- Countess Catherine Suessi
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Catherine Suessi, a Wilder Sidhe of House Eiluned, is a quiet, reserved ruler
who makes few demands on her vassals. She spends the majority of her time
taking advantage of the research facilities that her position gives her access
to; her library of arcane lore is practically unsurpassed, and has led many of
the local mages to her doorstep now and again with research questions.
Catherine rose to Countess by dint of the Duke's favour; she and her Household
helped rid Booming River of a water-wyrm infestation three years back. That
same infestation cost her predecessor, the Count Angel Marquez, his life, and
Catherine soon saw herself elevated to fill his shoes. Rumour within the
household suggests that Catherine prefers bloodless and silent coups to
conflict when she tangles herself in politics, but few see her coming when she
does; she is, in many ways, a mystery.
- Seer Jasmine Brooks
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A longtime associate of Countess Catherine, the Seer is a Seelie Sluagh now
moving toward her Grump years. Few claim to know why the woman seems so
tightly bound to the Countess, and those who do aren't sharing what they know,
if they know. Nonetheless, many regard Jasmine as the Countess' secret weapon.
Jasmine has ties all across the Duchy of the Booming River and further into
the reaches of the former Kingdom of Grass, including ties at Caer
Palatine.
If something happens in the Duchy without Jasmine's knowledge, it is a rare
and occulted thing indeed; she is a major piece of the information backbone
within Kithain society. Meanwhile, she is no empty rumour magnet, but quite
the competent vizier. The breathy whisper of Jasmine's advice has led to a
long string of political and military victories for the Household, and even
the Trolls seem willing to make exception for Jasmine on that grounds.