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WARNING: Spoilers for both The Seven Realms and the Shattered Realms series.

Raisa and Fiona

A fanart piece of Raisa ana'Marianna and Fiona Bayar

Raisa

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Name: Raisa
Full Name: Raisa ana'Marianna
Alias: Briar Rose (clan name)
Rebecca Morley
Brianna Trailwalker
Raisa Cennestre
Rai (by Amon)
Age: 15 (The Demon King)
16 (The Exiled Queen)
17 (The Gray Wolf Throne)
Gender: Female
Race: 1/2 Clan
1/2 Valefolk
Status: Alive
Family:
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Affiliation: Gray Wolf Line, Demonai Camp
Partner: Amon Byrne
Hanson Alister
Micah Bayar
Reid Nightwalker

Raisa ana'Marianna is the 33rd Queen of the Fells and the daughter of Marianna ana'Lissa and Averill Lightfoot Demonai. Like her younger sister Mellony ana'Marianna, and all Gray Wolf Queens Raisa descends from the legendary warrior queen Hanalea ana'Maria. Raisa was always headstrong and fundamentally different from her mother, causing the High Wizard Gavan Bayar to see her as a threat early on.

Physical Description[]

Raisa was described by General Marin Karn as "small and finely made, with tawney honey skin the color of Bruinswallow ale, startling green eyes, and a stubborn chin." She has gold-flecked green eyes (TCC pg 378). She favored her father's side with her dark hair, green eyes and small frame. She has a olive skin and a lush mouth, with dark brows and thick lashes. Her waist is small, but she has a wiry toughness. She is quite short. She waves her hands around when she talks, and her nose pinks up when she is close to crying. She draws her eyebrows together and bites her lower lip when she concentrates, and she smells of fresh air. She has a rose tattoo on her collarbone above her left breast.

In later age, her eyes remain a striking green under a shaggy cap of hair.

Personality[]

She is sure of herself, entitled even. Sometimes she seemed plenty sharp, other times she would say the stupidest things. She has a strong sense of justice and feels the need to take action about it. She does not care for politics or the soft skills of a princess. She loves freedom and is a helpless romantic. She is used to speaking her mind. She is a fiend for hard work. She always had to work harder than anyone else, whether schoolwork, hunting, or anything else. She is not one to run from a fight, she is fearless and has a backbone. She was gracious and kind, and always had a good word for anyone. She can be self-centered and inconsiderate.

Once she became queen, she seemed much more confident, like she knew what she was doing. She also learned to restrain her acid tongue, and thought first before being petulant, selfish, and immature as she was before.

History[]

Early Life[]

When she was 8 she learned to shoot a crossbow under the tutelage of Amon.

She fostered at Demonai Camp for three years, which was required by the Naeming. There she learned trading, archery, and horse-riding.

The Demon King[]

Raisa prepares for her name day as she will soon be 16 and eligible to wed. Lord Bayar persuades the Queen to marry her to his son Micah, which is expressly forbidden by the Naeming. She decides to flee the Queendom with Amon and his wolves to attend Oden's Ford.

The Exiled Queen[]

Raisa was born into royalty where the crown is passed down to the firstborn female. As princess heir of the Queendom of the Fells, she is second in line after her beautiful mother, Queen Marianna. Marianna, just like every other Queen since the Breaking, has succeeded their mother when she dies. She is also half Demonai from her father's side, learning their language and traditions. Her Clan family hopes that once again there will be a Clan descendant on the Grey Wolf throne through her.

After Gavan Bayar, the High Wizard, managed to convince her mother into marrying her to his also wizard son Micah sul'Gavan, Raisa, who was unwilling to marry at the time, both because of her own interests and to prevent a war with the upland Clans, ran away from the Vale with Amon Byrne and his troupe of Gray Wolves. On the way to Oden's Ford Raisa, Amon, and the Gray Wolves were ambushed by Waterwalkers, who were upset with the Fells's abuse of their people.

Raisa was able to talk the Lord of the Waterwalkers, Dimitri, into let them leave alive, subtly revealing her identity in the process and owing the man a gylden. Raisa hid out in Oden's Ford for a year, where she became close friends with the Gray Wolves, attempted to pursue a romantic relationship with Amon, and, when that failed, pursued one with Hanson Alister, who unknown to her was her distant cousin.

She spent ten months at Oden's Ford.

She was an excellent student, impressing and surprising Wien House headmaster Taim Askell, who expected her to act like a spoiled princess. She left Oden's Ford when Micah discovered she was there and told her that, despite the fact that she'd killed one of the assassins his father had sent for her, more were waiting. He gave her a choice: return to the Fells and marry him, or die. Raisa agreed to the first option. Micah drugged her and carried her away, telling her that he'd already killed the other assassins.

