Pyinsa Hecaébel de Ligues

Miss Pyinsa Hecaébel de Ligues (991-27 March 1012), was the first lover of emperor Isatal III of Baland. She came from a notorious family, but she was deeply loved by Isatal. Isatal promised to marry her, but she died before the upcoming wedding. After her death, Isatal married a civilian woman similar to her, the future empress Kalidha Min Gasi.

Background
Pyinsa Hecaébel de Ligues was born in Henmo, Laungshe, and was the daughter of Thusuaye Welsuk, Lord Ligues and his wife Mehtamena Ekka. Her parents hated each other and betrayed each other. It was said that Mehtamena once killed Anmarie de Kindo, Thusuaye's mother, and Thusuaye drowned their first son to avenge on his wife. The Ligues family was notorious in Laungshe area. Pyinsa's aunt Anmarie de Ligues was a famous slut. She became a nun, but she behaved coquettishly in the temple and almost turned the temple into a brothel. Pyinsa hated her family. She lived and received education with Priestess Anne Surra, but Anne Surra was not an upright person, who was very greedy for money and coveted higher power and status. Under her influence, Pyinsa decided to go to the capital, Nanwa, for tufthunting.

Pyinsa was an excellent girl who had read many books and can sing and dance. Taking this as her capability, she joined a song and dance group performing all over the country in 1006 and began her journey to Nanwa. However, she refused to perform publicly because of her identity, but was only responsible for writing songs and choreography behind the scenes. Her parents didn't behave differently about her daughter's departure. They didn't care about the girl at all. Anne Surra tried to blackmail the Ligues family, but they coldly said that even if Pyinsa died outside, it was none of their business, which surprised Anne Surra. After she arrived in Nanwa, she publicized various scandals of the Ligues family to get attention, which made the Ligues family notorious in Nanwa, and Pyinsa's reputation was damaged.

In Nanwa
Pyinsa arrived in Nanwa about July 1006. She initially colluded with a court bodyguard Minsi de Yemo. When Yemo was involved in a court jewelry theft, she resolutely abandoned him. Soon after, she met Madhri de Tufin, daughter of Marquess of Taungnu, and accompanied her to the court. Madhri's mother, Atula de Niropaya, was very unhappy. She thought Pyinsa was very cunning and a treacherous woman. Atula was one of the close attendants of Empress Elanche de Dongulas, and her words were soon heard Elanche. When Elanche heard that Pyinsa was good at singing and dancing, she immediately had a strong interest and asked Atula to invite Pyinsa into the palace.

Pyinsa was invited into the palace on 12 April 1007. Elanche de Dongulas didn't have a good impression of her because she behaved very frivolously and seemed very insincere, but the empress's son Isatal, Duke of Reiya, was enchanted by her. When Pyinsa was leaving the palace, Isatal gave her a pearl necklace and invited her to the palace at any time.

Pyinsa and Isatal soon fell in love, which worried the whole court. Under the arrangement of Isatal, Pyinsa got a position in the court to serve Emmé of Limgoo as a maid of honor. Fearing that Pyinsa would have a bad impact on Isatal, Elanche de Dongulas urged the emperor to find a suitable marriage for his son as soon as possible. Her fear was fulfilled when Pyinsa induced Isatal to promise in writing to marry her. Elanche was so angry that she ordered Pyinsa to be expelled from the palace and not allowed to enter again, but this still did not prevent Isatal from meeting her.

Pyinsa bought a house near the palace. Isatal went out of the palace to meet her almost every day, and sometimes stayed there all the night. Pyinsa received many gifts from Isatal, including some jewelry from his mother Empress Elanche. Elanche introduced some noble girls to Isatal in order to reduce his interest in Pyinsa. However, Isatal not only refused to give up his relationship with Pyinsa, but also publicly announced that he would marry her. Elanche once asked her son, "Pyinsa is a treacherous woman. Why do you like her so much?", Isatal replied, "love doesn't need any reason.".

In November 1009, Pyinsa was involved in a palace conspiracy. She was accused of rebellion, but she firmly denied it. She was not tried. In order to prevent arrest, she went to Reiya with Isatal, which was Isatal's fief. Isatal tried to marry her there, but the local priests refused to preside over the wedding because they were instructed by Empress Dowager Elanche. Isatal's sister, Joana, also opposed the marriage. She hoped that her brother could marry Lebinreina the Younger, Duchess of Salin, but Isatal refused it because Lebinreina the Younger was his niece (Lebinreina's father Diagar III was an illegitimate son of emperor Hsinpalay IV).

In Reiya
Pyinsa presided over the Reiya court from 1009 to 1012. In order to flatter her, some people privately called her "Duchess", but she was still unpopular. Most nobles treated her as a mistress and mocked her that she had no official title. Pyinsa didn't care about this. She was sure that she would marry Isatal.

She got involved in some political affairs, but soon found that she was not interested in them, so she had little influence on politics. Someone tried to curry favor with her to get an official position in Reiya, but she refused. It is said that she tried to be dignified and generous in order to gain the recognition of the aristocrats. She publicly announced that she had cut off the relationship with the Ligues family and wanted to eliminate the negative impact of the Ligues family's bad reputation, but it didn't help. These were speculation, because her behaviors in Reiya were still a little outrageous. She embezzled some lands and spent money like water.

Death and aftermath
On 23 February 1012, Elanche de Dongulas died, which meant that the biggest obstacle of the marriage between Pyinsa and Isatal disappeared. However, the wedding could not be held yet, because Isatal fell into sadness, and he deeply mourned for his mother. Pyinsa also understood this, so she didn't urge him. She didn't accompany Isatal to Elanche's funeral, but she sent a maid to offer flowers to the deceased empress.

A month later, on 27 March, Pyinsa suddenly covered her stomach and shouted, "I'm poisoned!", then she fell to the ground and died. Her death was too sudden to find out the cause of her death. Many people believed that she was poisoned in order to prevent her from becoming the duchess. Isatal was in Yanimen at that time. After learning the news, he hurried back to Reiya. He insisted on holding a duchess's funeral for Pyinsa and presided over it himself.

On 18 April, Pyinsa was buried in the Alikoshnie Temple in Reiya. The successive deaths of his mother and lover dealt Isatal a great blow. He had to immerse himself in military affairs to dilute his sadness. In 1013, he met a girl in the military camp, Kalidha Min Gasi. She was the younger sister of soldier Socid Min Gasi. Isatal insisted on marrying her and made her Duchess of Reiya, and she will be crowned as the empress in the future. The Duchess of Reiya came from a civilian background and a poor family. This marriage did not bring any benefits to the imperial family, but attracted gossips and ridicules. However, she was beautiful, good at singing and dancing, who greatly resembled deceased Miss Ligues.