Ophelia Verona

Part of an arranged marriage they both had expectations and miscommunication that combined with Albair’s selfish, immaturity and Ophelia’s cold, detached nature didn’t mix well and soured things from the beginning. With the aid of a magical fertility potion they conceived a son, Rorric, and they are bound through their mutual adoration for their son. They've begun to build more of a partnership with the shared goal of bettering Mirador for their son’s future. Things are slowly warming between them now that they are being more honest with each other but Ophelia is still too bitter to ever let herself have feelings for him.

Ophelia is a helicopter mom. She adores him, he was a means to an end but he’s the one thing that she really feels connected to. She is very stern and has high expectations. Lots of adjusting his clothes and hair, being strict with lessons, commenting on his footwork during a mother-son dance. He wants to be a knight but she wants him to be ready to be a good ruler and to her that means knowing all the courtly proper things and lots of good tutors and training. At the same time, she does adore him and so lets some things slide...some.

Ophelia tolerates Calder. She very aware of the feelings the knight has for her husband and the distraction that causes for Albair.

Emilie has been Ophelia's hand-maid since Ophelia was a young teenager but Emilie is still fairly intimidated by her so there is a formal barrier to their relationship. However there is a trust of familiarity that lets Ophelia be less guarded than she is with almost anyone else. This trust is why Ophelia asks her to raise Gwendolyn when the baby is dropped off basically on their doorstep.

Ophelia’s son, Rorric’s, best friend. Gwen is technically the biological child of Albair’s older sister, Aleska, but this is kept secret from everyone, including Gwen. When her mother abandoned her in Albair’s arms Ophelia tasked her hand-maid Emilie with raising her. There’s a part of Ophelia who is guarded around Gwen because she knows Gwen is technically the heir to the throne but she knows how much she and her son adore each other.

There is one person Ophelia trusts beyond anyone else, and that is her knight Sir Ymond. His quiet, stoic, companionship has been a constant for her since she was a young girl and she knows he would do anything for her. He was the only one she trusted to help arrange for her to purchase a forbidden fertility potion so she could conceive Rorric.

Ser Hera was assigned to Ophelia when she arrived in Mirador. Their relationship is almost solely professional. Ophelia is aware that Ser Hera makes fairly regular reports to Albair’s parents on her and so she remains guarded around her.

Sir Larose was assigned to be Albair's new knight by Ophelia's mother, the Queen of Chevalia, in a political agreement following the outing of the affair between Albair and his knight Calder. While she enjoys the fact that Albair can't stand him Ophelia finds him to be a charming example of a proper knight.