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'''Queen Melora II of Tavaris''' (Melora Nuvo Navandri ''née'' Vetra; b. January 7th, 1617 CE, d. November 9th, 1714 CE), often called '''Melora the Brave''' (Tavari: ''Melora vat Tanavi''), was the 15th monarch of [[Tavaris]], reigning from 1640 until 1710, a 70-year period that is the country’s longest. She was the first monarch in the Navandri family of Line Nuvo, having founded the family upon her marriage to Chief Vandri of Nevran, 9 years her senior, in 1635. Unusually for a Tavari monarch, Melora abdicated the throne, citing "inability to perform the work of state" due to her age. She is one of the most fondly remembered Tavari monarchs, frequently ranking atop surveys of favorite historical monarchs in Tavaris. She led the country through the [[History of Tavari-Banian Relations#Third War|Third]] and [[History of Tavari-Banian Relations#Fourth War|Fourth Tavari-Banian Wars]], by far the most brutal and deadly of the six, and also reigned over the peak of Tavaris' colonial empire. For this reason, the Tavari colonial empire is often poetically (or sometimes derisively) referred to in Tavaris as "Queen Melora's Empire" (Tavari: ''Erevat Meloranar Eredan''). (This helps differentiate the Tavari colonial empire from the current political entity of the Kingdom of Tavaris, both of which are called ''Eredan Tavarís'' in Tavari.)