Saria au Gruhen

Saria Legacy (née au Gruhen), more commonly known by her maiden name Saria au Gruhen, was a female Human and the first wife of Trace Legacy. Saria was born in the port town of Edinmire within Human territory, the daughter of a local blacksmith. Not much is known about her life growing up but in her late teens she became the center of Trace Legacy's, a Templar prodigy a few years younger than her studying at the nearby Edinmire Templar Collage, attraction. Trace went to many extremes to get her attention such as slaying a Dragon in her honor but nothing seemed to work. After a long while she finally began to notice Trace and the two were later married. On their way to Trace's estate to spend their honeymoon, with both elated at the new found news of Saria's pregnancy, she was killed by a poison dart from a Keidran assassin originally sent to eliminate just Trace.

Her death caused Trace to gain a great contempt for Keidran, especially Forest Wolves, and led him to attempt a mass genocide of all Keidran in revenge. Alongside his violent frontier Trace made multiple attempts to bring Saria back by using Black Magic, leading to the death of his servant Roselyn and the near destruction of his own mind during his experiments.

Appearance
Saria is a light skinned woman of about average height with long light brown hair reaching to just around her back, often depicted covering one of her amber eyes.

History
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Trace was about 18, he saw Saria for the first time and became smitten, trying to win her attention by going on foolish, usually dangerous quests.

He fought a dragon in her honor, though Saria took no notice.

Lady Nora, noticing this would usually tell him to just go and talk to her, in attempts to stop him from injuring himself or others with more pointlessly dangerous displays of power, and after the previous Grand Templar found Nora and Trace fighting on her courtyard, Trace was made to promise not to destroy the academy for a third time, and to pay for the damages already caused in the skirmish between himself and Lady Nora at that time.

Afterwards, Trace gathered himself and went to talk to Saria, (Nora mentions this being far more effective instead of fighting) and afterwards, Trace and Saria become very close.

On the first winter after they struck up a relationship, they chose to get married, and Trace bought their very first home together.

Trace also bought a slave, a female Keidran canid, which Saria was more than happy to voice her displeasure about. (Nora again mentions that the entire town probably heard the entire argument)

Trace and Saria decided then on to travel only as a couple, and on their journey Saria happens to notice Flora, four years previous to Flora meeting Trace.

She points this out to Trace, calling her cute, and Flora waves to them.

It's possible that this is the reason Trace spared Laura when he found the village where she was kept, as he mentioned Laura "looks like her."

In the afternoon of May 9th, 477, after Trace had experimented with Dark Mana, the young couple retired to their cabin in the woods. When they (Trace and Saria) arrived at their home, a male Keidran thief from the wolf clan shoots a couple of poisoned arrows at them, attempting to rob them.

The first arrow, intended for Saria, barely managed to hit her, leaving an open wound on her left arm.

The second, aimed for Trace was deflected by way of a shield spell, after which the Keidran thief fled.

Trace asked Saria if she was okay, to which she replied she'd be fine.

He then tells her to lock the door, and begins to chase the Keidran, though it's not mentioned whether or not he actually succeeds in catching him.

He returns eventually, to find Saria dead, long before he arrived, as the two of them were unaware that the arrows were poisoned. Trace attempted to resurrect her by way of magic, which ends in disaster.

The resulting spell created makes use of both natural and black magic, and ends up nearly killing Trace in the process.

He's found, half dead, by Saria's body, his mind corrupted by the very magic he used in trying to save her, and in the years to come that corruption set into madness.

He spent the next two years in his room studying, gathering his strength in an effort to challenge the Grand Templar herself, and succeeds, cursing her in the process of doing so by imperfectly transforming her into a Keidran.

The current inner-circle council is killed shortly thereafter, replaced by another of his own choosing; Euchre takes the place of Master Strategist.

Trace's mind is still twisted in trying to resurrect Saria, and as a result the Templar's focus is redirected to that of an army, rather than a mage guild, though he also came up with the idea of building Mana towers.

Around two years after Trace became Grand Templar, he was attacked whilst hunting Flora, his memories sealed away by the mask known as Ephemural/Neutral, just as he nearly succeeded. This is where the story begins.

During the battle with Ephemural, Trace hears a voice, presumably of Saria's which tells him "I don't have much time" and that "If she truly loves you, she will hear it".

Saria later met with Trace in what appears to be a very powerful illusion manifested by Ephemural. A whole city, in fact.

Trace finds out that Saria is his wife, but retains no memory of her, and once Ephemural is defeated after possessing Flora, the illusory city fades.

Keith notifies Trace of this, and the two of them exit through the back of the cabin they'd been staying in, to find themselves surrounded by forests, and a stream.

Saria speaks to Trace once more, asking him if they remembered this place, as they used to visit it all the time, before Saria died, and Trace became power hungry.

Trace admits he has no memory of the place, and Saria decides that it's best he doesn't remember after all.

Saria then lies that they were not married after all, and instead says that they once knew each other, a long time ago, and her only reason for returning was because of Ephemural bringing her - She had to see Trace one last time.

She's later seen fading away as a spirit above her grave, with the markings returning, detailing the following

"Saria Legacy

449 - 477

Loving wife of an honorable Templar, Killed by Keidran.

May your soul rest, and your death one day be avenged.

-Trace Legacy."

Personality
Saria is soft-spoken and usually shy, but not afraid to speak out when she needs to. She holds Keidran to a much more equal status than most other humans of the series, such as when she comforts Roselyn before her bearing at the Dragon Masquerade. Despite this, she holds a certain view that courtship should be of the same race and around the same age, as she finds Lady Nora inappropriate for "hanging off" of Trace.

Saria also holds a certain amount of mistrust to the Templars, as she says that despite liking Trace, she can't be with him due to the orders mistreatment of the Keidran.

Abilities and Powers
(None of Note)

Trace Legacy
Saria loved Trace deeply, marrying him within a years time. According to Nora, the two were a nice couple despite their different upbringings and personal beliefs. However she did have an issue with Trace buying a Keidran slave for their home, verbally berating Trace for participating in such a horrible thing yet despite that they still loved each other.

Roselyn
Saria's kind heart led her to help Rose after she was imprisoned by the Templar. She had some friends arrange for her escape and employed Rose as a paid servant in her home until Saria could find a means to get her back home. When the time came though Rose refused, saying she had nothing left to go back to and chose to stay with the incredibly kind Saria and ever since the two have been very close. Saria often made Rose the subject of her paintings and Rose was incredibly disheartened after learning of Saria's demise.

Gallery
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Trivia

 * According to The Dragon Masquerade, Saria's surname "Au Gruhen" means "Of the Fire".