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ARIA MASTEMA
died at 44 || would be 93 present day
29/09/1051

She was a priestess of Wiz and one of Oz’s most devoted worshippers. As a child she took a trip with her father out to sea, but a vicious storm struck and even with their magic, the ship was wrecked and many of the passengers died including her father. She fell overboard and clung to driftwood for safety, and prayed to Oz the entire time that she would survive. Miraculously she made it through the storm and a few hours later, Pegasus Knights found and rescued her. After recovering and returning home with her mother, Aria decided to become a priestess when she became older and fully devote herself to Oz. She completed studies and memorized as many writings and prayers of Oz as she could, becoming a priestess at the earliest age allowed at 25 years old. She was very altruistic and devoted her time to helping the poor wizards, usually by feeding the hungry and telling stories that reinforced faith in Oz. 

When she was sent to give the last rites to some prisoners meant to be executed, Aria accidently met the king for the first time while she was on her way back to the church. Unable to help her excitement at coming face to face with the prophet, Aria immediately bowed and told him praises like what it honor it was to be in the same room with him, how he was the greatest wizard on the planet, and that she “would do anything at all to please the King and Prophet of Oz”. With her blind devotion to Oz and adoration with Belzeneff for being the prophet, it didn’t take long for them to become intimate with one another, and she began meeting up with him from time to time. Eventually, she became pregnant with his child, and it was the wizard council who panicked the most.

Belzeneff’s heirs had been born only a few years ago and her child could cause trouble not only with the queen and the public, but with the line of succession. There was a reason the previous rulers of Wiz had a tradition of only having one heir and the illegitimate child could grow up to cause trouble if they wanted the throne for themselves. The wizard council wanted to banish her to The Under or earth, but High Priestess Symphora interfered on her behalf and convinced them to just let her raise the child in secrecy away from the city. Aria was allowed to move back to her hometown in the North and a few months later, her son was born. Part of the deal was that her child would have to take her name rather than Belzeneff’s, so she named him Arius Mastema. Life was going well for Aria and she still participated in her town’s local church, but a few months later fanatic Belzeneff worshippers found out about her affair. One of the wizard council members blew the secret and told one of their friends about Aria, who ended up being a member of the group. They became angry at her for wronging the royal family by having an illegitimate child with the king. It was simple to find her because she did not change her name and she still worked with the church, so they brutally killed her for her “crimes” in the dead of night, only sparing Arius because he was half Belzeneff. Aria’s mother found her dead in the morning when she went to visit them and took guardianship of Arius. 

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