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Line 1: + {{refimprove}} {{InfoBoxCharacter {{InfoBoxCharacter | image = Siriwan-McAllister-Kurita.png | image = Siriwan-McAllister-Kurita.png | caption = | caption = | name = Siriwan McAllister | name = Siriwan McAllister − | birthdate = February [[2496]]<ref name=HK:DCp36>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p.36: "McAllister and the Rebellion"</ref><ref name=HKDCLS>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "The Draconis Combine's Line of Succession and Partial Kurita Family Tree"</ref> + | birthdate = [[2496]]<ref name=HKDCLS>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', "The Draconis Combine's Line of Succession and Partial Kurita Family Tree"</ref> − | died = [[2632]]<ref name=HKDCLS/><ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', pp. 43–44</ref> + | died = [[2632]]<ref name=HKDCLS/> − | othernames = "The Dragon Lady"<ref name=HHKp28>''Handbook: House Kurita'', pp. 28–29: "The Lady Kurita"</ref> + | othernames = "The Dragon Lady"<ref name=HHKp28>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 28-29 "The Lady Kurita"</ref> − | affiliation = [[House McAllister]] + | affiliation = [[House McAllister]]<br/>[[House Kurita]] − | rank = + | profession = [[Coordinator]] of the [[Draconis Combine]] − | title = + | parents = [[Martin McAllister]] (father)<br/>[[Illiyana Sorenson]] (mother) − | position = [[Coordinator of Worlds]] − | profession = Noble − | parents = [[Martin McAllister]] (father)<ref name=HK:DCp36/><br/>[[Illiyana Sorenson]] (mother)<ref name=HK:DCp36/> | siblings = | siblings = | spouse = [[Warren Kurita]] | spouse = [[Warren Kurita]] | children = [[Hehiro Kurita]] | children = [[Hehiro Kurita]] }} }} − '''Siriwan McAllister''' was the daughter of [[Martin McAllister]] and [[Illiyana Sorenson]], herself the daughter of [[Blaine Sorenson]], then the Lord of [[Rasalhague]]. Siriwan was one of the most remarkable leaders of the [[Draconis Combine]] and [[House Kurita]], serving as [[Coordinator]] on three separate occasions. She was the eleventh, thirteenth and seventeenth Coordinator.<ref name=HKDCLS/> + '''Siriwan McAllister''' (born [[2496]] – died [[2632]])<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', pp. 43-44</ref> was the daughter of [[Martin McAllister]] and [[Illiyana Sorenson]], herself the daughter of [[Blaine Sorenson]], then the Lord of [[Rasalhague]]. Siriwan was one of the most remarkable leaders of the [[Draconis Combine]] and [[House Kurita]], serving as [[Coordinator]] on three separate occasions. She was the eleventh, thirteenth and seventeenth Coordinator.<ref name=HKDCLS/> − ==History== + ==Biography== − The child of a secret marriage between an officer of [[Draconis Combine]] and a daughter of the ruler of Rasalhague (then an independent state), Siriwan was raised largely by her maternal grandfather after her mother was drowned in a watersking accident. After diplomacy between Rasalhague and the Combine collapsed in [[2501]] her father was only able to visit in secret and could only meet her during the otherwise private conferences with Blaine as they conspired to overthrow the Von Rohrses. + The child of a secret marriage between an officer of [[Draconis Combine]] and a daughter of the ruler of Rasalhague (then an independent state), Siriwan was raised largely by her maternal grandfather after her mother was drowned in a watersking accident. After diplomacy between Rasalhague and the Combine collapsed in [[2501]] her father was only able to visit in secret and could only meet her during the otherwise private conferences with Blaine as they conspired to overthrow the Von Rohrs. − In the aftermath of Martin McAllister's successful coup in [[2510]], Siriwan moved to New Samarkand, the then capital of the Combine. The court was not welcoming to their new ruler's 'foreign daughter' but she used her outsider status to become an acute observer of politics and skilled in exploiting them for her own benefit. His father informed her that she could not become Coordinator because she was a woman. And when her father was murdered in his bedchamber, the nineteen-year-old was his only heir, but the patriarchal nobility Combine would not accept her as ruler in her own right. Instead she served as [[Brevet Coordinator]] until her marriage, shortly afterwards to a distant cousin, [[Warren Kurita]], who assumed the throne.