Jaibriol III
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Jaibriol III, also called Jai, becomes at the end of Radiance War the leader of the Eubian Concord in the Saga of the Skolian Empire books by Catherine Asaro.
He is the son of both an Aristo and a psion – his father is the previous Eubian Emperor Jaibriol Qox II and his mother is Sauscony Valdoria, the former Imperator of Skolia. Jai is the oldest of four children, has a sister named Rocalisa and brothers Vitar and Del-Kelric. Both parents of Jaibriol III are believed to be dead, though they are secretly living with their other children on the planet Prism.
At seventeen years of age, Jai trades himself for his uncle Eldrin, who was captured by Eubians at the end of the Radiance War. He is immediately crowned emperor as Jaibriol III. After that he has to deal with many difficulties, one of which is that he is too young and unexperienced to rule an interstellar empire. Another one is that members of Eubian noble houses, including his own ministers, are not very happy with changes which the idealistic young ruler would like to bring into their life – like peace with their enemy, the Skolians. When several assassination attempts threaten his life, he has to learn quickly how to survive in the hard and dangerous Eubian society.
His closest ally becomes his cousin Corbal Xir, one of the very few Aristos who has volunteerly given up transcendence. A short time after ascending the throne Jaibriol III marries the Eubian Trade Minister Tarquine Iquar, to whom he feels attracted since they first met. With Corbal's and Tarquine's support he would like to try to slowly change Eube to a better place, which will be a hard job (if not impossible).
[edit] See also
- Catherine Asaro
- The Moon's Shadow - a story how Jaibriol III became emperor of Eube
