Gorauna Obarskyr

Gorauna Obarskyr was a politically powerful princess of Cormyr and true power behind the throne during the Thronestrife period. Daughter of King Keldroun Obarskyr, she and the Purplethroat Plague caused numerous deaths in her own family, allowing her to control the line of succession.

History
In the Year of the Crimson Tiara, 303 DR, her brother, King Gorann Obarskyr, dies of the Purplethroat Plague and the crown passes to his infant son, Edrae. Two years later, in the Year of the Barrows, 305 DR, Gorann's wife, Jalanthra kills Edrae to spare him Gorauna's torments.

Upon Edrae's death, Gorauna's surviving brother Ulbaeram is crowned, reigning for three years before being slain by her husband Askran the Pretender in the Year of Promise, 308 DR. The crown then passed to Queen Silbran, Ulbaeram's wife, to protect the succession of her son Raerboth. Silbran reigns until the Year of the Bright Plumage, 320 DR, when she abdicates the throne in favor of her 14 year old son.

Gorauna slays Raerboth in the Year of the Secret Slaughters, 326 DR and the crown passes to his infant son, Baerildo, who she kills two years later in the Year of the Ermine Cloak, 328 DR. At Baerildo's death, his uncle, Belmuth the Bastard, illegitimate son of Ulbaeram, takes the throne. He reigns for six years before dying from the Purplethroat Plague in the Year of the Humbled Fiend, 334 DR. Upon his father's death, Sargrannon inherits the throne but is killed on orders from Gorauna by his uncle Ortolar, who takes the throne in the Year of the Whipped Cur, 336 DR. Gorauna kills Ortolar a year later in the Year of the Chosen's Blade, 337 DR and the throne passes to Sargrannon's younger brother Imbrus I, who she kills in the Year of the Envenomed Bolt, 338 DR.

In the Year of the Vanished Foe, 339 DR common-born Rathdar Orlenthar is appointed regent of the boy kings Artreth, Zoumdan, and Imbrus II. All three die of the Purplethroat Plague by the Year of the Black Wing, 341 DR and Gorauna's granddaughter Meurthe the Mad takes the throne.