Gabriella Jordonne

Gabriella Jordonne is the great-aunt of Garreth Jordonne, and raised him after the death of his parents, Johann and Rena Otun.

Childhood
Gabriella was born in 1008 in a wedlock to a young, poor, and slightly insane woman in Kordile, Westria, whose name is unknown amongst the characters, yet her name was actually Rika Unti. Her father was a castle noble whose last name was Jordonne. Out of the hatred of her lover, Rika decided that her children, Gabriella and her brother, Cath, would bear the Jordonne surname. At age five, Gabriella and Cath (then age nine) were given to the King and Queen in that day as servants while their mother went to Xuvia for an unknown reason. Gabriella took on a role as scullery maid, while her brother was employed in the stables. They stayed there for ten years.

Teen Years
At age fifteen, Gabriella had climbed in the ranks of palace workers, and even attended to the princess herself on occasion. Cath, in turn, had also remained healthy and employed in the stables. One day, her mother came to the palace, ragged and worn. She immediately yanked her children out of employment, though Gabriella ran away back to the palace, as she considered her duty to the princess unchanged, and she also had happened to fall in love. The man was the King's secretary, and a young one as well, at the age of twenty-two. His name was Rolph.

Gabriella continued to live in secrecy ten whole years longer, without corresponding with her brother or her mother. At one point in time, Rolph was about to ask her to marry him, yet they were interrupted by a medical emergency of the princess. After that, he never bothered to again, but the two were quite close. At another point, several points in time actually, Gabriella thought that she might be pregnant, but this was not the case. Well, that is, except for one, in which the child died early on in her pregnancy. She basically fell into the same trap that her mother had. However, Gabriella was a very wise woman, and she learned from all of her experiences, instead of going mad.

Adulthood
The twenty-five and broken-hearted Gabriella ran to her mother's shack, as Rolph had proposed to a lady of the court. She found that Cath had married a girl named Elena, and the two of them had had five children: Nara, Svelle, Patrick, Kann, and Rena. Sadly, her sister-in-law had died in childbirth, and the two women never met. Gabriella refused to stay with her mother, who was rather abusive at times, and instead, she became Rena's nurse. She took care of Rena and other children in the area, which was a small village outside of Kordile. She also became a quite famous storyteller. Eventually, Rena married Johann Otun, a man who lived at the edge of Westria and Gemania. Gabriella, who was at this time forty-two, was considered an "old" woman, and she decided to retire to a house she had purchased with her decent amount of savings. A little less than ten years later, a small child came knocking at her door. The girl strongly resembled Rena, and Gabriella later found that this was Adair, her great-niece. Adair had brought with her her little brother, Garreth, and Gabriella took them in for some time, until she realized that Adair should instead live in Gemania.

Heirs of Westria and Beyond
Over time, Gabriella lost her vision, something which she greatly treasured, yet she realized that there was a time when she would have to bear with health issues. In Heirs of Westria, she made a single appearance at the ball where the families were invited. She discovered that her dear Garreth was courting Asherah, a girl who Gabriella thought was very capable. Afterwards, Gabriella realized that her health was rapidly declining, and Garreth continued to take care of her, always by her side. One year before her death, sick and in bed, Gabriella met her great-great nephew, Rufus. The little boy brought some joy into her life, and she enjoyed her last year in peace before dying at the age of 75.