Shek'zeer

Shek'zeer was the last crowned empress of the Mantid empire. She struggled with the Sha of Fear before finally succumbing to its corruption in 30Y. She was slain by the Klaxxi, the Wakener and their company of adventurers.

Early life
Shek'zeer was picked by the Klaxxi council to succeed the previous empress. Little is known about the ordeal aside from the fact that Shek'zeer took the crown in a violent duel with the previous monarch that had to be forcibly unseated by the Klaxxi. She did not take the experience well, but it was not until many centuries later that the memories resurfaced as a contributing factor to the empress' anxiety.

Reign
Shek'zeer was known to be a capable mage, weaving the powers of the wind, sea and later the Sha with little issue. Such was demonstrated on a regular basis, though perhaps most memorably when she parted Zan'vess from the mainland and forced it into the sea.

She had been at odds with the Klaxxi council for the most of her reign, the council disliking her drastic and often rash approach to most issues.

Appearance
Shek'zeer was a towering mantid female, her size further exaggerated by the Sha. Her carapace was olive before her corruption, and her eyes were amber in color. The possession then showed most prominently at her peripheries; the wing fins on her head, her hands, legs.

Personality
The empress was known to be impulsive and reckless, though at the same time mindful of her subjects' lives. She was averse to wasting life for nothing, something that persisted even throughout her corruption. This made her a quite popular ruler, beloved by her closest.

Fearing failure in the eyes of the Klaxxi, Shek'zeer lived in constant fear that she would be one day be dealt with in the same way as the previous empress. It was this dread that alienated her from the council and later thrust her into the jaws of the Sha of Fear.

While she hadn't developed any excessive attachments to her broods or had tried to stop the swarming cycle, she still affectionately referred to her favourite hatchlings as her "sons".

Abilities
As an empress, Shek'zeer was the single most powerful mantid in the empire, though she was not exceptional in comparison with her predecessors. She was quicker to use her powers however, bringing her magic to solve situations that did not always call for its use.

She was a master wind shaper, geomancer and water mage, in tune with the land she ruled. The powers of air were her favourite, and like a second nature to her.

In the AU
Shek'zeer's human version keeps the amber eyes and the crimson regalia of her mantid counterpart; she's tall and slender, with a long mane of straight jade hair. Her relationship with her offspring becomes more prominent.