As Raisa, Micah, Wil Mathis, Fiona Bayar, and the Mander brothers rode back to the Fells they were ambushed by a raiding party from Gerard Montaigne's army. Gerard wanted to force the wizards to train his soldiers in magic, which they agreed to because otherwise they would surely die. Micah asked Gerard to release their "servant", Raisa, but Gerard recognized her as the princess heir and decided to take her captive and marry her instead. Just then Tamron's army ambushed Gerard's and in the chaos Raisa was able to escape.

The Gray Wolf Throne[]

Raisa fled to Fetters Ford in Arden, and stayed in the Purple Heron taproom for three or four weeks under the alias Brianna Trailwalker, a trader. There she met up with Edon Byrne and several of the Queen's Guard, who offered an escort back to the Fells. Along the way Edon and the other guards were killed, and several attempts were made on Raisa's life. Raisa herself killed one of her assassins, Mac Gillen, a ruthless man she had deformed whilst escaping from gaol with several Raggers she rescued from his torture. She was eventually shot with a poisoned arrow and, dying alone in the mountains, was rescued by Hanson Alister, whose use of magic to save her left him incapacitated for several days.

In Marisa Pines Camp, after Raisa recovered and learned that her mother had died. she risked her life to go to Marianna's funeral so that she could show she was still alive and dispel any question of her younger sister becoming queen. Raisa received overwhelming support upon her return from the valefolk and especially the lowborns from the lesser districts, who were supported in food, medicine, and education by her Briar Rose Ministry. This forced the nobles and wizards to recognize her as queen. As acting queen Raisa accomplished much for the betterment of her Realm, but made several enemies in the process. She eventually appointed Han as her personal bodyguard and assigned him a seat on the Wizard Council.

The Crimson Crown[]

After Raisa became queen of the Fells, she tried to hold her realm together. The Demonai still try to marry her and Nightwalker. Nobody knows that she is secretly in love with Han Alister. In start of the book, there often came murders of mages , all in Ragmarket. The Wizard council thought of Ragmarket people as the murderers and burned the city. In the fire, Raisa and Han fight for the people in Ragmarket. Often came rumors that Han commit the murders and Amon Byrne found his Necklace of the Lone Hunter near a dead mage. Later Han proposed to Raisa and she said yes. After he went away to find the crimson crown the Castle was attacked by Arden. A war that will destroy the Seven Realms started. In the end of the book, Raisa and Han get married for love.

Flamecaster[]

Twenty-five years of cruel war have passed, and Raisa has been heartbroken for a year now due to the murder of her eldest daughter, Hana. Afterwards, her consort and husband, Han, is killed on the way to Southbridge and she believes her son has also died in the skirmish. Four more years have passed, and she is now preparing her youngest child and new princess heir, Alyssa, for her sixteenth name day, and eventually her ascension to the throne.

Relationships[]

Main article: Raisa/Relationships

He calls her "Rai" and calls her "Your Majesty" when he tries to remain unemotional in an argument. She is the strongest person he knows. She spent a year yearning for him, agonizing over what would never be between them, immersed in regret. She'd pushed the issue in ways that were unfair to both of them. He had always been her very best friend. As children, they slept side by side, arms wrapped around each other a hundred times. Before Raisa went to Demonai Camp, she would prowl the streets with Amon and his older friends.

He could usually charm and cajole her out of any foul mood.

She found him intoxicating. He was always challenging everything she believed.

Raisa never forgave her for not loving her father more. She wished she understood her mother better, since she never shared much about herself. They are very different.

They used to court when she fostered at Demonai Camp.

Skills[]

Amon Byrne[]

  • Sticking
  • Sword
  • Crossbow

Demonai[]

  • She rides like a Demonai warrior.
  • She has a trader face, and is good at trading and reading people.
  • She knows how to track.
  • She is especially good with numbers.
  • She can hold her own with most anyone in a fair go.

Oden's Ford[]

  • Physical conditioning
  • Weapons
  • Tactics
  • History of warfare

Nobility[]

  • She is a good actress.
  • She can speak Tamric.
  • She is good at history, grammar, rhetoric, languages, and arithmatic.
  • She is usually right about political matters.
  • She has a politician's ability to to say no and keep saying no while making it seem like no one wanted to say yes more than her.
  • She has studied art and music.

Posessions[]

  • Switcher: a mare
  • Engagement Ring: Modeled after Hanalea's betrothal ring, it is set with moonstones, pearls, and sapphires. It was later described as being of amethysts instead of sapphires.
  • Locket: It contains a sketch of Adrian done by one of the students at Oden's Ford. Lila brought it to her, and she had a year to memorize it before she gave it to Lyss.
  • Dagger: As a rule, she carries a dagger. Edon Byrne gave her his Lady dagger after Micah and Fiona Bayar took hers.
  • Longbow: A gift from her father as a child, made to fit her size and strength. It was her preferred weapon, but was left in Marisa Pines Pass on her return from Oden's Ford.

Quotes[]

  • "Sometimes, when our future looks darkest, we are given the queen we need."

Trivia[]

  • She was born in July.
  • Roses and rowan decorated her throne at her coronation.
  • She loved flowers.
  • Hanalea's Lament is her favorite song.
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