Myrmeen Lhal

Myrmeen Lhal, or the 'Lady Lord,' is the ruler of the Cormyrian city of Arabel, a skilled ranger and respected by her people.

History
Myrmeen was born in a poor section of Calimport into a life of obscurity. At the age of 6 her mother lost a child during a storm, claiming a group called the Night Parade had taken the baby's spirit to a better place. Despite her mother's words she was plagued by nightmares throughout her childhood. She married a man named Dak at the age of 20 and were to have a baby together. On the night of the birth there was another bad storm and Myrmeen lost consciousness. When she came to Dak said the babe was "gone", insinuating that it was stillborn. A year later, they divorced. She left Calimshan and became an adventuring Harper, travelling all over Faerûn (including Evermeet!). After 10 years, Myrmeen married Haverstrom Lhal, a cousin of king Azoun IV. They were happy together, much happier than she ever was with Dak but unfortunately Haverstrom died in an ambush not long after they wed. Two years after that the king became impressed with her leadership qualities and made her commander of the garrison of Arabel then eventually ruler of the whole city in 1359 DR. It was an anarchic place, having only recently been ruled by Gondegal the Usurper king. She restored order to the city and made it a much more prosperous place by organizing the trade routes between Cormyr and the The Moonsea and creating a safe haven for caravans. She created jobs and built houses for the poor, earning her the love of the people.

Her ex-husband appeared all of a sudden with a shocking revelation. Their baby hadn't died, he'd sold her to someone. She executed him on the spot in anger and organized a group of Harpers to find her daughter. Once there, they discovered that the Night Parade, a group of beings from another plane that had much more power than any of them could have guessed and who were the cause of Myrmeen's nightmares. Around 6000 monsters lived with barely any secrecy in Calimport thanks to one member with incredible hypnotic powers. After coming close to death several times she found a girl who she believed to be her daughter and together with a one of the monsters (who turned out to be her "stillborn" sister) they managed to kill the hypnotic member of the Parade. With it dead the citizens of Calimport rioted, eliminating the majority of the creatures in the city.

She managed to find her real daughter after that but upon discovering the wonderful life she led, she decided that she wouldn't let her know her heritage and instead adopted the girl she had previously thought her daughter, Krystin.

The Goblin war changed Myrmeen's new, happy life with her daughter. Arabel is a vulnerable spot and the goblinoids took advantage of that. It was quickly realised that they the city could not be held, accentuated by the fact that Myrmeen had lost her left arm in the fighting (she soon had it restored through divine magic) and the populace was magically transported to Suzail. Arabel became a Goblin city for a time but Myrmeen vowed she would retake it. She formed an army of rangers, scouts and mercenaries and forced the monsters out. Unfortunately they fled into the forests where they will be much harder to dislodge in the future.

She has now defected from the Harpers to become one of the leading members of Khelben's Moonstars but otherwise rules Arabel with the same benevolence that earned her her popularity in the first place.