<ref name=HHKp27b>''Handbook: House Kurita'', pp. 27–28: "Grace Under Siriwan"</ref> + In the aftermath of Martin McAllister's successful coup in [[2510]], Siriwan moved to New Samarkand, the then capital of the Combine. The court was not welcoming to their new ruler's 'foreign daughter' but she used her outsider status to become an acute observer of politics and skilled in exploiting them for her own benefit. His father informed her that she could not become Coordinator because she was a woman. And when her father was murdered in his bedchamber, the nineteen year old was his only heir, but the patriarchal nobility Combine would not accept her as ruler in her own right. Instead she served as Brevet Coordinator until her marriage, shortly afterwards to a distant cousin, [[Warren Kurita]], who assumed the throne.<ref name=HHKp27b>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 27-28 "GRACE UNDER SIRIWAN"</ref> During their short marriage, Siriwan was the inexperienced Warren's closest advisor and it was on her advice that he named their son as Heir-Designate shortly after his birth. Almost exactly a year later, Warren died of 'mysterious causes', ascribed to eating bad shellfish. Once again Siriwan accepted power, this time as regent to her infant son. She quickly dropped any assumed reluctance from the role and became an imperious and adept leader. Preferring negotiation to warfare, she adopted a defensive strategy during the later years of the Age of War rather than place herself in a position where her inexperience in military affairs could let her down. During their short marriage, Siriwan was the inexperienced Warren's closest advisor and it was on her advice that he named their son as Heir-Designate shortly after his birth. Almost exactly a year later, Warren died of 'mysterious causes', ascribed to eating bad shellfish. Once again Siriwan accepted power, this time as regent to her infant son. She quickly dropped any assumed reluctance from the role and became an imperious and adept leader. Preferring negotiation to warfare, she adopted a defensive strategy during the later years of the Age of War rather than place herself in a position where her inexperience in military affairs could let her down. − Siriwan would remain regent for almost four decades before relinquishing power to her son Hehiro, although there are some sources suggesting that she offered to resign before that and he had persuaded her not to. Again, she remained a key advisor to the new Coordinator and the matriarch of House Kurita. When Hohiro died, after thirty-five years on the throne, Siriwan led the mourners at his state funeral. + Siriwan would remain regent for almost four decades before relinquishing power to her son Hehiro, although there are some sources suggesting that she offered to resign before that and he had persuaded her not to. Again, she remained a key advisor to the new Coordinator and the matriarch of House Kurita. When Hohiro died, after thirty-five years on the throne, Siriwan lead the mourners at his state funeral. − Hehiro's son, [[Leonard Kurita]] died in [[2605]] of mysterious causes perhaps not unremoved from those that had killed Warren Kurita eighty-eight years before. His heir, [[Blaine Kurita]], was already seriously ill and died within a year. Despite being 109 years old, Siriwan once again assumed power, this time in her own right. She admitted to being exhilarated at the experience and confident in her ability to wield it, but the nobility were less delighted and only two years later she retreated to her accustomed role as advisor, yielding power to her granddaughter [[Sanethia Kurita]]. Amazingly, Siriwan was able to remain a force in Kurita court politics for another quarter of a century. + Hehiro's son, [[Leonard Kurita]] died in 2605 of mysterious causes perhaps not unremoved from those that had killed Warren Kurita eighty-eight years before. His heir, [[Blaine Kurita]], was already seriously ill and died within a year. Despite being 109 years old, Siriwan once again assumed power, this time in her own right. She admitted to being exhilarated at the experience and confident in her ability to wield it, but the nobility were less delighted and only two years later she retreated to her accustomed role as advisor, yielding power to her granddaughter [[Sanethia Kurita]]. Amazingly, Siriwan was able to remain a force in Kurita court politics for another quarter of a century. ==Family== ==Family== Line 35:
