Dubhaine Family/Moira

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 <a href="Dubhaine Family/Brigdha">Brigdha</a> is mixed with the athleticism of her sister <a href="Dubhaine Family/Aoifa">Aoifa</a> and in that marriage lies an ambition that knows only the bounds of honour. A true <a href="Dubhaine Family">Dubhaine</a>.

Stats

The following scores are based on anecdotal evidence.

Honour	Prestige	Swordfighting	Adventuring	Wealth
25	12	66 (74)	72 (70)	28g 2s

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. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Democracy">Democracy</a> 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 <a href="Cagilan Empire">the glorious Cagilan Empire</a> as the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Republic">Republic</a> 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

1007	December	Noble of <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Fontan">Fontan</a>
1008	January	<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Knight">Knight</a> of <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Krimml">Krimml</a>
		<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Knight">Knight</a> of <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Negev">Negev</a>
	April	<a href="Lord">Countess</a> of <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Oporto">Oporto</a>
	August	Supreme Justice of Fontan
1009	February	Supreme Justice Fontan
	May	<a href="Lord">Marchioness</a> of <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Negev">Negev</a>
1011	January	Freewoman of <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Caerwyn">Caerwyn</a>

Household

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.

Commands

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

Battles

A record of battles Moira Dubhaine has participated in.

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
1008		<a href="/Battles/2008/February">February</a>	<a href="/Battles/2008/March">March</a>	<a href="/Battles/2008/April">April</a>	<a href="/Battles/2008/May">May</a>	<a href="/Battles/2008/June">June</a>	<a href="/Battles/2008/July">July</a>		<a href="/Battles/2008/September">September</a>	<a href="/Battles/2008/October">October 1008</a>
1009
1010
1011

Quests

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

• <a href="/Quests/2011/January">January 1011</a>
• <a href="/Quests/2011/September">September 1011</a>
• <a href="/Quests/2011/October">October 1011</a>

Personal Journal

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Fontan">Fontan</a>, <a _fcknotitle="true" href="East Continent">East Continent</a>

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

<a href="/Roleplays/2008/January">January 1008, The Oberndorf Campaign</a>

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

<a href="/Roleplays/2008/February">February 1008, The Akesh Temple Campaign & The Raid on Ashforth</a>

Following her distinguished actions in the Oberndorf Campaign, Moira was assigned to the Democratic Guards for the final assault on <a href="East Continent/Akesh Temple">Akesh Temple</a>. 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.

<a href="/Roleplays/2008/March">March 1008, Reformation of the Council of Defence</a>

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.

<a href="/Roleplays/2008/April">April 1008, Countess of Oporto</a>

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.

<a href="/Roleplays/2008/May">May 1008, The Strange Case of Sir Louis de la Fere</a>

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.

<a href="/Roleplays/2008/June">June 1008, A House Divided</a>

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

<a href="/Roleplays/2008/July">July 1008, Last Stand of The Guard</a>

Perdanese raiders cut a swathe of destruction through Fontan's southern provinces. Heavily outnumbered the <a href="Dubhaine Family/Imperial Cagilan Guard">Imperial Cagilan Guard</a> fought to the last man defending the courthouse.

<a href="/Roleplays/2008/August">August 1008, Judge Not</a>

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.

<a href="/Roleplays/2009/January">January 1009, The Doom of Elfland</a>

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.

<a href="/Roleplays/2009/April">April 1009, A Traitor's Birthday, A Hero's Fall</a>

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.

<a href="/Roleplays/2009/May">May 1009, Warrant of Execution</a>

The death of Lord Jon Paul.

<a href="/Roleplays/2009/June">June 1009, The Revenant Abroad</a>

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

<a href="/Roleplays/2009/July">July 1009, The Raid on Sirion</a>

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

The Noble Adventurer

Questing

Location of Sages and Wizards

Name	Type	Location	Time	Item	Components
Jahoren	Wizard	<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Elets">Elets</a>	04.09.11 am	Scroll of Healing Scroll of Decay	2 x 100 Year Old Bark 2 x Crystal Globe
Zuhiko	Sage	<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Mech Alb">Mech Alb</a>	16.09.11 pm	repair <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Guard of Righteousness">Guard of Righteousness</a>	Crystal Fragments
				upgrade <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Guard of Righteousness">Guard of Righteousness</a>	Small Diamond Book of Daimon Banishing
Jahoren	Wizard	<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Knyazes">Knyazes</a>	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	<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Uppervia">Uppervia</a>	22.09.11 pm	repair <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Guard of Righteousness">Guard of Righteousness</a>	Small Diamond
				upgrade <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Guard of Righteousness">Guard of Righteousness</a>	4 gold, 4 silver Dragon's Tooth Coloured Feather Monster Skull

Unique Items

Item	Type	Owner	Acquired	Yielded	Reward
<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Elemental Scythe of Bloodletting">Elemental Scythe of Bloodletting</a>	Weapon	<a href="Ironheart Family">Earl Noah Ironheart</a>	04.02.1011	26.07.1011 to Corin O'Neil	30 gold
<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Dazzling Ring of Beauty">Dazzling Ring of Beauty</a>	Ring	<a href="Dubhaine_Family/Moira" class="selflink">Moira</a>	15.03.1011	18.04.1011 to Amandil of Umbar	15 gold
<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Guard of Righteousness">Guard of Righteousness</a>	Shield	<a href="Of Burgundy Family">Viscount Brackern of Burgundy</a>	15.04.1011
<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Compendium of Time">Compendium of Time</a>	Book	<a href="Dragoria Family">Marchioness Daenah Dragoria</a>	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	<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Dazzling Ring of Beauty">Dazzling Ring of Beauty</a>
Daenah Dragoria, Marchioness of Farrowfield	05.10.1011	<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Compendium of Time">Compendium of Time</a>

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 <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Caerwyn">Caerwyn</a>. Is she the former Supreme Justice?

<a href="/Roleplays/2011/January">January 1011, Memories of the Past</a>

Having settled herself in the free city of Via, Moira hunts evil in the wild places and faces it with fortitude. But how can she forget all that was lost when she surrendered her noble status to save the realm she loved?

<a href="/Roleplays/2011/June">June 1011, The Darker Path</a>

Following the arrival of a mysterious sheet of blank paper Moira heads south from <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Caerwyn">Caerwyn</a> to the <a href="Zuma">Zuma Coalition</a>.

<a href="/Roleplays/2011/July">July 1011, In The Belly of The Beast</a>

Moira seeks a new owner for the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Elemental Scythe of Bloodletting">Elemental Scythe of Bloodletting</a>.

<a href="/Roleplays/2011/September">September 1011, Justice Stalks The Night</a>

As Caerwyn dissolves into anarchy, bandits make the mistake of robbing Moira of her hard-earned gold.

The Dubhaine Clan