Alysanne Darrius

Alysanne Darrius is the daughter of the late Imperial Prince Taera Darrius. Sharing the same draconic parentage and even the same birth date in 1120, Alysanne is only (Scribe's Note: possibly? This makes Praeus tangles look normal.) not Xan's twin because she was born directly of the dragon that sired them, instead of Taera.

The girl grew up in the care of her draconic parent for most of her childhood, before being left at the same military academy where Xan was training. The two quickly found each other, compared stories, and pieced together their heritage. While Xan took an active role adventuring, Alysanne remained at the Academy, displaying little interest in magic but unmatched propensity for martial combat and, more importantly, command. At the same time that Xan was becoming known as Cor's paragon, Alysanne was rising rapidly through the officer ranks of the Alatrian army, until in 1141 an attempted coup in Aishel led to the Cerimean Triumvirate requesting Alatrian assistance. With an enemy expecting no conflict for a month (as the swamps of Cerimus are a difficult march in any weather) and an assault that could take weeks after that, if it succeeded at all, Alysanne defied all convention by gathering a makeshift legion and marching north in two weeks. She blasted down the walls of the city in less than a day. Aishel, the fortress city of the warlike Aisharene that had not been breached since they had assumed control, was kicked over like a second-rate border fort.

Following this, Alysanne was made a General and given command of two legions fighting the Galadir Elves in the foothills of the Forlorn Mountains. Here also she excelled, encircling the largest concentration of Elves (outnumbering her force almost two to one) and preventing their escape into the mountains.

After a string of further victories, Alysanne was made Chief General of the Alatrian Army. Despite her young age, many hail her as the finest commander in the human world.