Finduilas of Dol Calandir was the first woman to rule a principality of Cardolan. Finduilas left the day-today administration of her realm to subordinates, leaving her time to study magics and to plot.She had been a relatively minor factor in the politics of Cardolan as her primary interest had been in magics but having mastered the diminished knowledge to be found in the North, she had turned her interest to politics to which her attitude was rather frivolous. She had decided to play to win simply for the sake of the game, caring nothing for either the potential rewards or potential consequences of her actions.House Caladir was notorious for an arrogance more appropriate to the Dúnedain of Umbar. The lands were very heavily damaged during the peasant uprising in 1414, and the productivity