Queen Beaquis

Heroic. Brave. Snobby. Blue bloodied. Noble. Graceful. A tad bit out of touch.

A noble of a long proud family. Beaquis's unfortunate birth as a avian beastmen should have meant death, yet thanks to the blessings of the Lady of the Lake. She did not only survive. But now leads and safeguards one of humanity's most powerful bastions. The Lionhearted Queen will not let her kingdom fall.

This is a dark age, a bloody age, an age of daemons and of sorcery. It is an age of battle and death, and of the world's ending.

The western guardians of the old world, The human kingdom of Bretonnia stands tall. Chosen by the lady of the lake to be a bastion of chivalry and honor. From its noble lords and ladies and with the mightiest of knights of the grail keeping the kingdom secure of threats. Lead by the lionhearted warrior Queen herself, they make sure that no evils will pollute the lady's lands.

Beaquis's story began as part of the legendary house of Couronne, when a heir was expected to be born to lead the house to the greatest of heights. What was supposed to be the time of celebration however, turned to a time of shock and horror as the heir born to the household came out as a Hippogryph beastwoman. This was not a single case in the old world. The chaos gods had often cruel jokes for humanity, and it was not unheard of that a commoner women would give birth to very unlucky creatures that had been afflicted at birth by chaos itself. Most of these creatures would meet the fate of the sword, typically by the father. Or if the family was feeling merciful to their sons and daughters affected by this curse. often they would be left in the wilderness. Either to die, or to be taken in by the beastman that lurked in the forests. And noble family or not, it was expected for them to end such a creature. Yet before they granted their daughter the mercy of the lady. The prophetess of the lady of the lake stopped them, declaring that it would be against the will of the Lady herself to kill their daughter when she had so much to do. Thus the family though reluctantly due to the scandal that it would bring, spared their daughter. Giving her the name of Beaquis leoncoeur and her journey would truly began.

Like her birth, her training was far more unique then typical Bretonnian noblewoman. Usually, the women of Bretonnia were to be trained in the art of magic to use and will the lady's divine fervor on the battlefield, but due to the fear of a beastman using magic, she was instead taught knightly virtues and swordsmanship becoming a knight instead of a mage. Something she never had a issue with due to her beastman status giving her much more powerful build then the common human, she knew she would put her skills to good use on the field up close and personal to the wicked, and that she did. She would become a questing knight, eager to prove herself to the lady and to prove her doubters wrong by finding the grail. Traveling across the land slaying Daemons, Orcs, Undead. And other unholy things that had plagued her people's lands. Meeting powerful seers of the lady, and ghosts of knights of the past that helped point her to her next adventure and even the mythical green knight. This accumulated to the battle of near sacred lake, when she slayed the more violent hostile members of her kind. that caused the fay enchantress, the lady's own holy speaker to the mortal realm, and received a blessing by her. The first beastwoman to be seen in high regard by the lady.

Still while these were achievements, she still had not seen the grail, thus she was still a questing knight. So the adventure continued. When she returned back home to castle Couronne, she found many northern innocent villages besieged by a necromancer that had amassed a army of zombies. She would go to her father, requesting reinforcements, though he would deny her such, not seeing the point of giving aid to the peasants that he saw as expendable even being angry at her for suggesting helping the lowborn. She however would not allow such a horde to kill innocents. So with a small group of her companions making up a hunting party, they gave chase to the necromancer to stop his reign of terror. The battle was horrid as hundreds of zombies attacked the knights, getting cleaved away like ants. However the human body, even skilled ones could do so much before exhaustion. Her friends began to die one by one. Her best friend, Bocard the bold, was tragically set ablaze by the necromancer, ending his life. She was the only to be left standing out of the hunting party as she chopped, stabbed and skewered most of the zombies aside, getting tired with each dodge and swing. Being dragged into a lake with the creatures as she was pulled under expecting death.

When she awoke however, her wounds were healed as she found herself in a different realm. She was in the realm of the lady of the lake, who revealed herself. Forming out of Beaquis's water. Telling the beastwoman knight that she was destined for greatness and that the grail in reality was the lifeblood of the goddess herself, now the various sacred lakes of Bretonnia, And she would permit Beaquis to drink from the water. Granting her the boon of becoming a full grail knight. A holy ageless soldier that would live for hundreds of years, as the lady would seal Beaquis's blessing by kissing the beastwoman's beak fully strengthen her body. She would give Beaquis a army of ancient knights to lead against the armies of the undead. When Beaquis would then burst from the lake with her new army. Smashing through the undead dolls with ease as she slammed her shield into the necromancer's neck. Taking his head and ending the nightmare for the peasants of bretonnia. Securing her new title. Beaquis the Lionheart, fitting for her family's symbol of the golden lion. She would bury her friends in their royal houses herself. Laying them to rest.

