Contessa

An empress of a land crawling with Imperials. She has forgone her natural form in favour of something less obvious and arrived in Clan Knightshade with only one purpose. To bring Ruler back home.

What she hadn't anticipated was the imperial to have not only refused her, but also tied the knot in marriage with a pearlcatcher. A race beneath their own, according to her.

Much to Colette's displeasure, the empress has decided to remain in the lair until she convinces the Imperial to come back home and tend to his duties or until such time she decides Colette is incapable of ruling and claims the territory for herself.

Ezhno despises the way she looks down on him and refuses to accept her as a potential ruler of the territory. One of the few things he and Colette actually agree on.

She spends her time simply observing and tending to her 'pet,' a lesser Imperial of their land known as Lux. - She isn't even Ruler's fiance, she just got charged with bringing him back. She's actually a lesbian herself.
- She has been promised and Imperial scroll to return her to her true form if she can bring Ruler home.