Line 33: ==Murderess?== ==Murderess?== − It is not clear how much of a hand Siriwan had in the mysterious deaths of Warren and Leonard Kurita. Two deaths eighty-eight years apart may have simply been a coincidence. Certainly no one within the Draconis Combine would suggest that the twenty-year-old daughter of the respected Martin McAllister might have married Warren simply to legitimize her rule and then done away with him once he had provided an heir who she could rule "on behalf of". The notion that a 109-year-old grandmother would have a reigning Coordinator assassinated rather than tolerate his abuses of authority would be equally unthinkable. + It is not clear how much of a hand Siriwan had in the mysterious deaths of Warren and Leonard Kurita. Two deaths eighty-eight years apart may have simply been a coincidence. Certainly no one within the Draconis Combine would suggest that the twenty year old daughter of the respected Martin McAllister might have married Warren simply to legitimize her rule and then done away with him once he had provided an heir who she could rule 'on behalf of'. The notion that a 109 year old grandmother would have a reigning Coordinator assassinated rather than tolerate his abuses of authority would be equally unthinkable. ==Quotes== ==Quotes== {{Quote|''For a house that will endure'' {{Quote|''For a house that will endure'' ''one thousand years'' ''one thousand years'' − ''carve its beams from honor.''|Haiku by Siriwan McAllister-Kurita, 2579<ref name="HK(TDC)p151">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 151: "Daily Life and Culture"</ref>}} + ''carve its beams from honor.''|Haiku by Siriwan McAllister-Kurita, 2579<ref name="HK(TDC)p151">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 151, "Daily Life And Culture"</ref>}} + + ==Titles and Positions== + {{s-start}} + {{s-bef|before=[[Martin McAllister]]}} + {{s-title|title="Brevet" [[Coordinator]] of the [[Draconis Combine]]|years=[[2515]]-[[2515]]}} + {{s-aft|after=[[Warren Kurita]]}} + {{s-bef|before=Warren Kurita}} + {{s-title|title="Regent" [[Coordinator]] of the [[Draconis Combine]]|years=[[2517]]-[[2556]]}} + {{s-aft|after=[[Hehiro Kurita]]}} + {{s-bef|before=[[Blaine Kurita]]}} + {{s-title|title=[[Coordinator]] of the [[Draconis Combine]]|years=[[2605]]-[[2607]]}} + {{s-aft|after=[[Sanethia Kurita]]}} + {{s-end}} ==References== ==References== Line 46:
Line 57: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== + * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' − * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' [[Category:Draconis Combine Characters|McAllister, Siriwan]] [[Category:Draconis Combine Characters|McAllister, Siriwan]] [[Category:Coordinators|McAllister, Siriwan]] [[Category:Coordinators|McAllister, Siriwan]]
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| image = Siriwan-McAllister-Kurita.png | | image = Siriwan-McAllister-Kurita.png | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| name = Siriwan McAllister | | name = Siriwan McAllister | ||
| − | | birthdate = | + | | birthdate = [[2496]]<ref name=HKDCLS>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', "The Draconis Combine's Line of Succession and Partial Kurita Family Tree"</ref> |
| − | | died = [[2632]]<ref name=HKDCLS/ | + | | died = [[2632]]<ref name=HKDCLS/> |
| − | | othernames = "The Dragon Lady"<ref name=HHKp28>''Handbook: House Kurita'', | + | | othernames = "The Dragon Lady"<ref name=HHKp28>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 28-29 "The Lady Kurita"</ref> |
| − | | affiliation = [[House McAllister]] | + | | affiliation = [[House McAllister]]<br/>[[House Kurita]] |
| − | | | + | | profession = [[Coordinator]] of the [[Draconis Combine]] |
| − | + | | parents = [[Martin McAllister]] (father)<br/>[[Illiyana Sorenson]] (mother) | |
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| − | | parents = [[Martin McAllister]] (father) | ||
| siblings = | | siblings = | ||
| spouse = [[Warren Kurita]] | | spouse = [[Warren Kurita]] | ||
