Pyara Kaur

"What a wonderful dream for a girl, hm? Playing at love. This was my time. My heart. Stolen by a thief."

- Pyara to Raza, 1839.

Pyara Kaur was the daughter of Maharaja Kharak Singh of the Sikh Empire, the granddaughter of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and the lover of the Assassin Arbaaz Mir. She is an ancestor of the Indian actress Monima Das.

Biography
Living a life of luxury in the imperial palace of Amritsar since childhood, Pyara was renowned for her beauty and charm. She frequently took part in official ceremonies, right behind her grandfather, Ranjit Singh; during one of these ceremonies in June 1839, she encountered Arbaaz Mir, who introduced himself as an emissary from Kashmir.

Despite her reluctance, she allowed herself to be seduced by him, enticed by the forbidden nature of the situation. After their moment of intimacy in the gardens, Arbaaz left, as he was actually an Assassin that had come to steal the Koh-i-Noor. When her lover was later apprehended with a replica of the diamond in his possession, Pyara was deeply affected by his betrayal.

Feeling both great sadness and anger, Pyara was consoled by the young Raza Soora, who had happened upon her while fleeing the palace. Despite his loyalty to Arbaaz, Raza gave the princess the Koh-i-Noor to cheer her up. Pleased to have recuperated the precious jewel, Pyara decided to confront the Assassin and went to the dungeon where he was being held.

There, Arbaaz told Pyara that the British planned to poison her grandfather and take advantage of the absence of her uncles to seize power. Shocked, Pyara acquiesced to the Assassin's demands that she free him, though she made him promise to prevent her grandfather's assassination. Arbaaz agreed, but actually had no intention of aiding her, until the princess revealed she held the Koh-i-Noor in her possession, thus forcing the Assassin to keep his promise.

However, Arbaaz arrived too late to save the Maharaja, who had been poisoned by Francis Cotton, a Templar. Having heard the commotion that had erupted between the Assassin and the palace guards, who had been led to believe he was behind Ranjit Singh's murder, Pyara found her grandfather and tried to console him. When she revealed that she was in possession of the Koh-i-Noor, Ranjit Singh ordered her to flee India and hide the artifact somewhere far away, safe from the Templars.

Obeying her grandfather's dying wish, Pyara grabbed a robe to hide her appearance and attempted to flee the palace, but ran into Cotton, who mistook her for an Assassin and prepared to stab her. She was saved by Raza, who leapt upon the Templar and wounded him by scratching his face with his fingernails. However, the young boy was soon overpowered, leading Pyara to rescue him in turn by activating the Koh-i-Noor.

Pyara was soon overcome with the Piece of Eden's power, with an unknown member of the First Civilization manifesting itself and using the princess to convey a message for humanity. Horrified at the appearance of this mysterious being, Cotton fired multiple shots at the Precursor, though upon striking the Koh-i-Noor with a bullet, the diamond shattered and severed Pyara's connection to the First Civilization woman. This released an energy wave of tremendous power, vaporizing everyone in the room save for Arbaaz, Raza and the princess herself.

Pyara would later have a child with Arbaaz and become an ancestor to Monima Das, the fiancée of Jot Soora.

Trivia

 * Pyara, प्यारा, is a Hindi word meaning "sweet, lovely, dear, pretty". Kaur, ਕੌਰ, is a Punjabi word actually meaning "prince", but it has come to possess the colloquial meaning "princess".

Reference

 * Assassin's Creed: Brahman