The Fall of the D'Honaire's

General Summary

Saidra D'Honaire, supposed lady of the D'Honaire estate, rose into the air, surrounded in red mist, calling insult to the party for being fraudulent nobility, and intruders. Immediately the party called back similarly, exposing her own fraud and intrusion upon the estate. Battle proceeded, Esmeralda calling forth the spirit of massive constrictor snake, who held off Saidra's minion. As Saidra moved in to attack Cordelia, a moon beam was called from the heavens, beginning to burn away the flesh of the undead. Seeing her friend in a tight spot, Gallilea rushed in to protect Cordelia, who was put down quite quickly by the Lady's attacks. Marve, struggling to get through the immense defenses of such a legendary foe, helped Cordelia return to life, who immediately changed her strategy, blessing Gallilea and disappearing in starlight. Gallilea, wielding the Orichi Katana, slashed through the abomination before her, ripping through the decaying flesh of the false Lady Saidra. With quick words from Quinby, the Lady's rage turned on him. Quinby finished off Saidra with a club to the head, ending her reign of terror.
Zolis who was believed to have gone missing, was found swiftly after the end of combat. Alive, but missing a wing and an arm. Grateful to be alive, Zolis asked to be taken to see the body of the fallen Doctor who had tortured him. Here he ripped the skull from the body of the doctor, and bound his spirit to it. Zolis claimed he did this to force the Doctor to atone for his wrong doings. Witnessing this, Marve, disgusted, left the bloody mess Zolis was making to find a nice place to rest. Picking the kitchen and dining area to make some soup for the party, and take a nice long nap.
While the party rested, Esmeralda explained a dream she had when knocked unconcious during the fight, detailed below. As well, over this short rest, Gallilea confided in Cordelia how she felt watching Cordelia be knocked to the floor repeatedly. Still out of it from exactly what worried Gallilea, Cordelia didn't have much to say aside from reassuring her, that she was fine.

Rewards Granted

Lots of gold, Palisade the Halberd, The Undertakers Cloak, and Hammertime the Light Hammer

Missions/Quests Completed

Killing Saidra D'Honaire, by request of her brother Lisus D'Honaire, and clearing the D'Honaire estate per the request of Linyanur Isilu, Zoephine Foreguard and Thardan Brenner.

Character(s) interacted with

Zolis

Notes

Saidra d’Honaire grew up on a tiny farm, living alone with her father after the death of her beloved mother. Her father called her “Duchess,” claiming that he was a duke exiled from his rightful home by a vicious younger brother. The young girl took pleasure in lording that fact over other peasant children, proclaiming herself superior by birth despite her present circumstances. Saidra had no friends but many playmates, as she bullied other children into entertaining her.
When Saidra was a teenager, her father married a prosperous merchant with two daughters a few years older than Saidra. Though her father urged the three girls to love each other as sisters, his new wife and her daughters scorned Saidra, mocking her claims to nobility and treating her as a servant. Despite the family’s new wealth, Saidra continued to dress in rags and labor from dawn to dusk, acting as a housemaid to her stepmother and stepsisters.
A harder blow descended when Saidra’s stepmother casually mentioned the death of a duke who ruled nearby. Saidra asked if this duke was her father’s wicked brother, and if his demise meant her father could reclaim his title. Her stepmother and stepsisters laughed at her, and her father admitted the truth. He had been only a servant in the duke’s household and fled when he was caught trying to steal silver from the kitchen.
Saidra refused to accept this bitter truth. Fleeing the house, she went to her mother’s grave and begged the departed spirit to aid her. A kind, grandmotherly figure appeared and granted Saidra’s wish, bestowing on her a magnificent gown and fine jewels to attend the masquerade ball that celebrated the coronation of the new duke. Saidra rode to the ball in a stately conjured carriage, determined to kill the duke and claim his title.
At the ball, the glamour around Saidra made her irresistible to the duke, and they danced together for hours. Saidra began to contemplate an alternative to murdering the duke: she could marry the poor fool and become the duchess she’d always believed herself to be.
But as the clock struck midnight, terror stalked the ball as guests started rapidly sickening and dying. The plague afflicted the duke and Saidra as well. As they lay dying in each other’s arms, the duke gasped a fateful confession: he was not the son of the late duke, but of a servant in the duke’s household. The duke, unable to have children of his own, claimed the servant’s infant son and raised him. Later, that servant was caught stealing from the kitchen and fled the house with his young daughter.
Enraged to discover this “duke” was no more a real duke than her father—and worse, that he was her brother, Saidra drew her blade and drove it into the pretender’s heart. She stumbled out of the palace, but the plague claimed her on the stairs.

Report Date

20 Oct 2023

Primary Location

Xosutan

Secondary Location

Kikoguan

Related Characters

• Saidra D'Honaire