Kaika bat Gyoku

Kaika bat Gyoku
Kaika bat Gyoku
Full name	乖花ㄅㄚㄊ玉 Kaika Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine
Physical information
Species	Human
Race	Jing (also: Jing Hurmudan)
Gender	Female
Biographical information
Father	Duan ben Gyoku
Mother	Kiyoko Pei
Spouse	Ichirō
Children	Yukio Sechigu Sehoshi
Date of birth	1694 (aged 44 AN years)
Nationality	Hurmu, Shireroth, Natopian
Occupation	Princess

Kaika bat Gyoku (乖花ㄅㄚㄊ玉; Jing reading: Guāihuā bat Yù; born 1694), also known as Kaika Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine is a Shirerithian noblewoman, who, since 1715, is married to Prince Ichirō. In 1714, she became betrothed to Prince Ichirō without having met him. In fact, the first time she met her husband was on her wedding day. She is the granddaughter of Hon ben Gyoku, and great granddaughter of the Meiyo Emperor. She belongs to the House of Gyoku by birth, and to the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and Waffel-Paine, the Imperial Family of Shireroth and the Order of the Holy Lakes, by marriage.

After her parents' untimely death in 1695, she and her younger siblings – Shiraki and Nagano – were brought into the household of their grandfather, Hon ben Gyoku, and were brought up by him and his wife.

On 1.I.1715, Ichirō married Kaika in a lavish ceremony in Daocheng. A year and 12 days later, on 13.I.1716, she gave birth to a son, Yukio. She gave birth to a second son, Sechigu, on 6.V.1719, and a daughter, Sehoshi, on 5.XII.1722.

Despite the political side of the marriage, the princess quickly learned to love her new husband. The two warmed to each other and soon found common interests, including the annual hunt for paupers on the hunting grounds of the Heavenly Light (a noble sport that had more finesse than bloodsport, but could see at least as much blood flow).

The death of her husband at the hands of Benecian anti-aircraft guns threw Kaika into a long depression. For two months she did not leave her room or receive anyone. Her children were also not allowed to enter her bedroom.

Upon leaving her room, she became one of the vocal voices among the nobles who wanted to destroy the Benecian State and National Humanism. In the backrooms she put enormous pressure on Steward Thuylemans, who pursued a softer, more gradual course of actions against Shireroth's neighbours. Gossip tells of how she whispered to Kaiseress Salome that the use of nuclear bombs was the only way to save Micras from the Humanist cancer. Whether this is true, or simply gossip borne of her greater presence in the capital, has never been proven.

Style and Titles

• Style: Her Serenity (Shirerithian); Her Imperial Highness (traditional)
• Titles: Heavenly Princess Kaika, Viscountess Audon of Varmland, Lady in Jorvik, Lady of the Holy Lakes.