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==Ramya Vasavadan==
Darklord of Kalakeri. Ramya was hand-picked by her father, the last ruler of Kalkeri, to succeed him, but when he died, her brother Arijani contested her claim, leading to a brief civil war. Ramya would have killed Arijani then and there, but their sister Reeva counseled mercy, and Ramya conceded, not really wanting to kill her brother anyway. She enjoyed a brief period of unchallenged leadership, bringing a golden age to Kalakeri, but all the while Reeva was working behind her back to build up support for Arijani, culminating in her freeing Arijani and launching a second civil war. Enraged, Ramya suppressed the rebellion with brutal methods, executing captured rebel ranas and executing them in horrifically inventive methods that only made the people distrust her more and furthered the fighting. At the second war's climax, Arijani and Reeva sued for peace and Ramya agreed... only to be captured by her treacherous siblings and murdered. Before the court strangler garotted her in the central courtyard of her own palace, Ramya cursed her siblings as bloodthirsty beasts.

Once it was done, Arijani and Reeva further disrespected their sister by throwing her body into the ocean... an act that resulted in a terrible monsoon lashing Kalakeri for weeks. And then, when it was done, Ramya rose from her watery grave and marched on her former siblings, followed by an ever-swelling army of undead soldiers made up of all her loyal warriors who had fought and died for her. This time, Ramya showed no mercy, capturing her siblings and having them crushed to death by undead elephants.

...And then they came back as fiends - Arijani as a [[rakshasa]] and Reeva as an [[arcanaloth]] - and the civil war has raged ever since.

This civil war is the primary curse that Ramya experiences, with three secondary elements. Firstly, despite knowing better, Ramya is the sentimental sort, and so ''always'' remains vulnerable to the lies and deceptions of her siblings, which prevents her from truly ending the war. Secondly, Ramya's direct control over the domain is tied to her being seated in the Sapphire Throne, the symbol of Kalakeri's ruler; if the rebels oust her from the Cerulean Citadel, then her dominion diminishes until she can reclaim it. The final curse she labors under is the fact that, despite being shrouded in an illusion of life, Ramya ''knows'' that she's actually [[undead]], and this is apparent in her reflection, so she bans mirrors from her presence. That said, she ''is'' willing to confide this secret to adventurers who show nothing but absolute loyalty to her, unlike her siblings who will never willingly reveal their true nature to anybody.
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03-020.maharani-ramya-vasavadan.png|Ramya Vasavadan
03-021.arijani-and-reeva.png|Arijani (left) and Reeva (right)
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