Yukiji
| Yukiji | |
| Full name |
ワフルペーンのアイレオーンカリリオン雪路 Wafurupein-no-Aireōnkaririon Yukiji (legal name)片岡雪路 Kataoka Yukiji (at birth; most commonly used name) |
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| AKA | Lady Yukiji of Whales |
| Physical information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Hair color and style | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Biographical information | |
| Father(s) | Kataoka Ken |
| Mother(s) | Kataoka (née Iwazaki) Miko |
| Date of birth | 3.V.1667 (aged 64) |
| Place of birth | Kigazeki, Whales |
| Residence(s) | Palace of Whales |
| Nationality | Natopian |
| Allegiance(s) | Whales, Natopia |
| Occupation | Princess of Whales |
Kataoka Yukiji (片岡 雪路), born in Kigazeki, 3.V.1667, is the wife of Prince Kir of Whales. She thus has the courtesy title of Princess of Whales. Mother of Ichirō (born 1693) and Jirō (born 1695).
Born to a family of fishermen in the south-east coast of Kigazeki, Yukiji grew up in the same lordship, rarely venturing outside it. Despite this, she is considered well educated for her station. She has a special interest for marine ecology, as well as Sangunese calligraphy. She is fluent in Sangunese and Istvanistani and is studying Saxon.
She met Prince Kir in 1685, and the two began a secret relationship. Being a commoner woman, Kir understood that his courtiers, especially the ones from Shireroth, would disapprove of his relationship with her. Similarly, Yukiji knew her father, being a proud Sangunese, would disapprove of such an interracial relationship, despite the noble and imperial status of her betrothed. Yukiji's father believed that each nation should stick to its own nation, and breed only within that one. As such, both Yukiji and Kir kept the relationship secret. As soon as the two became legal adults under Whales law, at the age of 25, they married in a secret civil ceremony at the Palace of Whales. In public notices, Yukiji (still known by her maiden name, Kataoka, despite the legal code in Whales of a family to share one surname) was proclaimed as Private Secretary to the Prince.
| Coat of arms of the Princess of Whales | |
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| Details | |
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| Adopted | 1696 |
| The coat of arms of her husband in the form of a lozenge | |
Their marriage, having not been approved by the Kaiseress, became publicly known in later 1692, just a week before the birth of Kir and Yukiji's firstborn son, Ichirō. Neither Yukiji nor Ichirō may derive any dignity from their descent from the Imperial Family of Shireroth, as the marriage between Yukiji and Kir was not approved by the Kaiseress. This action, notwithstanding, Yukiji is in Natopia afforded the courtesy title of Princess of Whales with the style of Imperial Highness (due to her marriage to a member of the Emirati Line of Ayreon-Kalirion). She is also a Lady of the Holy Lakes.
