Overview
Aurelia is a princess of Myrravel and a former member of the Oracles of Eternity. She reaches Varnhallow as a time-displaced survivor seeking aid against Abraxas, the Oracles, and the expanding Plains of Eternity. Her public mission conceals Myrravel's plan to control the source and create mages powerful enough to resist the Plains.
To survive source-derived power her body cannot contain, Aurelia passes it into Helena Hyperion, the child she bears with Ozaith. Helena is born with the abyss. After Myrravel's plan to seize the source turns openly treacherous, Viviana confronts Aurelia in the Myrravel backline and kills her.
Appearance and Bearing
Aurelia is a young woman with golden-blond hair, slate-blue eyes, and striking beauty. In Varnhallow she wears violet robes. In Ulzathir she receives black council robes, and in Myrravel she wears the lighter violet and pink clothing favored by Myrravel natives.
Aurelia is charming, playful, theatrical, and openly flirtatious. She jokes easily with Viviana and Gren, uses affection to keep people close, and often hides pressure or danger behind a bright smile. Her friendliness coexists with deliberate deception, especially around Abraxas, the source, Helena, and Myrravel's true goals.
Magic
Aurelia uses origin magic, temporal magic, divine magic, copy magic, and source-derived power. Her mirror magic is the copy magic Abraxas taught her while she belonged to the Oracles of Eternity. Through it, she copied the reversal spell meant for the Keeper of Prophecies and mirrored a powerful Oracle temporal mage to escape into Varnhallow.
The copied origin power is dangerous for Aurelia because origin magic and standard magic clash inside the same body. She uses copy magic to trap the reversal spell inside herself, relies on divine healing to survive the damage, drains nearby mages while sleeping to keep herself stable, and seeks a child of Ozaith who can inherit the power she cannot safely contain.
Her copy magic lets her reproduce other mages' spells. She copies Viviana's plasma magic, Gren's air magic, and magic at Brighthaven, which later drives Alistair's search for a defense against godlike threats. Isandriel compares her ability to Barachiel's copy magic; Aurelia was born with the power, and a few Myrravel mages share it.
In battle, Aurelia uses divine enchantment, shields, healing, radiant blasts, temporal timing, and destructive temporal collapse effects. During the Varnhallow tournament, she endures Maia's gravity pressure, dodges cosmic beams, releases a massive divine wave, and uses a temporal implosion-like attack of the same brand used by Lunorax and Thalena.
Aurelia also understands the Plains of Eternity in ways outsiders do not. She breathes and moves normally where Viviana and Gren struggle with the overwhelming essence, and she guides the army through local dangers such as warped creatures, dragons, moving flowers, and unsafe water routes.
History
Aurelia enters Varnhallow under a Myrravel-rescue cover: Princess Aurelia of Myrravel, stranded in Ereshval while traveling toward Ulzathir to ask Ozaith for aid against the Dark Lord after Myrravel's losses in the Plains of Eternity.
She becomes close to Viviana, Gren, Zayren, and Isandriel while Varnhallow's tournament, timerifts, and collapse unfold. In the Astralynne tournament, her performance against Maia draws attention from the patriarchs. Thalion, disguised as Eltaru, offers her a place among the patriarchs, and Aurelia accepts while openly intending to trade her usefulness for backing in restoring Myrravel.
After Varnhallow, Aurelia travels through Haverloch and Brighthaven with Viviana, Gren, and Isandriel, then continues to Ishtanûr to seek Ozaith. She offers Ozaith a child born from his power and the stolen power she carries. The deal produces Helena Hyperion, daughter of Aurelia and Ozaith. Aurelia accelerates the pregnancy, gives Viviana the right to name the child, and the copied reversal spell and temporal power move into Helena.
Helena remains in Ishtanûr under Ozaith and Nadun while Aurelia joins the Ulzathir-backed march toward Myrravel. Aurelia becomes a member of Ozaith's council, receives black council robes, and travels with Viviana, Gren, Sharuzh, Tarazhi, and Ulzathir's forces. Aurelia misses Helena, but Helena's survival convinces her that a stronger child can contain the power she could not.
At the edge of the Plains, Aurelia teaches Viviana and Gren how to endure the warped essence. The march toward Myriandel takes years from the army's perspective, with Aurelia and Sharuzh leading the force deeper into the Plains. When the army reaches Myriandel, the city is inhabited and defended, and Viviana and Gren begin to distrust Aurelia's account.
In Myriandel, Aurelia introduces Ranan and Nuvyra, distant relatives who took the throne while she was gone. The Myrravel leaders coordinate with Sharuzh around a plan to reach the source. After Nadun arrives, Ranan, Nuvyra, and Sharuzh ambush and kill him near the lake, then blame Abraxas to keep Ulzathir's army committed.
During Myrravel and Ulzathir's battle to reach the source, Viviana reaches Aurelia behind the battle line as Aurelia heals Myrravel's wounded. Aurelia received her magic from the source while serving Abraxas as an oracle; her body could not contain it, and passing it on saved her life. Her actions use her friends and serve Myrravel's attempt to create more mages like Helena. Viviana executes Aurelia for hiding Myrravel's source plan and using the group.
After Aurelia's death, Helena carries the inherited abyss, Alistair pursues copy-magic answers from Aurelia's spell copying at Brighthaven, Ozaith remains Helena's father, and Myrravel, Rahmavir, the Oracles, and Abraxas continue fighting over the source.
Relationships
- Family: Aurelia is the mother of Helena Hyperion with Ozaith. Her mother was a Myrravel queen and divine mage. Ranan and Nuvyra are distant relatives.
- Allies and associates: Aurelia travels with Viviana, Gren, Isandriel, Zayren, Dorian, and Rowenna during Varnhallow's tournament, timerifts, and collapse. In Ulzathir and Myrravel, she serves on Ozaith's council and aligns with Nadun, Tarazhi, Sharuzh, Ranan, Nuvyra, and Myrravel's forces.
- Enemies and victims: Aurelia was once an Oracle ally trained by Abraxas, then broke from the order by copying the Keeper's reversal spell and fleeing. By Myrravel's attempt to seize the source, she works against Abraxas and the Oracles. Viviana becomes her killer after the Myrravel deception is exposed.
- After death: Aurelia's spell copying at Brighthaven drives Alistair's later search for ways to defend Brighthaven from godlike threats. Helena inherits the copied reversal spell and dangerous power Aurelia could not contain.