Rennala

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Features: A beautiful face and long hair, which she sometimes wears loose in private 28 88 113.
• Clothing: Wears deep-purple clothing outside formal court occasions, including a simple long skirt and a sorcerer’s robe 39 60.
• Royal accessory: Possesses a moon crown 113.
• During the lunar calling: Becomes visibly exhausted, with a pale face and pronounced dark circles beneath her eyes 113.

Personality

Rennala is initially a steady, far-sighted leader who balances family concerns against political responsibilities. Although deeply worried when Rellana fails to return from the Church of Vows, she remains at Caria Manor to manage worsening friction with the Academy. She also recognizes Horace Loux’s usefulness without overlooking the risks posed by his growing independence 26 28 39 57.

She is perceptive about her sister’s feelings and enjoys teasing her. Her matchmaking combines genuine affection with dynastic calculation: she wants Rellana to have a dependable partner, while securing Horace’s loyalty and a stable succession for Caria. Her supposed interest in taking Horace as prince consort is a deliberate provocation, not a genuine courtship 57 67 69.

Years of government leave her increasingly resentful of royal obligations. She complains that official documents have displaced sorcery, research, romance, and hobbies, then stages her death to escape the throne. Nevertheless, her protectiveness remains intact: she explicitly threatens retaliation if Lilith harms Rellana or Caria 118 138 160.

Background / History

Leadership of Caria

As a child, Rennala watched the stars in the Mountaintops of the Giants. Troll True Magic Knights swore an oath to the young Rennala and became her allies 52.

By Horace Loux’s arrival in Liurnia, she is the Carian family’s de facto leader and is occupied with its conflict against the Academy. Having sensed an inexplicable pull herself, she advises Rellana to investigate with a contingent of Glintstone Knights. Rellana instead travels alone and returns after being defeated and injured by Horace 26 28.

Rennala welcomes Horace and considers the political value of his tribe, its Numen Witch, and his connection to the moons. She raises the possibility of recruiting him through marriage to Rellana. Later, she accepts one hundred Oath Knights sent as temporary hired assistance for a Carian operation 28 36.

Government and Reform

When Horace negotiates his position as a Carian marquis, Rennala weighs his requests for independent military command, territorial administration, lawmaking, courts, and law enforcement. His proposed autonomy presents a risk, but she recognizes the value of his governing ability 39.

After his legal code proves effective, Rennala overrides opposition and introduces a revised version throughout Caria. Horace becomes the kingdom’s highest Judicial Officer. Under her rule, relations between the Academy and royal family reach a new balance, while public safety, dispute resolution, and commerce improve 46.

She also orders a secret investigation into the persecution of Albinaurics. Acknowledging that nobles and sorcerers evade anti-slavery reforms through legal loopholes, she directs Rellana to gather evidence and use the Oath Knights to imprison those responsible 54.

Securing Horace’s Place in the Royal Family

Rennala appoints Horace chief envoy to the newly established Golden Dynasty and Rellana his deputy, privately encouraging her sister to use the journey to grow closer to him. Later, she offers Horace access to Nokstella in exchange for his continued loyalty to Caria 47 57.

Frustrated by the couple’s slow progress, she works with Miriel at the Church of Vows. Her announcement that she is considering Horace as her own prince consort forces Rellana to confront her jealousy. After Horace and Rellana become engaged, Rennala openly celebrates the success of her interference 67 68 69.

To reconcile family expectations with the danger of a large Golden Dynasty escort entering Caria, she proposes two weddings: one at the Church of Vows under Carian rites, and another in Leyndell. At the Carian ceremony, she declares Horace Duke of Caria and blesses the newlyweds 70 76.

The Moon’s Calling and Her Pregnancy

After the wedding, Rennala suffers a persistent lunar calling. She briefly wonders whether the sensation reflects attraction to Horace, then rejects that explanation: she has never felt romantic stirrings toward him or anyone else. Instead, she identifies the Moon as the source 88.

The calling develops into visions and sleeplessness. Rennala explains that, after Horace’s refusal, the Moon has selected her as its second potential spokesperson and vessel. Fearing that accepting would bind Caria to the Moon’s Law, she urges Rellana to conceive a child with Horace, believing their child could accommodate multiple Laws 113.

Lilith intervenes by assuming Rennala’s appearance and visiting her bedchamber. She forcibly implants a “seed” made from Marika’s divine blood, intending the unborn child to draw the Moon’s attention away from Rennala. Rennala struggles against her and loses consciousness from the pain 115 116.

By the pregnancy celebration, Rennala understands that Lilith has trapped her. She agrees to cooperate but tells Horace to relay a warning: she will retaliate if Lilith harms Rellana or Caria. She later learns that she is carrying triplets and chooses the names Ranni, Radahn, and Rykard 118 136.

