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'''Messelina''' was an [[Imperial Saint]] that who is celebrated and held in high regard across the [[Moebian Domain]] to this day.{{Fn|3a}}
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==Biography==
At an unspecified point in the Moebian Domain's history, a girl named Messelina would gather gathered a significant following in her zealous pursuit of [[heretic]]s and the liberation of many worlds in the Moebian Domain. She and her followers liberated many Moebian worlds through blood and fire, and she is said to have brought on an age of peace to the domain.{{Fn|3}}
Messelina was a devout follower of the [[Imperial Creed]] and would attempt to dissuade any worship or excessive praise of herself. Many hymns would be were written of her during her time, but she rejected all of them, for she feared she would become a subject of idolatry. Many more hymns, shrines, and grand cathedrals would be have been raised in her name after her death.{{Fn|2f}}
Her followers are noted as having liberated [[Arvania City]] and a [[combat sword]] belonging to one of these followers would go on to become a revered relic held by the [[Shrine of Saint Messelina in Purity]].{{Fn|2c}} At some point, Messelina is said to have beheaded the corrupt rulers of one of [[Branx Magna|Branx]]'s moons. This would later be remembered and celebrated in the Moebian Domain as [[Severance Day]].{{Fn|4}}