| children = [[Hehiro Kurita]] | | children = [[Hehiro Kurita]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | '''Siriwan McAllister''' was the daughter of [[Martin McAllister]] and [[Illiyana Sorenson]], herself the daughter of [[Blaine Sorenson]], then the Lord of [[Rasalhague]]. Siriwan was one of the most remarkable leaders of the [[Draconis Combine]] and [[House Kurita]], serving as [[Coordinator]] on three separate occasions. She was the eleventh, thirteenth and seventeenth Coordinator.<ref name=HKDCLS/> | + | '''Siriwan McAllister''' (born [[2496]] – died [[2632]])<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', pp. 43-44</ref> was the daughter of [[Martin McAllister]] and [[Illiyana Sorenson]], herself the daughter of [[Blaine Sorenson]], then the Lord of [[Rasalhague]]. Siriwan was one of the most remarkable leaders of the [[Draconis Combine]] and [[House Kurita]], serving as [[Coordinator]] on three separate occasions. She was the eleventh, thirteenth and seventeenth Coordinator.<ref name=HKDCLS/> |
| − | == | + | ==Biography== |
| − | The child of a secret marriage between an officer of [[Draconis Combine]] and a daughter of the ruler of Rasalhague (then an independent state), Siriwan was raised largely by her maternal grandfather after her mother was drowned in a watersking accident. After diplomacy between Rasalhague and the Combine collapsed in [[2501]] her father was only able to visit in secret and could only meet her during the otherwise private conferences with Blaine as they conspired to overthrow the Von | + | The child of a secret marriage between an officer of [[Draconis Combine]] and a daughter of the ruler of Rasalhague (then an independent state), Siriwan was raised largely by her maternal grandfather after her mother was drowned in a watersking accident. After diplomacy between Rasalhague and the Combine collapsed in [[2501]] her father was only able to visit in secret and could only meet her during the otherwise private conferences with Blaine as they conspired to overthrow the Von Rohrs. |
| − | In the aftermath of Martin McAllister's successful coup in [[2510]], Siriwan moved to New Samarkand, the then capital of the Combine. The court was not welcoming to their new ruler's 'foreign daughter' but she used her outsider status to become an acute observer of politics and skilled in exploiting them for her own benefit. His father informed her that she could not become Coordinator because she was a woman. And when her father was murdered in his bedchamber, the nineteen | + | In the aftermath of Martin McAllister's successful coup in [[2510]], Siriwan moved to New Samarkand, the then capital of the Combine. The court was not welcoming to their new ruler's 'foreign daughter' but she used her outsider status to become an acute observer of politics and skilled in exploiting them for her own benefit. His father informed her that she could not become Coordinator because she was a woman. And when her father was murdered in his bedchamber, the nineteen year old was his only heir, but the patriarchal nobility Combine would not accept her as ruler in her own right. Instead she served as Brevet Coordinator until her marriage, shortly afterwards to a distant cousin, [[Warren Kurita]], who assumed the throne.<ref name=HHKp27b>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 27-28 "GRACE UNDER SIRIWAN"</ref> |
During their short marriage, Siriwan was the inexperienced Warren's closest advisor and it was on her advice that he named their son as Heir-Designate shortly after his birth. Almost exactly a year later, Warren died of 'mysterious causes', ascribed to eating bad shellfish. Once again Siriwan accepted power, this time as regent to her infant son. She quickly dropped any assumed reluctance from the role and became an imperious and adept leader. Preferring negotiation to warfare, she adopted a defensive strategy during the later years of the Age of War rather than place herself in a position where her inexperience in military affairs could let her down. | During their short marriage, Siriwan was the inexperienced Warren's closest advisor and it was on her advice that he named their son as Heir-Designate shortly after his birth. Almost exactly a year later, Warren died of 'mysterious causes', ascribed to eating bad shellfish. Once again Siriwan accepted power, this time as regent to her infant son. She quickly dropped any assumed reluctance from the role and became an imperious and adept leader. Preferring negotiation to warfare, she adopted a defensive strategy during the later years of the Age of War rather than place herself in a position where her inexperience in military affairs could let her down. | ||