Staged Death and Retirement

Rennala decides to make Rellana inherit the burden of government. After childbirth, Caria Manor presents a false mourning scene, with Loretta reporting that Rennala has died from complications. Rellana grieves beside the coffin while Rennala stands nearby, alive and increasingly irritated 138 159.

Rennala then insists that her announced death requires Rellana to take the throne. Horace counters with a regency: because Ranni is Rennala’s daughter and first heir, Rellana can govern only until her niece comes of age. Rellana receives a symbolic crown, and Horace receives the regency seal 160.

The succession ceremony doubles as Rennala’s funeral feast, which she openly attends. After retirement, she continues arranging her family’s future, commissioning Moonlight Greatswords for Ranni and Horace and Rellana’s future child. She also pressures Radahn to attend matchmaking dates 160 167 211.

Abilities & Skills

Full Moon True Magic

Rennala created Full Moon True Magic and has a deeper connection to the Moon than ordinary people 88.

• Her Full Moon can dispel all True Magic, demonstrated against Academy glintstone sorcerers 36.
• Royal duties prevent her from pursuing research; she later complains that her Full Moon sorcery has stagnated for years 138.
• Her lunar connection also exposes her to unwanted visions and pressure to become the Moon’s vessel 88 113.

Advanced Glintstone Sorcery

Her repertoire spans advanced spells associated with both the Karolos and Olivinus Conspectuses 34.

Portal Magic

• Opens a portal from a sorcerer’s tower to Nokstella 60.
• Supports Horace’s journey with a royal introduction letter and an old Carian crest 60.
• Warns that access does not guarantee acceptance by the Nox, whose recognition of their distant surface relatives is uncertain 57.

Caria Princess Self-Defense Technique

• Uses Rellana herself as a weapon, lifting and spinning her until Horace intervenes 159 160.

Equipment / Items

• Moon crown — Her royal headpiece, set aside during her private discussion about the Moon’s demands 113.
• Moonlight Greatsword — Identified as one of four swords belonging to or being prepared for Rennala, Rellana, Ranni, and Rellana’s future daughter 167.
• Old Carian crest and introduction letter — Given to Horace as credentials for his visit to Nokstella 60.

Relationships

• Rellana — Younger sister and eventual regent. Rennala treasures her, relentlessly teases her, and engineers opportunities for her relationship with Horace; she later attempts to transfer the throne’s burdens to her 28 67 76 160.
• Horace Loux — Vassal, highest Judicial Officer, and eventual brother-in-law. Rennala relies on his reforms and military strength while seeking firmer guarantees of his loyalty 39 46 57 76.
• Miriel — Adviser and collaborator in matchmaking. He urges patience with Horace and Rellana and helps prepare their marriage at the Church of Vows 67 69.
• Lilith / Formless Mother — Forces the pregnancy intended to redirect the Moon’s attention. Rennala recognizes her manipulation and warns her against harming Caria or Rellana 115 116 118.
• Ranni — Daughter and first heir. Rennala hopes she can receive the Moon’s attention, and her minority becomes the legal basis for Rellana’s regency 136 160.
• Radahn — Son. Rennala questions him after hearing a rumor about his affection for his warhorse, accepts his denial, but still insists on his next matchmaking date 211.
• Rykard — One of her triplets, named before birth 136.
• Marika — Close friend and source of the rumor about Radahn. Rennala immediately identifies her as the culprit when Radahn asks 211.

“If” Player-Perspective Storyline

Academy Library Encounter

The player confronts Rennala in her library with Thops available as an ally. Defeating the encounter does not kill her; afterward, she speaks with the Tarnished and reviews Lusat’s letter 274.

Thops’s Classroom

Rennala initially dismisses Academy complaints by insisting that she is an already-dead former queen. After the player presents Lusat’s letter and Thops petitions her for fair treatment of the Graven Stones, she establishes Thops’s Classroom and directs him to Rellana for resources 274.

A later in-universe video analysis describes the classroom as a reform within the Academy rather than an overthrow of its system: it gives the Graven Stones a recognized place and creates a precedent for future change 292.

Ranni’s Questline

When the player obtains the Dark Moon Ring, Rennala doubts that Ranni surrendered it willingly. The player later reaches Nokstella, where Sellen claims Rennala has used them as a weapon and bears a grudge against the Eternal City 336 337.

Notable Quotes

“Horace, I entrust my most treasured jewel to you. May you illuminate Caria’s future together.” 76

“I have no time to research sorcery. Do you know how many years my Full Moon sorcery has been stuck?” 138

“I forgot to introduce myself. I am the former Queen, who has already died.” 274