the new lords of Montijo and Oberndorf, standing by the principle of accountable democratic institution of those posts in the face of broad public condemnation.

February 1008, The Akesh Temple Campaign & The Raid on Ashforth

Following her distinguished actions in the Oberndorf Campaign, Moira was assigned to the Democratic Guards for the final assault on Akesh Temple. The city fell early in the month, but the Light of Fontan government continued to put up stiff resistance for several days following the main battle and Moira was one of the judges presiding over the treason trials which followed.

Towards the end of the month she was inducted into the Lions and withdrew to Krimml to recruit a force worthy of the name, preparatory to the lightning feint through the Sirion marches that ended with the successful raid on Ashforth in Old Rancagua.

March 1008, Reformation of the Council of Defence

Low-intensity warfare and conquest in the Old Rancaguan Duchy of Kazakh, marred by political turmoil and an irreparable breach with Lord Sulliven over the reformation of the Council of Defence. Faced with an ultimatum and unable to ignore her responsibilities as a member of the Fontan Assembly, Moira resigns from the Lions and is reassigned to the Order of Thunder where she joins in the second wave of the assault on Avamar and the resecuring of the captured northern territories.

April 1008, Countess of Oporto

To celebrate the conclusion of their southern wars the Perdanese held a tournament in Partora where Moira settled old differences with Duke Aeneas of Kazakh.

May 1008, The Strange Case of Sir Louis de la Fere

The Red Shade Incident rears its ugly head once more. At the end of the month the Civil War erupts amidst the treachery of Dukes Gregor and Alexi, but Moira's journal is silent on the matter.

June 1008, A House Divided

Fontan is in the depths of the worst conflict it has ever seen.

July 1008, Last Stand of The Guard

Perdanese raiders cut a swathe of destruction through Fontan's southern provinces. Heavily outnumbered the Imperial Cagilan Guard fought to the last man defending the courthouse.

August 1008, Judge Not

Elected as Supreme Justice of Fontan, Moira faces controversy over her hard-line approach to law enforcement even as she is busily working on new legislative reforms.

December 1008, The End of the Southern War

Months of desperate warfare with the Southern Alliance have left Fontan close to disintegration and Caligan sympathisers mount a coup in Oporto. Following its recapture by Levente Koga the nobility of Fontan elect a new Count to hold the territory and Moira turns her attention to other duties.

January 1009, The Doom of Elfland

Following the loss of her title as Countess of Oporto, Moira prepares once more for war with the aid of an old friend and a new company.

February 1009, The Servant of Justice

Once more elected Supreme Justice of Fontan.

April 1009, A Traitor's Birthday, A Hero's Fall

Moira attends a tournament celebrating the 75th birthday of Lord Gregor Relak. Little does she realise that by the end of the month Fontan will suffer yet another terrible blow with the deaths in obscure circumstances of Sulliven Koga and many of his close associates.

May 1009, Warrant of Execution

The death of Lord Jon Paul.

June 1009, The Revenant Abroad

Though slain for his evil deeds, Lord Jon Paul once more casts a long shadow across Fontan.

July 1009, The Raid on Sirion

Moira's Rangers return to Ashforth after a fortnight fighting their way into and out of Sirion.

Speeches

Regarding the Jens Trial

Inauguration Address following election as Supreme Justice

The Noble Adventurer

Questing

Location of Sages and Wizards

Name	Type	Location	Time	Item	Components
Jahoren	Wizard	Elets	04.09.11 am	Scroll of Healing Scroll of Decay	2 x 100 Year Old Bark 2 x Crystal Globe
Zuhiko	Sage	Mech Alb	16.09.11 pm	repair Guard of Righteousness	Crystal Fragments
				upgrade Guard of Righteousness	Small Diamond Book of Daimon Banishing
Jahoren	Wizard	Knyazes	16.09.11 pm	Scroll of Decay	Cane of the Blackest Wood 2 x Giant Serpent Eyes 2 x Old Rings 2 x Stones of Jade
Kalas	Sage	Uppervia	22.09.11 pm	repair Guard of Righteousness	Small Diamond
				upgrade Guard of Righteousness	4 gold, 4 silver Dragon's Tooth Coloured Feather Monster Skull

Unique Items

Item	Type	Owner	Acquired	Yielded	Reward
Elemental Scythe of Bloodletting	Weapon	Earl Noah Ironheart	04.02.1011	26.07.1011 to Corin O'Neil	30 gold
Dazzling Ring of Beauty	Ring	Moira	15.03.1011	18.04.1011 to Amandil of Umbar	15 gold
Guard of Righteousness	Shield	Viscount Brackern of Burgundy	15.04.1011
Compendium of Time	Book	Marchioness Daenah Dragoria	29.09.1011	05.10.1011	15 gold

Recommendations

Noble	Date	Item
Sir Amandil of Umbar, Tyrant of Itaulond, Duke of Itau	18.04.1011	Dazzling Ring of Beauty
Daenah Dragoria, Marchioness of Farrowfield	05.10.1011	Compendium of Time

Personal Journal

December 1010, The Shadows of Dwilight

A woman bearing a striking resemblance to Moira Dubhaine has been seen in the wild lands of Caerwyn. Is she the former Supreme Justice?