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'''Kurshina''' is the wife of Emperor [[Ashravan]] in the [[Rose Empire]] on Sel.{{booktes ref|tes|day|98}}

She is killed when assassins from the [[Glory Faction]] attempted to murder Ashravan. Kurshina has red hair, which is one of the things that made Ashravan fall for her; his first love from a storybook had red hair as well.{{booktes ref|tes|day|85}} It seems that Ashravan really did care for her, as one of his first questions upon gaining his new soul was about her, and the grief on his face was visible when he remembered her death.{{booktes ref|tes|day|98}}

Kurshina's death is what allowed the [[arbiter]]s from the [[Heritage Faction]] to keep Ashravan's condition secret from the empire.{{booktes ref|tes|day|2}} He was allowed to have one hundred days of seclusion in mourning, so this was the time [[Shai]] used to make Ashravan's [[Essence Mark]].