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==Biography==
==Biography==
Rhea was born as the child of [[Sothis]] from her blood, among others, and together they lived at [[Zanado]]. The King of Liberation, Nemesis, who had stolen her mother's remains and made the [[Sword of the Creator]] with them, invaded Zanado with his army and killed all of the goddess' children, save Rhea. Thirsty for revenge, she took up the name Seiros, gathered soldiers from Fódlan, and led an attack against Nemesis and the 10 Elites. At the Tailtean Plains, she killed Nemesis. Afterwards, she founded the Church of Seiros. By the Imperial Year 1159, she had become the Archbishop of the Church of Seiros under the name Rhea.
Rhea was born as the child of [[Sothis]] from her blood, among others, and together they lived at [[Zanado]]. The King of Liberation, Nemesis, who had stolen her mother's remains and made the [[Sword of the Creator]] with them, invaded Zanado with his army and killed all of the goddess' children, save Rhea. Thirsty for revenge, she took up the name Seiros, gathered soldiers from [[Fódlan]], and led an attack against Nemesis and the 10 Elites. During her conflict with Nemesis, she helped Wilhelm Paul Hresvelg found the [[Adrestia|Adrestian Empire]]. At the Tailtean Plains, she killed Nemesis. Afterwards, she founded the Church of Seiros. Her draconic form ultimately came to be known as a legendary figure called [[the Immaculate One]]. Over the course of the next millennium, Seiros attempted to create a vessel capable of hosting Sothis' consciousness so she could resurrect her by planting Sothis' Crest Stone within their bodies, but all of her efforts ended in failure. By the Imperial Year 1159, she had become the Archbishop of the Church of Seiros under the name Rhea. Her twelfth failed vessel fell in love with the captain of the [[Knights of Seiros]], [[Jeralt]], and had a child named Byleth. However, the child was stillborn, and Rhea transferred Sothis' Crest Stone to Byleth and saved them at the cost of the mother. Byleth was unnaturally silent and had no heartbeat, leading the terrified Jeralt to fake the child's death and flee [[Garreg Mach Monastery]].
 
In 1180, Jeralt and Byleth are caught up in an attack on [[Officer's Academy]] students [[Edelgard]], [[Dimitri]], and [[Claude]], leading the amnesiac Sothis to awaken within Byleth's soul. Jeralt returns to Garreg Mach, where Rhea reinstates Jeralt as a Knight of Seiros and gives Byleth a teaching position at the Academy in the hopes that Sothis can be resurrected through Byleth. Over the course of the next year, Rhea oversees the education of the students of the Officer's Academy and assigns missions to Byleth and the other professors. Eventually, Jeralt is murdered by [[Kronya|an assassin]] and Byleth is drawn into a trap in an attempt to avenge him. Byleth fuses with Sothis and gains all of her powers, leading Rhea to believe her long struggle has finally succeeded. She takes them to the Holy Tomb beneath the monastery in the hopes of having them commune with Sothis, but Edelgard attacks the tomb with her soldiers. Byleth defeats her, but Edelgard escapes, accuses the Church of being corrupt and stagnating humanity, and declares war on the Church. Byleth can either remain loyal to the Church or defect to the Empire; in either case, Edelgard attacks Garreg Mach. Rhea leads Church forces in battle, but is defeated.
 
On all routes other than Crimson Flower, where Byleth remains loyal to the Church, Rhea is captured by Imperial forces after the battle and imprisoned in the Imperial capital Enbarr for the next five years. After Byleth awakens from a coma, rallies an army, and kills Edelgard, they rescue Rhea. On the Azure Moon route, she passes the title of Archbishop on to Byleth and peacefully retires to Zanado. On the Silver Snow and Verdant Wind routes, Edelgard's vassal [[Hubert]] reveals the existence of the true threat to Fódlan, a cult known as "those who slither in the dark", and directs Byleth to their stronghold at Shambhala. Rhea recounts some of her personal history to Byleth and accompanies them to Shambhala, where she transforms into the Immaculate One in order to protect Byleth from "those who slither in the dark"'s javelins of light. Severely injured, Rhea is returned to Garreg Mach Monastery. On the Silver Snow route, she recounts her experiments to resurrect Sothis, but suddenly suffers from draconic degeneration, transforms into the Immaculate One, and goes berserk. Byleth is forced to defeat her; if she was not S-supported with Byleth, she dies in their arms, while if she was S-supported, she barely survives and manages to make a full recovery. On the Verdant Wind route, when "those who slither in the dark" resurrect Nemesis in a final attack on Fódlan, Rhea recounts the rest of her history to Byleth. She is not seen afterwards, and presumably succumbs to her wounds and dies.
 
On the Crimson Flower route, where Byleth defects to the Empire, their betrayal causes Rhea to suffer a total psychotic breakdown. After the Battle of Garreg Mach, Rhea retreats to the [[Faerghus]] capital of Fhirdiad, and Dimitri ascends the throne and allies with her. She spends the next five years in a stalemate with the Empire, until Byleth awakens from their coma and tips the war in Adrestia's favor. Rhea leads Church forces in an attack on the monastery, but despite killing Adrestian commanders [[Randolph]] and [[Ladislava]], is defeated and forced to retreat. Retaking the name Seiros, she and Dimitri confront the Imperial army at the Tailtean Plains, but Dimitri is killed and Seiros is again driven off. She returns to Fhirdiad, takes control of the Kingdom, orders Fhirdiad burned to the ground, and transforms into the Immaculate One. Seiros faces Edelgard and Byleth in a climatic final battle, but is finally slain, bringing an end to Church dominance over Fódlan.


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