Queen Adelinde I

Queen Adelinde was the youngest daughter of King Adalhardt II. She spent most of her youth observing the mechanisms of power under the reign of her father and when her sister Wilfrida took the throne, she realized the damage that Wilfrida's arrogance would do to Chiandris and officially challenged her right to rule. She had overestimated her own clout within the royal court and was immediately arrested on charges of treason. However, she had allies within the army of Chiandris who aided her escape. She quickly orchestrated the assassination of Wilfrida but was challenged by her two remaining sisters Elfriede and Gisila before she could claim the throne.

She and her husband fled Chiandris for the plains and led a series of raids on Chiandris' outskirts before finally laying siege upon the city itself. The siege was broken several times but succeeded when Elfriede and Gisila attacked one another. Before the city could be destroyed from within, the Captain of the Guard opened the gates to Adelinde who easily eliminated the divided factions and took the city.

She was welcomed by most of the city as a returning heroine, liberating them from her two heavy-handed sisters. She ruled for 8 years before dying in a fire that broke out in the palace. She was succeeded by her son Hartwin.