hecuba
Hecuba Mellona
female・homosexual・48 years old Tamala Jones Kings and Queens by Aerosmith Mikena's Anax Mother breeding slots・3/3 |
design by tigressa [custom]
shine [s], hair [s], tail [c], ong fur [c] hex codes・ #433450, #715B85, #B5A5BB, #C5BACA, #D1CBD5, #D59F71 |
kings and queens and guillotines
taking lives denied
Hecuba was brought to Mikena to be married to the crown prince and they came to the throne together; but she fiercely hated the man, and when he pried from her an heir she began plotting a way to rid herself of him. She never intended to take the kingdom for her own, but when she finally devised a way to poison him she took full advantage of his impending death. She became Anassa when Clytemnestra was only four, with the 'mysterious' death of her husband a shroud about her shoulders. Despite or perhaps because of the fairly commonly understood fact that she was behind her husband's death, no one attested that she should not have the throne. She has always been fearless but she became more so when he passed, and she garnered a reputation for being a merciless ruler. She was cheerful about bringing the smaller countries to heel when they did not listen to her, skilled with her manipulation of the army and their ships. It was with some relief to their neighbours when Clytemnestra assumed the throne earlier this year, for she is far more even-natured than her mother.
With this sudden bout of free time, Hecuba has been traveling between Mikena and Burya with some frequency. She was always good friends with the Mikenan queen Arisha, and their friendship has only deepened since Hecuba has stepped down. She is immediately recognizable to any of her people and despite their friendly countenance with her daughter, her people will always stop to kneel to her. Hecuba has an air about her of danger, her smiles always a little too sharp, her lines a little too cruel. She is unafraid to manipulate anyone to achieve her desires and she has chosen a council well, for the people on it are a fine balance between men who scrape at her feet and women who defy her. She feels satisfied with leaving Clytemnestra in their hands, knowing that her daughter will have room to shove if a problem comes to a head. She loves her daughter fiercely but wishes sometimes that Clytemnestra had inherited more of her personality and especially her innate distrustfulness. Hecuba is unsure still about the two women Cly hired early into her ruling but she's trying to leave room for her daughter to figure out the kind of Anassa she wants to be, and so is content for now to watch from the sidelines.
With this sudden bout of free time, Hecuba has been traveling between Mikena and Burya with some frequency. She was always good friends with the Mikenan queen Arisha, and their friendship has only deepened since Hecuba has stepped down. She is immediately recognizable to any of her people and despite their friendly countenance with her daughter, her people will always stop to kneel to her. Hecuba has an air about her of danger, her smiles always a little too sharp, her lines a little too cruel. She is unafraid to manipulate anyone to achieve her desires and she has chosen a council well, for the people on it are a fine balance between men who scrape at her feet and women who defy her. She feels satisfied with leaving Clytemnestra in their hands, knowing that her daughter will have room to shove if a problem comes to a head. She loves her daughter fiercely but wishes sometimes that Clytemnestra had inherited more of her personality and especially her innate distrustfulness. Hecuba is unsure still about the two women Cly hired early into her ruling but she's trying to leave room for her daughter to figure out the kind of Anassa she wants to be, and so is content for now to watch from the sidelines.
living times of knights and mares
raising swords for maidens fair
art credit・
sixbane, Aminirus, Ratmaed
sixbane, Aminirus, Ratmaed