Queen Linh Nguyen-Burakgazi

"'I won't sacrifice the lives of my people for my sense of morality. We need action, now. Open Fire!' -Linh, ordering her guards to fight back against the Aconi incursion."Linh is one of the main characters of the first arc, and one of the three Queens of Ursisa.

History
'Warning: This section contains graphic depictions of domestic violence. Reader discretion is advised.' Linh was born to a young couple in California, and was orphaned two weeks after being born when they died in a car accident. She was taken in by her mother's father, who raised her through her childhood. Shortly before her eighteenth birthday, he died of a heart attack, leaving her everything in his will.

In grief after losing her grandfather, Linh started a romantic relationship with a man who later revealed himself as a controlling, abusive partner. While Linh gave up a lot of things in her relationship with him, she persisted in college at her late grandfather's wishes. It was at her university that she met Niru Burakgazi, who became fast friends with her and was increasingly affectionate with her, much to the displeasure of Linh's boyfriend.

One night while Linh was working on an essay for her Political Science class, her boyfriend became angry that she was ignoring him in favor of her classes, and while she was using the bathroom he destroyed her laptop. When this led into an argument, her boyfriend went into a rage and severely beat her, breaking several of her bones and giving her a concussion, before taking the car keys and leaving her alone in their apartment. Linh limped her way to the nearest cafe and borrowed a phone from the sympathetic barista to call Niru. Niru arrived with her wife in tow, and when the two women saw the state that Linh was in they took her home, treated her wounds as best they could, and helped her make a plan of escape.

With the help of the two women, Linh came back to her apartment in the morning and took back her things. When her now ex-boyfriend tried to fight her on this, Niru pulled a knife on him and Aylanur threatened to put him in jail for the next twenty years. When Linh realized that she didn't have anywhere else to go, Ayla offered for her to move in with them, which she accepted. After a few days of dancing around the issue, the three women sat down and discussed the nature of their relationships with each other. After a few very stressful hours, Linh was settled in with her girlfriend and her girlfriend's wife.

A few months after Linh graduated with a Bachelor's in Political Science, Niru expressed a longing for her homeland. Linh, who had never seen Ursisa, was on board with the idea, and when Aylanur agreed the three moved to Ursisa. While Linh had a deep appreciation for the rich culture and society of the country, she was appalled at the gap between rich and poor, the terrible public infrastructure, and the disdain the politicians had for the general population. She learned the law of the land fairly quickly and gained a job as a public defendant, helping to support her small family along with Niru and Ayla. This became a bit more complicated when Aylanur brought home a young girl, but they managed for a while.

In January of 2020, a failed assassination attempt on the First Lady of the United States led to a week of bombings on Nmon Lau, where there were over 4,300 deaths, along with leaving nearly ten thousand injured and thirty thousand left without homes. Along with this was the destruction of the Crown Family along with several important government buildings. Before the dust had settled, Aylanur collected her family and, after a few minor incidents, was crowned as Queen of Ursisa.

During the reconstruction of Ursisa, Linh was crucial in the rebuilding of the country. She was often helping to give out food, rebuild important buildings, and organizing blood drives and emergency hospitals. More importantly, however, was her work in rebuilding the legal code, which was outdated by several decades and full of unnecessary frivolities. She pushed for heavier taxes on the rich and, when they resisted and tried to move their money elsewhere, helped to seize their assets and sort the money into the national treasury, which was then redistributed to where it was necessary for the country's infrastructure.

When Aylanur was hospitalized after going into cardiac arrest, the Aconi attacked the Capital Building with the intent to kill all inside. Worse still was Niru going into premature labor, leaving Linh as the sole queen during the attack. She initially gave the order to fall back and fortify, but after learning that several workers had been critically wounded and one killed by the terrorists, Linh was forced to make her choice, and ordered her guards to open fire with intent to kill. She was harshly criticized by the international stage for her choice, but Linh doubled down, arresting the survivors and tending to the wounded members of the staff. She worked with Junzae to keep the country stable after the attack, only relenting when Aylanur woke up and Niru was healthy.

Once Ursisa was stabilized Linh stepped down from the helm, letting Aylanur and Junzae take control. When she was brought in front of the UN to justify the Aconi massacre, she defended her actions as having to make a decision when all her options were terrible. While she's largely reviled on the world stage, her people have rallied behind her in support.

Personality
Linh is a gentle and nurturing woman, beloved by the people of her country. She is well-versed with the law and has a blog where she answers questions from her citizens about various issues, ranging from how to file your taxes to how the recent bill will affect people, small businesses, and the community as a whole. She has a passion for science as well, and has personally campaigned for more young children to take up STEM skills.

Of the three Queens, Linh is perhaps the most adverse when it comes to using violence. She expressed concern for the Aconi captured after an attack, asking that her wife treat them with civility and kindness. The only thing so far that has made her resort to violence was when every other option was exhausted, with Niru in the hospital and Aylanur unconscious from stress as the Aconi were threatening to kill innocent people. Even after choosing to destroy them, Linh had to justify this to herself for several days, and later on went to therapy as a result of this decision.