High Queen Octavia Arius

Appearance and Character.
Queen Octavia is a slender woman with pale skin and ginger hair just beginning to show threads of silver, which is unusual for one born before the peace treaty between the Atreans and Betonians.

Despite being born and raised in Atrea, as a woman, Octavia was not subjected to the same militant upbringing as the other males, her younger cousin included, but rather training in architecture and other arts required for rebuilding. Because of this, she is gentle, but still firm, and spends her free time painting, writing, or designing new pieces of architecture.

Biography.
Octavia Arius never knew her mother or father as they were killed the night she was born, in the five-hundredth and thirty-fourth year of the Aria Dynasty, during a Dragon raid. Luckily, she was discovered before she could die of sickness or hunger, and her uncle, Decimus Arius, took her in.

History.
In the five-hundredth and fifty-fourth year of the Aria Dynasty, the Atreans and Betonians decided to make peace after centuries of animosity due to past incursions by Atrean forces. The current Emperor of Atrea, however, did not yet have a daughter to marry High King Daegal, and his firstborn was a son, leading to the Emperor to suggest that the High King choose a daughter of one of his greatest generals.

The gathering was held at the Arius household, with Decimus as host. At this time, Decimus was in mourning as his wife, Seia, had passed two weeks before after birthing their son, Numerius. As such, when High King Daegal had refused the women brought before him, the Emperor asked Decimus to bring his niece fourth. The young woman immediately caught the King's attention through her pallor, which was not too different to the natural colour of the Betonians. This, along with Octavia's gentleness, is what made him choose her.