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| {{People|
| | #REDIRECT [[Ayesha al-Osman]] |
| fullname = Ayesha Guadalim|
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| aka = Ayesha al-Osman|
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| image = Ayesha al-Osman.png|
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| gender = Female|
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| species = Human|
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| Race = Babkhi |
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| hairstyle = Black |
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| eyecolor = Brown|
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| skincolor = Light olive|
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| other = 1.69 m tall|
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| father = Justin Guadalim|
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| mother = [[Samira al-Osman]]|
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| birthdate = 14.IX.1660|
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| birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]], [[Shirekeep]]|
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| residence = [[Shirekeep]], [[Shireroth]]|
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| nationality = <br>{{team flag|Constancia|flag}} [[Constancia]] <br>{{team flag|Raspur}}<br>{{team flag|Shireroth}}|
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| allegiance = [[House of Osman]]|
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| occupation = ''Magistra of Antiquities''
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| '''Ayesha Guadalim''', more commonly known as '''{{PAGENAME}}''', was born in the Magister's Chambers situated above the Western Quadrangle Fort of [[Raynor's Keep]] on 14.IX.1660. She was the eldest child of Justin Guadalim, Magister of the [[Palatini Corps]] (c.1655–1726), and his wife [[Samira al-Osman]], the fourth daughter of [[Tokaray al-Osman]] (1582–1644). Lady Ayesha had two younger siblings, both sisters, Alissa and Mariyam.
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| ==Early life==
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| As the first born child of the commander of the imperial guard and a prominent daughter of a [[House of Osman|notoriously troublesome noble house]], it was only natural that her formative years were spent in the gilded cage of the Kaiser's court, under the close supervision of the [[Imperial Household Agency]]. Although most assuredly not a hostage by any means, the close attention paid by the Chamberlain to the well-being of the young off-spring of the officers of the Palatini Corps went a long way towards ensuring the loyalty of the majority at any given moment. After her mother departed to take up Governor of So-Sara in 1663, young Ayesha was retained at court and, under the supervision of a succession of nurses, eunuchs, and governesses, grew to be a wilful and free-spirited child who dreamed of greatness whilst remaining in awe of her father. Aged seven, members of the officer's mess of the Scholae Excubitores, nominated her as the subject of their toast to the beauty of the season, and they had her name engraved on the glass goblet used for this purpose.
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| It was at the age of seven that the Lady Ayesha was first enrolled into the Imperial Gymnasia and thereafter came, for the first time, under the appreciative eye of the Master of Pages and subject to his discipline for the next three years, earning thereby an accelerated consideration for admission into the corps of the Imperial Pages. After being chosen for admission into the [[Dirâsat-an-Nûr]], the imperial school located within the vicinity of the Bâb-an-Nûr in the Outer Bailey of Raynor's Keep, she had scarcely settled into her new billet in the Outer Dormitory before the so-called Pages' Conspiracy had infested the Dirâsat-an-Nûr and events rapidly spiralled towards the infamous date of 12.VIII.1671 when, under the cover of an attack staged against the city by rogue Imperial Forces, a coterie of "Adept Pages" led by [[Jaap van Pijpervale]] had lured the [[Ayreon IV|Kaiser]] into secluded chambers there to fall under their knives. An act of betrayal and murder, motivated by squalid jealousies, this act of slaughter would go on to serve as the trigger for the [[Kalirion Fracture]] and the near collapse of the Imperial Republic. As a mere candidate page, Ayesha, who was simultaneously the child of parents of some consequence in the serpentine court of Raynor's Keep, was spared during the furious purge that swept through the Imperial Household in the wake of the Kaiser's assassination. Nonetheless the memory of what she saw during those dreadful days would abide with her.
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| The world of her childhood died by degrees in the months that followed as the provinces followed the example of the mutinous legions and began to secede, withdrawing their fealty from the Golden Mango Throne and allowing a deluge of blood and fire to wash over Benacia.
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