Lady Irene

Biography
Lady Irene is believed to be the most powerful being in the series. Some people believe that she's a goddess, like Emmalyn, but some people don't (For example: Dale).

Thousands of years ago, Lady Irene served the Ru'an region as a source of good. She stood for justice and peace, and took side to what she found moral.

However, despite the Divine Warriors being gods amongst people, they succumbed to their human emotions. Irene and Shad were deeply in love with one another, however fate was a cruel thing, and the two were bound to eternal conflict, as Shad, a god of chaos and destruction, and Irene, a goddess of good. Irene despite this, tried to save Shad, throwing him into many different realms, but Shad always would find a way to break them therefore earning him the title "Realm Breaker."

Esmund was a shield of good, a protector, and fought alongside Irene through her battles. Esmund eventually found himself in love with Irene. This resulted in numerous conflicts between the three, and eventually Irene could feel no love, even for those who loved her so dearly.

The other Divine Warriors came to the conclusion to kill Shad, hoping this action would rid the world of evil, and maybe, give Irene the power to love again. Shad found out about this and lost all his morality becoming a being of pure evil, "The Shadow Lord."

Irene took the battle into the Irene Dimension, and there, the Divine Warriors fought Shad. The battle was long fought and eventually the Divine were able to defeat Shad.

Irene however could not grieve for Shad's death. She could feel nothing, and as her friends took reincarnation, she wandered the world in emptiness.

Years later, Irene encountered Hyria and told Hyria of her one true desire, to feel again. Irene told her to hide away her memories and took slumber in the Irene Dimension, until one day the world needed her again.

Thousands of years later, she awoken and is who we know as Aphmau.

Appearance
Although she has only made one a physical appearance in terms of a human form, excepting Episode 100, a statue of her has appeared in Season 1, Episode 58, and the shrine cleared the darkness away from Phoenix Drop. The shrine was moved to the top of a hill with a great view on Season 1, Episode 93 "The Rise of Phoenix Drop".

She is believed to be seen in the Season 1, Episode 100: "The Amulet's Secret"  If you go to the video and take a picture and see the picture on the Lady Irene tab she is Lady Irene. But it was actually Zoey who looked different because Irene's Dimension time travels much faster, one minute being one year in the Overworld.

In Season 2, Episode 46, she was seen in her dimension talking to the witch, Hyria. This is the first time Irene is seen alive in person, instead of as a statue. She has a similar skintone to Aphmau and long black hair that partly drapes over her shoulders to her waist (similar to Aphmau). She wears a dark blue hood with a gold trim that appears to end above her waist. Under her cloak, she wears a long white dress and is also seen wearing golden bracelets. During the episode, her face and a large majority of the front view of her body are not shown.

In Season 2, E pisode 48, "Sons of Phoenix Drop", there was a statue of lady Irene at the end of a large wooden table belonging to Trall, the leader of a thief camp. It was said that Trall worshipped Irene and, despite being a criminal, looks up to her and her reputation. He even managed to hint that Aphmau is Lady Irene when she transforms into her Divine Form.

In Season 2, it has been said that Aphmau IS Lady Irene since Aphmau looks like Lady Irene herself. This is further supported when Aphmau had a flashback of memories of her, this time her full face is shown. She has the same amber-brown eyes and black hair as Aphmau, with the exception that her skin is lighter as opposed to Aphmau's tanned/Hispanic complexion.

Personality
Priests believe that Lady Irene was a very kind and fair woman. She saved many people, and was extremely powerful in terms of Magicks and Witchcraft, even creating a great relic and her own dimension in which minutes there is years in the normal dimension, the Overworld.

Titles

 * "Irene the Matron" is her title for the membership in the Divine Warriors.
 * "Lady Irene" is what people call her. This is because of her good deeds and special abilities (Probably because of her stopping the War of the Magi and the Human vs Wyvern War). Aphmau doesn't like being called this by worshippers because she doesn't feel worthy of being called a name of a person that she doesn't remember being but is supposed to be. The name also reminds her that she will one day lose her name as Aphmau as she regains her memories.
 * "Irena" This title is said in some fairly early episodes, usually by priests, and could be an alternate spelling and pronunciation of her name. One idea is that it varies from place to place in how you spell her name.
 * "Lady Aphmau" is the new name for Irene after it revealed that Irene awoke from her slumber as Aphmau and people started calling Aphmau that in Season 3, due to her amnesia. This is the name Aphmau is more comfortable with as she hates being called Lady Irene.

Trivia

 * The name Irene is a Greek name, and it is also a name of a goddess in Greek Myths, spelled as Eirene. In Greek, the meaning of the name Irene is "peace" which makes sense because she brought peace between the Wyverns and Humans.
 * Lady Irene has been proven to have a past with Enki, in the episode Season 2, Episode 31, "The Divine Relic".
 * Aphmau absorbing Irene's relic proved she was either a descendant of the latter or Irene.
 * The Season 2 finale confirms the latter choice of the relic as Hyria declares that Aphmau is Irene.
 * Lady Irene has the power to speak with Wyverns.
 * In the early episodes she was named "Lady Irena" instead of "Lady Irene". In Episode 36 of Season 1, titled "Levin's Mom". In Scaleswind, the Priest refers to her as "Lady Irena" instead of Irene. A couple of other episodes this name was mentioned.
 * In Season 2, Episode 46, Irene was voiced by Aphmau, but with much more grace. This further implies their connection.
 * Lady Irene's name may have been inspired by Irene from The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
 * Aphmau is a known fan of The Legend of Zelda, so it is possible that Lady Irene was inspired, after all Irene from The Legend of Zelda is a sage and Lady Irene is a "goddess".
 * It was confirmed that Aphmau is Lady Irene herself, in Episode 100 of Season 2.
 * There were several foreshadowings of Aphmau being Lady Irene throughout Season 2 every time she awakens in her Divine Form inadvertently, but the finale finally confirmed the rumor and speculation by fans and characters alike.