Yanseldara

Lady Lord Yanseldara was a fighter and mage, a former adventurer, and the ruler of the city of Elversult on the Dragon Coast in the mid–14 century DR. Her consort was Lady Constable Vaerana Hawklyn, head of law enforcement.

Personality
Yanseldara was careful and always planned ahead, while contemplating the outcomes of actions, both hers and those of others. However, she could also be shy.

History
Yanseldara and Vaerana were originally adventuring companions.

Some time in the mid-1300s DR, Yanseldara skillfully led a popular uprising against the necromantic regime that had oppressed Elversult for centuries. They deposed the old order and took power themselves, with Yanseldara ruling the city and Vaerana standing beside her overseeing law enforcement.

However, the old crime and corruption that had once infested the city went underground, so the two now worked to combat and quash it, as they did through the late 1350s, 1360s DR, and early 1370s DR.

Yanseldara once slew the black dragon Cypress the Black. In the, Cypress, now a dracolich resurrected by the Cult of the Dragon, used his psionic powers to contact Yanseldara, and then poisoned her body and kidnapped her spirit, all in an obsessive "love" for her after she'd destroyed his mortal body. Cypress even kidnapped a wu jen of the Jade Palace, a Shou trade coster and embassy in Elversult, to make love potion to force upon her. While Vaerana lent her strength to Yanseldara's spirit, the Bedine Harper witch Ruha and the Shou prince Tang rescued Yanseldara's spirit and slew the dracolich. The two were reunited afterward.

By 1372 DR, Yanseldara had officially made Vaerana her consort.

Activities
Yanseldara ruled the city of Elversult,  though she left law enforcement as in the care of Vaerana. In this capacity, Vaerana aided Yanseldara in the city's governance. Yanseldara worked to improve and promote the city's reformed reputation.

Relationships
Yanseldara's consort was Vaerana, who was her trusted confidant and strong right arm in the governing of the city. Once companions in adventure,  they became best friends  and lovers.

Home
Yanseldara and Vaerana lived together in Moonstorm House, nicknamed the "Ladytowers" by the Elversians. This mansion of slender towers stood on Moonstorm Lane, on the eastern side of the westernmost hill in Elversult, in the so-called "Ladytowers' Lands".

Background
After being "best friends" and "adventuring companions" in previous sources, Yanseldara and Vaerana hold the distinction of being the first known gay couple, as well as the first effectively married one, in the Forgotten Realms setting, having been confirmed in canon via the description "her consort" (a common term for unions of nobles and rulers) in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition in 2000.

Appearances

 * Novels:
 * The Veiled Dragon