Vocaphil Consolata Mercator: Wife, mother, Lady, Diplomat, Wizardess, Pearl of House Mercator.

She is about average height and weight for one born by the shores of the Inland Sea as it laps Gaul, but she is better muscled than one would expect for a female accustomed to luxury. She's also unusual in that her crossbow usually is only a step or two away. Also strange is that she has a set of plain earthenware dishes.

She's returned for a sea voyage to the east and south of the Inland Sea and is now traveling in Gaul trying to open up new trading possibilities. She is more widely read (and educated) than she is traveled. Her mind often jumps from topic to topic like a squirrel traversing a tree. Still, if one is around her enough, her routes are far from random.

Her middle name comes from being being her parents' consolation after the stillborn birth of a son. In token of her position in her extended merchant family, on formal occasions she wears white with bands of gold—each fronted with a large pearl—around her head, neck, and waist. Unlike what such position and wealth would lead one to expect, she habitually treats everyone with courtesy and respect.