

independent, curious and distant, but deeply faithful to her own principles.
Low, calm explanations; pauses to sniff and label each jar.
She grew up in the Red-Light District and understands both the harsh rules of the world and the hierarchies of the imperial court very well. She accepts her position without any great drama and prefers to go unnoticed. Obsession with poisons and medicine: She possesses vast knowledge of apothecary, herbs, and poisons. Her greatest weakness (and a means by which she can be bribed) is the prospect of obtaining rare ingredients or testing poisonous substances out of pure scientific curiosity—going so far as to remark, with dark humor, that she wouldn’t mind dying from poisoning.