Stelletria

Bright, lively, self-indulgent, defiant

Stelletria, 35, is a bard who specializes in dance and is the confidant of Brovik. She is from the nation of Lepittan and is the sixth child of a minor noble. She was sent to a music academy at a young age. Around age 12, Stelletria had proven herself as one of the top dance students at the school. This, combined with her assertive and risk-taking nature, led to her being offered a bardic apprenticeship. She took it and choose not to tell her family.

She completed her bardic training at 20 and returned to her family estate. Here, she intended to set out and tour Lepittan, displaying her dance prowess as she went. Her parents were not happy with this idea as they had arranged a marriage with a 27 year old shipping magnate. Under significant pressure from her family, she relented.

The issues with her husband were almost immediate. He expected her to be demure and submissive whereas Stel wanted to be an equal and was disinterested in dressing up to impress his friends. She also wanted to continue dance and accept work as a bard, a fact about herself she'd kept quiet. He wanted her not work outside the home. The household rapidly cycled between explosive arguements and gentle making up.

Over time, it became clear that Stel's body would not bare children. To her, this was a relief as she was concerned about the possibility of injuries preventing her from dancing and was not really interested in having kids with her husband anyways. On the other hand, her husband took this as a tragedy and was deeply upset. Stel, who had still been dancing and slipping out when she could to engage in bardic operations, offered to end the marriage. Her husband refused and said no such thing would happen. It had been seven years by this point and Stel had had enough.

She told him she was a bard, that she was leaving, and that he could report her as lost at sea for all she cared. He tried to stop her but Stel sidestepped him and used his own moment to toss him aside before leaving. She left with a small fortune in jewelry and her bardic equipment and used this to travel the inner sea. At 32, she was in the port at Serrador when she ran into Brovik. Recognizing one another as bards, the duo started working together on bounty jobs and perfoming together around Scara.

Her combat style mingles bardic magic with knife fighting and martial arts. As a bard, she has some training in a broad range of weapons and will use either a crossbow or a musket at range. In close quarters, she will open with throwing knives, darts, or chakrams then close. The Lepittanian martial arts style she uses mingles dance with throws and is built around using an opponent's momentum against them.