Editing Elizabeth Jordan (Capellan Confederation)

{{otheruses|Maximilian Liao's wife|the tank commander|Elizabeth Jordan (Eridani Light Horse)}}

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| image               = Elizabeth Jordan Liao.jpg
| caption             = Elizabeth Jordan
| name                = Elizabeth Jordan
| birthdate           = [[2986]]
| died                = [[3029]]<ref name=W:Cc27>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 27</ref>
| othernames          = Elizabeth Jordan Liao,<br/>Lady Liz,<br/>Beth Geordana<ref name=W:Cc27/>
| affiliation         = [[Capellan Confederation]]
| rank                = 
| title               = [[Mandrissa of Carver IV|''Mandrissa'' of Carver IV]]<ref name=HL(TCC)p126/><br />Dame Liao of [[St. Andre]]<ref name=HL(TCC)p126/> <br />Prefectress of Capella (Commonality)<ref name=HL(TCC)p126/> 
| position            = [[President of the House of Scions]]<ref name=HL(TCC)p126/>  
| profession          = Noble
| parents             = 
| siblings            = 
| spouse              = [[Maximilian Liao]]
| children            =
}}
The daughter of a wealthy [[St. Ives]] aerospace industrialist, '''Elizabeth Jordan''' was the second wife of [[Chancellor]] [[Maximilian Liao]] of the [[Capellan Confederation]] during its darkest days in the [[Fourth Succession War]].<ref name=HL(TCC)p126>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 126: "Elizabeth Jordon Liao bio"</ref> (It is unclear in what year they married, though from the context it would have been before [[3021]].)

==History==
===Early life===
Described as statuesque, with waist-long, raven-black hair, Lady Elizabeth Jordan had a penchant for wearing black and gold silks.<ref name=HL(TCC)p126/> She was considered very beautiful, and Maximilian Liao apparently felt genuine affection for her. She married Chancellor Maximilian Liao after his first wife had died in a mountain-climbing accident on Mount Sumatra on [[Wei]].<ref name=HL(TCC)p126/> It was reported that "Lady Liz," while not overly ambitious, still delighted in being the First Lady and meddling in the affairs of others, and that she was capable of considerable cruelty when her anger was aroused.<ref name=HL(TCC)p126/>

As "Beth Geordana," a pen name closely matching her maiden name, she had covertly written poetry at one point but it was rejected by the State Poetry Review as "too forced and commercial." In response, she had the editors deported to the penal colony of [[Brazen Heart]] (which indicates she was already in a position of power at the time, apparently already married to Maximilian Liao).<ref name=W:Cc27/>

When her stepson [[Tormano Liao]] married [[Hanya No Cha]] at some point prior to [[3021]], Elizabeth Jordan Liao demanded his banishment for his refusal to consult with her before marrying beneath his station.<ref name=HL(TCC)p126/>

At one point in or prior to [[3022]] she influenced a judicial inquiriy against the Church of Future Present as an "impartial observer"; as a result one in five known supporters of the harmless creed was involuntarily exiled to a periphery world.<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 63: Lessons in the Faith</ref>

As of ca. 3025, she was a member of the [[Prefectorate of the Capellan Confederation]] as a representative of the Capellan Commonality.<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 57: The Prefectorate</ref> As the Chancellor's wife she also sponsored the annual [[Tikonov Universal Exhibition]] (an art competition held each September since [[2997]]) and determined its theme each year.

She was known to be a firm supporter of her husband's policies, to the point where some thought she might be the brain behind many of his schemes.<ref name=HL(TCC)p126/> At the same time she was not particularly loyal to Maximilian himself, as she had an affair with [[Pavel Ridzik]] beginning no later than 3025.<ref name=HL(TCC)p126/>

===Disappearance and death===
Dame Liao had a mutually strained relationship with her stepchildren. [[Romano Liao]] in particular hated her stepmother with a vengeance. When Elizabeth Liao made preparations to abscond with wayward Colonel Pavel Ridzik (who himself was making preparations to secede his [[Tikonov Commonality]] from the doomed [[Capellan Confederation]] and form the [[Tikonov Free Republic]]) near the end of the [[Fourth Succession War]], she was captured by Romano Liao's agents and forced to write a [[verigraph]] message luring Ridzik into an assassin's trap. When Ridzik was subsequently killed by means of a slow-acting and very painful poison, the assassin also informed him of Elizabeth's fate: She was promised that she would be allowed to live with Ridzik afterwards after renouncing all ties and claims to the throne, but was then killed after composing the message.<ref name=W:Cc27/> Her corpse was found around May [[3029]] with clear indications that she had been murdered, but officially it was announced that she had died in a swimming accident.<ref>''Warrior: Coupé''</ref>

The verigraph message indicated that Elizabeth Liao may genuinely have loved Ridzik, who for his part felt he was above such irrational feelings yet found her an attractive companion.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
* ''[[Warrior: Coupé]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Warrior: Riposte]]'' (novel)

[[Category:Capellan Confederation Characters|Jordan (Capellan Confederation), Elizabeth]]