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'''Kurshina''' is the former Empress of the [[Rose Empire]] on [[Sel]].{{tes ref|98}}
 
==Appearance and Personality==
During an assassination attempt against Ashravan by the [[Glory Faction]], Kurshina was killed and Ashravan sustained a brain injury that put him in a vegetative state.{{tes ref|2}} Kurshina's death allowed the [[arbiter]]s from the [[Heritage Faction]] to keep Ashravan's condition secret from the empire, since tradition allowed him to have a mourning period of one hundred days.{{tes ref|2}} The arbiters publicly claimed that Ashravan had sequestered himself while he mourned, enlisting [[Shai]] to try to make an [[Essence Mark]] and fix Ashravan's mind before the end of the mourning period.{{tes ref|2}}
 
During Shai's detailed research into Ashravan's life, she discoversdiscovered that Ashravan's first love from a storybook had red hair; Shai believesbelieved that this subconsciously drew him to Kurshina.{{tes ref|85}} She also discoversdiscovered that Ashravan once nearly had an affair.{{tes ref|85}}
 
After Ashravan iswas stamped with Shai's Essence Mark and wakeswoke up, he remembersremembered Kurshina's death. Shai cancould see that this causescaused him intense grief, although he hideshid it quickly.{{tes ref|98}} He later vowsvowed to punish his wife's murderers.{{tes ref|101}}
 
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