Saint Damara
Name: Saint Damara, Our Lady of SolaceFaction: The Silk Garden
Title: The Silk Matron
Age: A lady never reveals such things.
Look: Vailed in fine silk, her eyes are always hidden.
House Skills: Subterfuge, Intel, Mysticism & Charisma.
Physical Description:
Rather than rely on pure physicality, St. Damara tantalizes with modesty. Like a virginal bride, the Silk Matron wears a vale that covers most of her features, her true beauty a mystery. Most of her skin is covered from head to toe in flowing, silk robes. Brief glimpses of her brown ankles, wrists, and chin smolder the heart like molten rock. Only her closest companions have seen her face. Her most striking feature - which she hides behind headdresses and masks - are her eyes. They are beautiful and milky like polished opals. Although she is blind, it is said she sees truth beyond sight, able to peer into the souls of others and pull prophecy from the cosmos. If you believe in that sort of thing. She always carries with her a golden walking cane and is usually attended by handmaidens who help her navigate as well as read and write on her behalf.
Personality:
On the surface, St. Damara is a graceful and intelligent woman, long prized for her wisdom rather than her skill in bed. She's cultivated for herself a comfortable image that lures men and women alike into trusting her. Those who know her better are wise not to slight or insult her. Underneath her calm exterior lies a calculating woman who's clawed her way to the top through decades of blackmail, manipulation, lies, and murder. She is just as cunning and ruthless as the other clan leaders. Her brand is just better.
History:
Not much is known of St. Damara's rise or her creation of the Silk Garden. But snippets of the truth shine through the rumors and speculation. A narrative she herself likey cultivated. She was abandoned sickly and blind. She was blessed with gifts of prophecy, becoming a sex worker and fortune-teller to survive. Through her work, she performed many "miracles", eventually gaining followers and infamy. Despite her status as a high courtesan, she did not turn her back on her wretched brothers and sisters. The most popular stories center around miracles she's performed on their behalf. Her fame and eventual wealth allowed her to create the Silk Garden, a place of healing and respite, as well as pleasure. So long as they pay their respects, their suffering invokes divine retribution. It is a common superstition that if you slight a prostitute, you will be punished. A warning tragically unknown to foolish outsiders and foreign soldiers...