![]() ![]() At her wedding, she poisoned her groom with powdered coleus leaves. Shortly before her first marriage, her father was poisoned and she became queen. She pretended to be stupid and shy, so that he would not suspect her of plotting against him. ![]() While she lived in his household she was given the nickname "shadow princess" by her fiancé. Since women were not traditionally rulers of Attolia, she was betrothed to the son of a powerful baron, and he would have become king. When her brother was killed in a suspicious horse riding accident, she became heir. Irene was born a minor princess of Attolia, the daughter of the previous king of Attolia and his second wife. She is several inches taller than Eugenides. She frequently wears a ruby headband and dresses in imitation of the goddess Hephestia. ![]() Irene is a tall, beautiful woman with black hair. ![]()
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