Díapaza Bréidle

Díapaza Bréidle

Díapaza Bréidle is the sixth person to assume the role of Crown of Passio-Corum, and the first since Queen Evahn I to ascend to the position without first being recognized as the Oracle of the Host Spirit.

Early life

Date	Event	Significance
TBD PSSC (TBD ASC)	Cult of Maskmakers	A High Priestess of the Maritime Guild of the Cult of Maskmakers - a cult of Bassaridian sorcerers based in Blore Heath, who practice face-changing, a dark and mysterious type of magic which allows practitioners to change their identities and the identities of others - Díapaza Bréidle first emerged and ascended to a position of political prominence during the Strait of Haifa Campaign, where her shadowy and often violent operations gained her the attention and ultimate favor of the Empress of Passio-Corum, Kan Zen. Prior to her emergence during the conflict, nothing is publicly known about the early life and childhood of Bréidle. Her identity prior to the outbreak of conflict is completely unknown. Who she was prior to becoming Bréidle - where she was from, when she was born, whether she was a man or a woman or some combination of both - is not known. For her part, Bréidle - who during the Strait of Haifa Campaign played a central role as the primary Bassarid rival and ultimate adversary of Oracle and heir-apparent to the Crown of Passio-Corum, Fï Ríoja del Háifa - claims no recollection of her life prior to adopting her current form, though she is recorded as acknowledging that she has not always existed in this form, and that she has previously lived as one, or perhaps three other people. This uncertainty regarding Bréidle's background and "true" identity, and her ties to the Cult of Maskmakers were subjects of severe contention in the period leading up to and immediately following her ascension to the throne. Many worried that she may, in one of her earlier forms, have harbored ties to foreign governments. Others worried about the ties between the Maskmakers and the ruling class of the rising Alperkin religion, and about the possibility that Bréidle herself may suffer the effects of the Noctic Vampirism which then plagued the region surrounding Lake Morovia. As she ascended through the ranks of the Bassarid government, Bréidle cultivated this uncertainty and fear through her words and actions. Once appointed to the position of Bassarid Chief Intelligence Officer, she orchestrated a clandestine operation aimed at besmirching the good name of the Oracle Fï Ríoja del Háifa. This operation, which tied the heir to the Crown of Passio-Corum to the growing Noctic-Rabrev trade in Keltia, turned public opinion so fervently against the Oracle that she was ultimately driven to an apparent murder suicide, thus ending the dynasty of Oracle Rulers in Passio-Corum. Meanwhile, Bréidle - in her official capacity as Chief Intelligence Officer - continued overseeing a simultaneous, thinly-veiled covert operation aimed at establishing Alperkin control of the Noctic-Rabrev trade. Similarly, Bréidle oversaw the assassinations of many infamous Bassarid pirates operating across the east, meanwhile fostering the very alliances which would ultimately allow for the establishment of the Alliance of the Bassarid Oceans. These conflicting actions, which were carried out with little pretense of secrecy, contributed to the public uncertainty regarding Bréidle. Those who voiced their concerns or displeasure were rapidly silenced. Some were killed - sometimes violently and publicly - while others were quietly reprimanded. Some early dissenters were brought into the fold of Bréidle's rapidly expanding sphere of influence, becoming some of her most rabid supporters. By the time of her ascension to the Crown of Passio-Corum following the abdication of Kan Zen, which itself came as a shock given the recent untimely death of the Oracle, the nation was fully immersed in uncertainty regarding the nature of its newest ruler. For the first time, the nation was to be ruled not by the spawn of a prophet or prophetess, not by an enlightened individual chosen by the Host Spirit, but by a spy trained by the masters of shape-shifting magic and the art of deception. And so, upon her ascension, the nation fell into era of gloom, despair, and relative isolationism.