Sotiria Pentaghast was a princess of Nevarra and the second wife of Emperor Etienne I of Orlais.
Background[]
In 7:82 Storm, in an attempt to build up alliances lost by the Van Markham dynasty, the Pentaghasts approached Emperor Etienne I of Orlais to solidify a peace treaty through marriage. The emperor set aside his wife of seventeen years to marry Princess Sotiria, hoping to finally produce an heir and cement an alliance with Nevarra. By 7:97 Storm, as Sotiria was still childless, the emperor sent her to a cloister so that he could marry his mistress, Marquise Yvette. The Pentaghasts took this gesture extremely poorly. They sent a small war party into Orlais to reclaim her, but took no other military action until 8:46 Blessed, when they took advantage of the fact that Orlesian troops were still committed in occupied Ferelden to start the Perendale War. While the Orlesians eventually succeeded in driving the Nevarrans out of Ghislain and Arlesans, they lost a large portion of their northern territory, including the city of Perendale.[1]
After her divorce from Etienne I, Sotiria married a minor Orlesian noble named Gustav LaFleur, and raised his son Aurelian as her own. Though not a Pentaghast by blood, Aurelian was raised as one and considered Sotiria his mother. He made a bid for the throne of Nevarra, but the revelation that he had no blood relation to the Pentaghasts in 8:60 Blessed led to his disgrace and exile.[2]
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- ↑ Codex entry: The Perendale War
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Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, p. 40