Iesca the Great

Iesca the Great of the Imperial Clan Feiltearóid [14 of Meithaimh (June) 23 CE  - 15 Faraigh (April) 102 CE], commonly known as Iesca the Great was a first-century Trinterian monarch and the first Empress of the Trinterian Commonwealth. Having ascended into the throne following the death of her father, the Herald-Emperor Aran the Great, she is best known in Trinterian history for having improved and perfected the system of co-rule between the monarch and the Imperial Diets founded under her father's reign and countless cultural, intellectual, and administrative improvements. Under her reign, Aeter completely its process of ascension to supreme power in the Trinterian Realm by defeating the final remnants of the rebellious Bhánish, and Saomhairite alliances and stabilized the remnants of old Cirí.

Iesca the Great was a cultured monarch and fostered an intellectual environment in her court, which was open to scholars and philosophers from different schools of thoughts. She was tolerant toward her subjects, though constant in her endeavours to spread the Abhailist faith to her subjects. Under her reign, Iesca maintained a stable administration which governed a multicultural empire and promoted a common Fefsen identity amongst her subjects which later proved to be one of the main pillars of Trinterian civilization post-unification. It was also under her reign that the Holy Congregation of Abhaile was established, with its contemporary doctrine, the Iescan Doctrine, continuing to shape the religious landscape of Trinteria before it was superseded by numerous smaller doctrines practiced across the Commonwealth.

Iesca fell ill and died in 102 CE after a fruitful 79-year reign. Many tales have been recorded about her fate. Her rise and her legacy have inspired historians, artists and novelists, and she is a patriotic symbol in the Fefsen-speaking Trinterian world. With her death, she left a legacy as one of the most powerful and successful monarchs in Trinterian history immortalized in countless fiticious and historical texts. A romanticized image of her and her reign persists to this day, and in the many novels devoted to her she almost inevitably appears as a key figure in shaping both Trinteria's descendant cultures and the persevering Fefsen identity.