Jia Matiza

Jia's early life in Zudi and her developing partnership with Kuni Garu established the foundation of the Dandelion Dynasty.

Jia first encountered Kuni Garu when he cleverly saved a poor woman's son from conscription. Intrigued by his audacity and recognizing his hidden potential, she initiated a courtship, and they formed a deep intellectual bond.[TGOK-3][TGOK-4]During the rebellion, Jia was mentored by the politically brilliant Soto Zyndu, who advised her to become an active and equal partner in Kuni's ambitions. After a long separation, she and Kuni reconciled and forged a new, stronger partnership based on radical honesty, with Jia becoming a key political strategist, advising him via secret letters during his exile on Dasu.[TGOK-32][TGOK-37][TGOK-39]

As Empress, Jia embarked on a ruthless, multi-year shadow war to secure the dynasty's future against both internal and external threats.

Believing that powerful, independent military nobles were a threat to peace, Jia orchestrated a plot to neutralize them. She secretly funded Hegemon cults to create a crisis and framed the loyal Duke Théca Kimo for treason.[TWOS-21][TWOS-25]Her endgame was to ensnare her greatest political rival, Marshal Gin Mazoti. She blackmailed Zomi Kidosu into signing a false confession, which she used to have Gin arrested for treason, thus consolidating her own power.[TWOS-29][TWOS-30]When the Lyucu invaded, Jia masterminded an act of biological warfare, unleashing locusts to destroy the garinafins' food supply. After Kuni's death, she became Regent and coerced her rival, Consort Risana, into suicide, securing absolute control of the court.[TWOS-57][TWOS-62]

As Regent for her son, Emperor Phyro, Jia ruled from behind a 'veiled throne,' keeping him on a tight leash while executing her complex plans against the Lyucu occupation.[TVT-18]

Jia's grand, secret strategy to defeat the Lyucu was finally revealed. For years, she had secretly supplied them with a highly addictive, cultivated strain of tolyusa. By cutting off the supply, she caused the Lyucu military and society to collapse from within due to debilitating withdrawal.[SB-3][SB-37]However, her ruthless methods led to her downfall. When her son Phyro learned she had murdered his mother, Risana, he launched a rebellion. The uprising was fueled by mass-produced books detailing Jia's crimes. Phyro confronted her in a secret bunker, detonating a bomb that killed him and left Jia grievously wounded.[SB-44][SB-48]Defeated and disgraced, Jia finally relented, providing the antidote to the tolyusa addiction and accepting that a new generation, led by Princess Fara, must build a future based on truth rather than her calculated deceptions.[SB-52]