Andica
Andica was a historical figure of the Menagerie Coast.
Andica was a historical figure of the Menagerie Coast.
By 831 PD, she was remembered in stories as a vain queen, the wife of King Daldred, and when the evil Taeleron the Cleaver demanded her death in order to spare the kingdom, the peasants believed that Andica would never choose them over herself, but the queen, in a noble sacrifice, took her own life; the tragedy ended with Daldred lamenting his loss.
Lucien Tavelle, who knew the story well, believed a local lord or chief named Daldred had in fact had a wife who made a great sacrifice. However, their story had been altered and popularized in plays and retellings in both the Greying Wildlands and the Dwendalian Empire.