Methiad Dethlycan (concept)
Methiad Dethlycan was the Aversarian co-governor of Kalathipsomi who ruled between 1226 IS and 1247 IS. An ardent Axiaotheist and oft titled 'Aversarian among Aversarians' by her contemporaries for her imperious bearing and absolute refusal for compromise with those she considered of lesser blood, Methiad was born into her role and began a bitter campaign of rebellion against the warlord (and her co-governor) Demetros Iron-Spike and his patron Aautokratir Aeschraes.
Methiad was a powerful Magi in her own right, and controlled a cabal of Magi called the Seven Watchers, often considered the strongest Magi in the north alongside her allies in the Mayikrata. Not only this, but Methiad received numerous arms and funding from the Marchers of Chevalie, with whom she had made numerous deals for generous land and resource grants in the Black Mountains. With this force she fought Iron-Spike and his ally and her chief rival Oulnir Gurdurbok.
When Iron-Spike was killed in the Vilnian Assault, the guerilla war between Methiad and Gurdurbok broke into full open conflict, and would consume the north for the rest of her life. Both sides would fail to make substantial gains, especially with the rest of Kalathipsomi in open collapse, and Methiad's position was thrown into even greater doubt with the collapse of her allies in Chevalie (with the disappearance of High King Gardfrei) and the Mayikrata (with Sjalvolki Migrations).
When Governor Legon Nicanoneus 'the Black Sun' arrived from the east alongside his refugee legions, Methiad and Gurdurbok both attempted to Black Mountain War. Using forces from both Methiad and Gurdurbok, Nicanoneus would score a victory against the Sjalvolki at the Battle of Bergkoga but quickly be routed north soon after. Blaming his 'allies', Nicanoneus soon after ambushed and killed Gurdurbok. Methiad suspected she was his next target, and attempted to send assassins as well as her personal legion to kill her former pawn. The assassins failed however, and her legion quickly deserted to Nicanoneus. Surrounded and without allies, she attempted to flee to Chevalie, but would be captured and then executed for incompetence by Nicanoneus in 1247 IS. Her attempt to escape west, along with another attempted assassination against Nicanoneus by her followers soon after, would be used by the Black Sun as an excuse to invade west into Chevalie in the Ash War soon after.