Characters of the Terradraconis Saga: Myfanwy

Myfanwy is easily the most puzzling figure in the history of Terradraconis. Though presenting herself as a human maid, it was clear from the beginning that she was more than she seemed. Her beauty was unearthly, her power great as she brought healing to the land, and she spoke the language of the gods which only the most learned priests knew (and even then, they were unable to speak it perfectly).

In the years following her death after the Great War was won, Prince Cedwyn, now married to the Kioah, ruler of the Southern kingdom, asked her about the possible identity of Myfanwy and gave her a description, but even she, with her knowledge of the Dragon-kin couldn’t give a definitive answer. His description would have marked Myfanwy as a fairy or a similar species of fae since some of them were known for their beauty and talent in the healing arts, but fairies were considered a lesser version of Dragon kin and were rarely ever able to transform into humans unless there was dire need for it, or they were forced to by some external power. Furthermore, the fact that Cedwyn was able to call up her spirit from the grave without a specific entreaty to one of the gods of death in a later tale made it apparent that she had not gone to any chthonic realm known to the Dragon-kin. Later historians that came long after the death of Cedwyn and the Kioah would theorize that it was possible that Myfanwy was a fairy from a lost tribe who had met the people of the Northern Kingdom and dedicated herself to Ieaba through serving Annmanli, thus making herself human in the process, dying somehow, then coming back as a saint to marry Cedwyn and save the Northern Kingdom from Lanok’s Plague. However, though this sounded plausible and tied together preexisting theories, it was heavily debated given the lack of historical evidence of there being a lost tribe in any literature from the Northern or Southern kingdoms.

Either way – fairy, glorified maid, saint, or something else entirely – Myfanwy’s story permanently cemented itself into the history of the Northern Kingdom and she is forever known by her moniker “The Lady of Roses” in memory of the roses that grew around her and that decorated her grave. Later generations would borrow her symbol of the red rose and incorporate it into the combined coat of arms of the royal family of the Northern Kingdom and the royal family of the Southern Kingdom in memory of her being Cedwyn’s first wife.

Myfanwy’s story is told in “The Tale of Myfanwy”, an original four-part story starting December 4th.