Her legend would only grow overtime as she and many of the grail knights of the land would battle against the forces of darkness still. Along with showing her great skills in many tournaments and jousts. Marking her as one of the best knights of the land. The lionhearted princess would even take many lovers during these time. A oddity due to her beastwoman status showing that she had truly grown past the stigma that had once held her back as many now saw her as a person rather then a monster. She is not overly lustful, however if she's attracted to someone she can and will act on her romantic interests if they truly please her.

Her biggest challenge yet would come when her father finally passed away. Beaquis, while at the age of 72 was still in the prime years of her life due to her blessing by the lady was elected to become Queen of Bretonnia by her peers during the times of great strife as Mousillon, a shadowy castle city of Bretonnia that was surrounded by swamplands. Plagued by criminals, and monsters. The knights of Mousillon were said to be more like murdering bandits then actual knights. Even worse the royals had fallen to Vampiric corruption becoming undead to counter the holy grail knights. They would besieged castle Couronne and a viscous battle between the Men of arms of Couronne and the countless zombies and living brigands of Mousillon followed. The Queen leading her forces to defend her homeland against these monsters in a viscous battle. Earning new scars until the Duke would fall to Calard of Garamont, a knight that would become one of her best soldiers. The war against Mousillon still ongoing as she plans of leading a crusade to finally retake back the castle from its vampire lords.

She has even answered the call of the Empire of Man to the east. Another human realm lead by Empress Deathclaw, a Griffon beastwoman who doubted herself due to her heritage. And Beaquis has often bestowed wisdom upon Deathclaw giving her confidence. Both have become battle sisters and great friends with their battles against the Orcs and Chaos.

While many of these deeds are heroic, Queen Beaquis is flawed like most. While she is one of the more caring rulers, she still highly values the feudal social contract, which means to her the only people worth listening for advice, is nobles and knights like her. While the peasants of Bretonnia love her, they are only that to her, peasants. Thus to her they are uninformed rabble that must be lead and must follow her orders since she is the liege lord. This isn't her fault. The lady of the lake was the one to make this rule and the peasants of Bretonnia themselves do not question the lady's orders, so the nobles do not. However this does not mean that there has not been any attempt at rebellion and while she isn't cruel or heartless, she has crushed many uprisings of peasants in the past. She is also out of touch. While she is still in the prime of her life, she still has lived a entire lifetime as a noble woman. When the kingdom has had a influx of gold, instead of improving her fiefdoms that were struggling, she used the money to instead fund tournaments and jousts, which she adores has a sport instead of thinking about her peasants. Her biggest flaw however would come in the form of motherhood. As her time bedding with her lovers resulted in her having a bastard son and prince Mallobaude. Who she had instead of raising him directly left him to struggle, after feeling the brunt of the scandal and harboring some coldness towards her son. Mallobaude would attempt to follow in her footsteps becoming a questing knight to find the grail and at first seemed to be on the right track, but during his encounter with the lady and drinking of the holy water, he had unfortunately not been given the blessing to become a grail knight which brought even greater shame then his birth. He did not take this well and has become the black knight, leading a army of brigands within the swamps of Mousillon, even acting as a mercenary for the Vampires which makes him even more disgrace in her eyes.

Still she is willing to put herself in harms way when it comes to protecting the small folk. Because while she may see herself as far more graceful. She will not have innocents die cruel deaths under her protection.

Beaquis's personality is that of a noble and brave queen, willing to lead her armies to smite evil when it flares its head in her lands. She is regal and often has a commanding grace to her when addressing her people. Like the title of lionheart shows she is dauntless in her bravery. She still has a bit of snobbery to her that can be a bit rude, and she can prioritize her noble image a bit too much when it comes to interacting with peasants. She can make rallying speeches and can give her soldiers their will back if their faith is waning. And she can fight with a mighty viscousness with her swordsmanship. On the casual side she rather enjoys intimacy with those that impress her and often favors Bretonnia wine as her main alcoholic drink of choice. Being a bretonnian she speaks with a French like accent. Being a hippogryph beastwoman she can also make raptor eagle screeches and lion like sounds that can rumble through her throat.

Beaquis's appearance is that of a Anthro Hippogryph beastwoman. Her muscular amazonian body is covered in feathers and fur. The fur on her head and neck being white like a eagle while her body is a darker brown with a bit more of a moutain lion color. Her mouth is a sharp eagle raptor like yellow beak. And her eyes are a deep gold. Her hands are sharp yellow talons that end in 5 black nails. She has two powerful wings on her back that allows her to fly. She usually wears knightly armor that has red on the left side and blue on the right made up of cloth over the torso of the armor, showing the house colors of couronne, with the golden lion in the middle with some smaller shields showing her heraldry along with blessed scroll like ribbons from the lady. Her helmet is a rimmed With a facial helm built for hippogryphs that has a golden fleur de lis on the front. Her main weapon is the legendary The Sword of Couronne. A golden hilted silver blade that has been forged with the finest of holy silver and blessed in the lakes of the lady, it nearly glows as she swings it.

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