Ard-Bantiarna Fiadnait ní Strachan is a Sidhe Grump, supposedly Unseelie, and High Lord of House Daireann.
Overview[]
The position of "high lord or lady" is a concession to the desires of the other houses; whoever holds this job has come to be more like a chief steward than an actual ruler. She (or he) serves for life or until chosen retirement. A new Ard-Tiarna or Ard-Bantiarna is simply chosen by whomever is on the throne at the time of the former lord's or lady's demise or departure from office. Fiadnait is comfortably settled into her grump years now. In her youth, she gained a great deal of fame for slaying a dangerous chimera known as the Hound of the Black Isle; a foul creature that had plagued a Caledonian freehold for many years. In the house's recent days back on Earth, she has tried to renew old alliances and find a stronghold for the house. Even though she is aging; with silver strands in her auburn tresses, she commands such respect that only a fool would challenge her authority. She is never without at least two weapons and not a few cantrips at her disposal.
One can recognize the Ard-Bantiarna by her cloak of office: a magnificent linen mantle with the blazon of House Daireann stitched in silken threads.