Amerei Darry

Amerei Darry is Lady of Darry and ruler of her house for the past eight years. Her rule has been extraordinarily effective at increasing Darry power and wealth, despite the detrimental effects it has had upon her body and mind. She is thirty years of age and married to Clement Hayford, with whom she has five children.

Appearance and Character
Amerei is a thick-bodied lady from five children in five years, with a heavy bosom, double chin and a large belly that makes her look almost pregnant. She has long brown hair down to her waist with round brown eyes and a small mouth. Despite being theoretically a reasonably comely lady her skin is pale and her eyes have bags from night after night spent trawling over documents and with her children instead of sleep. She mainly dresses conservatively in her house colours of brown and black, with little to no jewelry.

Amerei cares for her family deeply, even if she has trouble manifesting that into normal love. She attempts to see her children and her husband whenever possible, though she often holds them to the same impossible standards that she gives herself. Her obsession with inventions has largely been supplanted by one with politics, which she cares about deeply and has used rather successfully to become a more significant player in the regions around her than her father was. Despite these successes, she sees herself as imperfect and flawed and strives to do better even if such a thing is impossible.

Prior to 407
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Lady Amerei Darry was born on the final day of 387 AC, on a day of tragedy. It is said that at the moment she was born, a tower collapsed on Lord Raymun Darry, killing her great-grandfather instantly. While she was truly born a few hours after the event, there is no doubt that Amerei has a somber, quiet nature befitting one born on such a day.

She was never a strong child; born three weeks early and small besides, it was feared that she might die. She spent her early childhood in turmoil; her father Harrold and grandfather Lord Davos often fought, on one occasion resulting in the baby Amerei being kicked out with the rest of her family.

Her closest confidant became her sister Alyssa; though they were completely different, their flaws and strengths matched each other well; when Amerei was too shy or stayed hidden in her room Alyssa was able to get her out and active, while Amerei was able to prevent the worst of Alyssa's debauchery and help her grow into a far more competent adult.

As the years wore on it became increasingly obvious that Lady Rhea would have no male children, and by 400 AC it was clear that Amerei would need to be educated as befitted a head of house. She followed her father around dutifully, doing as much as she physically could to learn how to rule.

Her mother figure was her aunt Shiera, a woman whose terrible visage scared most, but not Amerei. She gave her niece a love of learning and invention, though after her death in 408 Amerei shied away from her more magical experiments, preferring to focus more on those that would benefit the peasantry.