Astraea Mehrkuri

Astraea Mehrkuri (2148 CE - 2224 CE) was the late Primarch of Digeris and wife of Antraxes Partinax. In 2224 CE she lead a rebellion against Primarch Desolas Arterius II of Palaven, singlehandedly throwing the Turian Empire into a brief but bloody civil war. Additionally, she was also responsible for ordering the political assassinations of a large majority of Desolas' highest-ranking allies, in an event known as The Night of Martyrs.

Astraea was finally captured on the field of battle by Desolas' daughter, Sarena, with the aid of the Prothean Javik. She was publicly executed by Desolas for her crimes on the steps of Cipritine's Signis, an event that would act as the catalyst for Desolas' eventual ousting from power and the murder of his daughter. She is one of very few primarchs in history to have been tried and executed for treason.

Children
Astraea is something of a tragic figure with regards to her children. Of her seven pregnancies, only two produced healthy children. The rest were either miscarried or stillborn. While she refused to speak of her trauma to anyone besides her husband, each loss cut a little deeper into Astraea's heart, hardening her to the outside world. She notably forbade her subjects from celebrating any news of her pregnancies, for fear that such joy was premature and thus tempted fate.

All of Astraea's children - living and dead - were named by her husband, to whom she presented each child after their birth.

The Night of Martyrs
Before instigating her invasion plan, Astraea began to orchestrate a plot to destabilise the Hierarchy, with the help of her husband. Using Antraxes' old Blackwatch contacts, a list of targets was drawn up, all of whom were either close confidants of Desolas or high ranking military leaders loyal to the Primacy of Palaven.