| − | Siriwan would remain regent for almost four decades before relinquishing power to her son Hehiro, although there are some sources suggesting that she offered to resign before that and he had persuaded her not to. Again, she remained a key advisor to the new Coordinator and the matriarch of House Kurita. When Hohiro died, after thirty-five years on the throne, Siriwan | + | Siriwan would remain regent for almost four decades before relinquishing power to her son Hehiro, although there are some sources suggesting that she offered to resign before that and he had persuaded her not to. Again, she remained a key advisor to the new Coordinator and the matriarch of House Kurita. When Hohiro died, after thirty-five years on the throne, Siriwan lead the mourners at his state funeral. |
| − | Hehiro's son, [[Leonard Kurita]] died in | + | Hehiro's son, [[Leonard Kurita]] died in 2605 of mysterious causes perhaps not unremoved from those that had killed Warren Kurita eighty-eight years before. His heir, [[Blaine Kurita]], was already seriously ill and died within a year. Despite being 109 years old, Siriwan once again assumed power, this time in her own right. She admitted to being exhilarated at the experience and confident in her ability to wield it, but the nobility were less delighted and only two years later she retreated to her accustomed role as advisor, yielding power to her granddaughter [[Sanethia Kurita]]. Amazingly, Siriwan was able to remain a force in Kurita court politics for another quarter of a century. |
==Family== | ==Family== | ||
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==Murderess?== | ==Murderess?== | ||
| − | It is not clear how much of a hand Siriwan had in the mysterious deaths of Warren and Leonard Kurita. Two deaths eighty-eight years apart may have simply been a coincidence. Certainly no one within the Draconis Combine would suggest that the twenty | + | It is not clear how much of a hand Siriwan had in the mysterious deaths of Warren and Leonard Kurita. Two deaths eighty-eight years apart may have simply been a coincidence. Certainly no one within the Draconis Combine would suggest that the twenty year old daughter of the respected Martin McAllister might have married Warren simply to legitimize her rule and then done away with him once he had provided an heir who she could rule 'on behalf of'. The notion that a 109 year old grandmother would have a reigning Coordinator assassinated rather than tolerate his abuses of authority would be equally unthinkable. |
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
{{Quote|''For a house that will endure'' | {{Quote|''For a house that will endure'' | ||
''one thousand years'' | ''one thousand years'' | ||
| − | ''carve its beams from honor.''|Haiku by Siriwan McAllister-Kurita, 2579<ref name="HK(TDC)p151">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 151 | + | ''carve its beams from honor.''|Haiku by Siriwan McAllister-Kurita, 2579<ref name="HK(TDC)p151">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 151, "Daily Life And Culture"</ref>}} |
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| + | ==Titles and Positions== | ||
| + | {{s-start}} | ||
| + | {{s-bef|before=[[Martin McAllister]]}} | ||
| + | {{s-title|title="Brevet" [[Coordinator]] of the [[Draconis Combine]]|years=[[2515]]-[[2515]]}} | ||
| + | {{s-aft|after=[[Warren Kurita]]}} | ||
| + | {{s-bef|before=Warren Kurita}} | ||
| + | {{s-title|title="Regent" [[Coordinator]] of the [[Draconis Combine]]|years=[[2517]]-[[2556]]}} | ||
| + | {{s-aft|after=[[Hehiro Kurita]]}} | ||
| + | {{s-bef|before=[[Blaine Kurita]]}} | ||
| + | {{s-title|title=[[Coordinator]] of the [[Draconis Combine]]|years=[[2605]]-[[2607]]}} | ||
| + | {{s-aft|after=[[Sanethia Kurita]]}} | ||
| + | {{s-end}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| + | * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Draconis Combine Characters|McAllister, Siriwan]] | [[Category:Draconis Combine Characters|McAllister, Siriwan]] | ||
[[Category:Coordinators|McAllister, Siriwan]] | [[Category:Coordinators|McAllister, Siriwan]] | ||