Lanis Siri Daegr

Overview
Lanis Siri Daegr was the Duchess of the Fiefdom of Thimia from year 436 until her assassination in 452.

Legacy
Following a growing rise of anti-imperial ultranationalists in the southern Fiefdom of Vasel, reports began to come in by year 450 of merchants crossing the Thimil-Vaselian border being robbed, and in some cases killed, by Vaselian bandits. Fearing for their safety, Lanis Siri implemented trade sanctions between Vasel and Thimia, as well as closing the border for general travel.

This course of action angered much of the general population of Vasel, and was used as political fuel for pro-ultranationalist political speakers within the fiefdom to incite many of the slave owners into petitioning for war. The ruling duke of Vasel, Borse Vorgel Narsen was struggling to keep his subjects in check.

In February of 452, the Tharsiscan Duke, Mareth Vensill Crowe visited Lanis to discuss trade agreements between the their fiefdoms. While the pair was being escorted through a crowd, a group of Vaselian ultranationalists had managed to infiltrate Thimia and surround the Duke and Duchess. Cutting through the guards, the assassins managed to stab and kill both rulers using reinforced-glass daggers before being apprehended themselves. Immediately after, Thimia and Tharsis would declare war against the Fiefdom of Vasel, sparking the War of Glass and Shadow.

As Lanis had no children at the time of her death and her only brother Kaesen Siri Daegr was on business in the Fiefdom of Terre, the Thimil military general Faunz Estawk was chosen as interim duke until Kaesen could return.