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| - Sethra Lavode is the Enchantress of Dzur Mountain, her home. She is undead, a vampire, a shape-shifter and could be the most powerful wizard and best millitary general ever living. She carries Iceflame, one of the Great Weapons, which is mystically tied to the power of Dzur Mountain itself. The only other person who is known to live there is Tukko, more informally known as Chazz. An image of Sethra Lavode can be found here by Danielle Sylvie Taylor.
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| - Sethra Lavode is the Enchantress of Dzur Mountain, her home. She is undead, a vampire, a shape-shifter and could be the most powerful wizard and best millitary general ever living. She carries Iceflame, one of the Great Weapons, which is mystically tied to the power of Dzur Mountain itself. The only other person who is known to live there is Tukko, more informally known as Chazz. Her figure is clad in as much mystery as the gods themselves. Those who know Sethra (with the possible exception of Chazz) speculate much about her, and those who don't, ruminate on legends and myths which vary according to the period. Though a figure of significant Dragearan history, she has also and often been (falsely) portrayed as an evil enchantress. Whether a result of this or, possibly, simply because of her formidable reputation in both history an myth, many fledgling Dzur have taken to charging up Dzur Mountain to challenge Sethra to combat (it being the greatest pleasure in life of many Dzur to face overwhelming odds). Few have lived to tell the tale. Her age is rumoured to be ten thousand years but really she is two hundred thousand - older than the Empire - so naturally she is a historic factor in the entire Imperial timeline. Her House is unknown (Morrolan claims she's a Dzur but he could be wrong). The Dark Lady of Dzur Mountain commonly dresses in black, matching her hair. She appears as a rather tall Dragaeran with very pale undead skin which sharply contrasts with her dark clothing. Her facial features resemble, to a degree, a Dragon, but she possesses the upward slanting eyes suggestive of a Dzurlord. It also appears that she has some involvement with the Dragon Council, the very nature of which is unclear (it could perhaps be a mere association). Her character is not unpleasant; unlike either Dragons or Dzur, she rarely displays temper. Her title at Court is Baroness of Dzur Mountain and Environs but she is not known to insist on its use elsewhere. She was Warlord multiple times (including during the 13th Lyorn Reign under Emperor Tiska, the 14th Dragon Reign, the 17th Jhegaala Reign under Empress Viodonna VI and the 18th Phoenix Reign, under Empress Zerika IV). "Recently" she has disappeared from Court, but retains a relation with the current Empress. During the Revolt of 244, she appeared in Court and caused quite a stir. Sethra is or was, depending on the period, also Captain of the Lavodes -- a group of highly trained individuals who seek to protect the Orb and Cycle from harm, especially from the Jenoine. All members of the Lavodes (but for Sethra herself) were killed in the events leading up to and during Adron's disaster. Shortly after, Sethra apprenticed Tazendra, who took on the Lavode title and surname, but she was killed in only the second year of Zerika's reign. There were no more Lavodes for hundreds of years, until it was revealed in Brust's translated history, Issola, that Sethra is rebuilding them (there being one Lavode-in-training). Sethra has had a number of apprentices over her long history, all of whom tried to kill her except Sethra the Younger, who hasn't yet. Around the time she met Morrolan e'Drien, she presented him with Blackwand as a gift. Other than Blackwand and Nightslayer, the latter having been given to Telnan by Sethra, it is unknown whether she has any other of the seventeen Great Weapons in her stores. An image of Sethra Lavode can be found here by Danielle Sylvie Taylor.
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