Editing Khelta

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{{Infobox_character
|gender = Female
|status = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="Show Spoiler" data-collapsetext="Hide Spoiler">Deceased (Soul Consumed)</div>
|affiliation = *[[Khelt]]
*[[Erin Solstice]]
|occupation = Queen
|residence = *[[Khelt]]
*[[Land of the Dead]]
|first appearance = [https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/16/8-11-e-revised/ Chapter 8.11 E]
|name=Khelta
|species=[[Humans|Human]]
|aliases=Queen Khelta the First<br />
Sovereign of Warm Sands<br />
Monarch of Undeath<br />
Origin of Khelt’s Promise<br />
Dragonfoe of Khelt Eternal<br />
Glorian of Chandrar<br />
Undeath Queen<br />
Khelta the Eternal<br />
Sovereign Ruler of Khelt<br />
Guardian of the Norrislands
|age= 800 at least<ref name=":2" />}}
'''Khelta''', also known as '''Queen Khelta''', was a powerful Necromancer and the founder of [[Khelt]]. 

== Appearance ==
Described to be "sort of short" by [[Erin Solstice]],<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/16/8-11-e-revised/ Chapter 8.11 E]</ref> Khelta's eyes were a pale white with a hint of brown, and her skin coloration was native to Chandrar (probably dark).<ref name=":3" />

== Personality ==
Khelta was imperious or impertinent, depending on who you asked. She remembered those who opposed her and humiliated them in the years to come. Later rulers of Khelt may have modelled themselves after her in some ways.<ref name=":4">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/06/07/9-01/ Chapter 9.01]</ref>

She had always loved the living and the dead equally.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/05/03/8-85/ Chapter 8.85]</ref>

She seemed to disapprove of Fetohep's crusading and warrior tendencies, viewing him as impetuous.<ref name=":3" />

== Background ==
Khelta grew up in a small city called Koirezune, which was eventually lost to time.<ref name=":1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/04/10/8-78-f/ Chapter 8.78 F]</ref>

21,000 years ago, Khelta founded Khelt<ref name=":2">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/02/23/8-66/ Chapter 8.66]</ref> amid sand and dust with a vision of safety.<ref name=":0" /> She named the capital city Koirezune, after her home city.<ref name=":1" /> Countless species flocked to the newly founded nation, and her magic was respected like all other kinds. She had walked every land in the world.<ref name=":0" />

She met the [[Quarass]] for the first time while staking land for her kingdom. The Quarass mocked her then, but later respected her will. She met six of the Quarass' incarnations in her lifetime.<ref name=":4" />

Khelta attended the [[Gnolls]]' Meeting of Tribes four times. In those days, the Meeting of Tribes occurred every two hundred years, placing a minimum range of 800 years for Khelta's lifespan. During the first Meeting of Tribes Khelta attended, the last Unicorns of the Vail Forest of Izril came to trade the horns of their dead, and a Dragon attended who demanded a tribe fight for her, which nearly came to a miniature war.<ref name=":2" />

She fought against [[The Traders of Roshal|Roshal]] in her era.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/11/29/9-26-f/ Chapter 9.26 F]</ref>

Khelta was the greatest [Necromancer] (and just as great of a [Queen]) the Quarass has ever met in her thousands of years of existence.<ref name="6.55 K">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/11/05/6-55-k/ Chapter 6.55 K]</ref>She created the pact that provided Khelt's undead legions and workforce. She had won the admiration of countless nations, made [[Giants]] tread cautiously, and proved that Khelt was not to be pushed around.<ref name=":4" />

== Chronology ==
TBA

== Powers and Abilities ==
Khelta was the greatest [Necromancer] the Quarass had ever met.<ref name="6.55 K" /> In [[Kasigna]]'s domain, Khelta was able to cut reality and make a barrier the god could not cross. She was able to summon [[Erin Solstice]]'s soul from across Kasignel. By the weight of her class, Khelta was able to momentarily resist being consumed by Kasigna.<ref name=":0" />

=== Classes/Levels: ===
* [Queen of the Eternal Necrocracy] Lv. ?<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/05/03/epilogue/ Epilogue]</ref>

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== Trivia ==

* She has a dislike of slavery, and did not treat with or tolerate Roshal during her reign.<ref name=":3">[[Chapter 8.32]]</ref>
* Khelta was regarded as a true master of necromancy even by Dragons.<ref name=":3" />
* Of all the rulers of Khelt, her reign was the shortest. She was also the only one not to become a Revenant.<ref name=":3" />
*As Khelta while living had attended the Meeting of Tribes 4 times, which in those days the tribes gathered every 200 years, this would make her at least 800 years old.<ref name=":2" />

== Quotes ==

* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/16/8-11-e-revised/ To] [[Dead Gods|4 Dead Gods]]) “No. We are masters of our deaths. And even in death, even beyond it, we have our duty. ''Begone you ravenous filth.''”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/16/8-11-e-revised/ To] [[Califor Weishart|Califor]]) “Such is fate. That any escaped is welcome enough. Kneel then, [Witch] of these dark tidings, and we shall accept you into Khelt’s glorious ranks. It is an honor we grant you for courage and escorting this [[Erin Solstice|one]]. Know that we shall shelter your soul until the end of things.”
*[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/16/8-11-e-revised/ To] [[Erin Solstice|Erin]]:
** “Of course. No ghost is prey to those scavengers on our continent. This is the strength of Khelt, granted to us by Fetohep so long as he lives. Sanctuary…for now. It may end. Until then, we are still rulers of Khelt. And you are?”
** “It often seems so. And it often is, young woman. But such is challenge. Will you rise to it? This world needs a [Hero], and the Dynasty of Khelt shall forge you into one if need be.”
*([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/07/25/8-32/ To] [[Erin Solstice|Erin]]) “I quite like you, child! I never thought of it so. But yes. That is quite amusing. Frivolities aside, however…we must think how best to ''use'' our position. We have the knowledge of old.”
*([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/07/25/8-32/ To] [[Fetohep]]) “''Fetohep. I am Khelta. I see your actions, and I give you my thanks, my descendant. You honor me and Khelt by all you do.''”
*([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/07/25/8-32/ To] [[Erin Solstice|Erin]]) “So sayeth the most disrespectful young woman to ever have walked Khelt’s ground. We take your words as wisdom nevertheless, Erin Solstice. I do wonder, though, if even Dragonlords and the rulers of old merit no respect or couched language from you, who in this vast world does?”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/07/25/8-32/ To] [[Fetohep]]) “''Fetohep of Khelt.'' I speak for all the rulers of Khelt. In the name of our kingdom, do not hoard your strength. Show us your might. Show us your daring! Delve into our hoarded treasures. By my name of Khelta, I order you. ''Unleash it all.'' Hold nothing back, or Khelt ends with thee.”
*([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/08/22/8-38-h/ Thoughts]) ''If I could but move a blade of grass, I would have some meaning in this place where there is nothing but memory and death.''
*([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/08/22/8-38-h/ To] Zeladona) “There is no way save that which Khelt has, Great Zeladona. I am afraid I cannot offer what does not exist.”
*([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/08/22/8-38-h/ To] [[Fetohep]]) ''“No. But how do you rate [[Roshal|them]] as a military strength? If…ah…I were to ask you to go to war with them and bring them to dust and ruin?”''
*([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/12/29/8-61/ To everyone]) “This is the end. We must move. That will not be stopped with light and a single blade alone. ''To Khelt! To arms! This is the end of everything! To me, ghosts of Chandrar!''”

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