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Syfrida Solvpals Character Reference

Species: Varrev (fox)
Birthday:
Age: ~mid-50s
Place of Birth: The Raevyllke
Height: low-profile
Weight: lithe
 
Orientation: Straight
Gender Identity: Female
Pronouns: She/her

Queen regnant of the Raevyllke in Ailedhoo's IOT spin-off, Intrigue of Magic, ascending after the death of her husband Torsten Svaltas prior to the game's start. Playful and irreverent, she is nonetheless a capable administrator and possesses an iron will, which she wields in a grand strategy to destroy the ghoulish threat, whose corruptive properties are uniquely fatal to her species (think vampires v. werewolves). Under her leadership, the Raevyllke begins the first territorial expansion since the kingdom's consolidation about two centuries prior.

In a poetic irony, Syfrida is implied to have been born a commoner in the realm's capital city Haaphavn, and may have even been a petty thief when she first met Torsten. She routinely visits the underworld incognito to bully criminals, seizing their loot to reinvest back into the districts, in what may be a purposeful means of appraising the city's well-being firsthand.

Trivia:
  • The surname "Solvpals" is a mashup of the Norwegian sølv (silver) and Swedish päls (fur), referring to her almost-pure silver coat. It is actually pronounced closer to sulvpels.
Likes:
  • Redistributing the wealth
Dislikes:
  • Ghouls
  • Yes-men
Relationships/Ties:

Ranvild Langhogtann
Viceroy and de jure deputy of decidedly less humorous demeanour. While she is highly affectionate towards him, their relationship is not romantic. Although disagreements over her methodology are usually resolved in his reluctant acquiescence, she takes his counsel seriously.

Usteynn Roedtas
Count of Blotskig (northern region)

Rikard Kortnes
Count of Murkig (northeastern region)

Osweald Sigwardsone
Minister of Kystslat (eastern region). Unlike counts appointed by the Crown, the Minister is elected locally in respect of the port city Scinanenwearf's self-government prior to joining the kingdom about a century before game's start.

Sigebeald of Wyrtgeorn
A reclusive necromancer whom she seeks out for his heretical approach to the discipline, with the goal of developing an immunity to both the ghoulish virus and the necrite parasite.

Family and Friends:

Torsten Svaltas
Deceased husband. They are suggested to have been a power couple during his reign.

Crown Prince Rasmus
Firstborn son and heir apparent, serving as Marshal of the Army and personally leading a military expedition to vanquish the Banahǫgg Ghouls in the northwestern frontier that uncovers a conspiracy by the necromantic realm of Baase, spurring her into creating the anti-ghoul project.

Prince Herlifur
Second-born son, serving as Count of Ostugland (southern territory). Possibly the fraternal twin of Liffa, although I never made a decisive call. Contracts an adventure party at Liffa's suggestion to investigate the disappearance of scouts in the southwestern frontier, under the royal champion Hakkan.

Princess Liffa
Possible twin of Herlifur. Implied to function within the court as a legal officer and liaison within Dal county.

Prince Nils, Prince Askill
Named in signup overview but not spotlighted during the game.

Princess Karin
The youngest scion, named in the signup but not spotlighted in-game. I have it in my head that unlike the rest of the family, she does not hold a government post and is instead a professional painter.