[b]The Ducal House[/b]

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[center][h3]Duchessa Brunisente Scarcella di Castrolibero[/h3]
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The Duchess is the one who *technically* holds the ruling title to the city. She was born into the position, where the Duke married into it. 

This means that the Duchess' blood will take priority when determining lineage.

The Duchess herself is a kind woman, often referred to as benevolent. She cares for her subjects and hears all who wish to bring their issues to court. She was known to hold wilder parties than anyone else in her youth. Now, her age has caught up to her, and her knees aren't what they were.

She has some low-level magical powers relating to judgement and justly ruling.
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[hider=The Duke!]
[center][h3]Duca Salicaro Scarcella di Castrolibero[/h3]
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[hider=The Heir]
[center][h3]NAME Scarcella di Castrolibero[/h3]
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[hider=The Bastard]
[center][h3]Feri di Castroliebro[/h3]
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All I wanna write here is that there is a bastard!

This bastard was conceived by the Duchess after her and her husband attended an orgy. 

Usually bastards hold a very weak claim to heirdom. But. The Ducal couple has only borne one legitimate heir. The line of succession would go: the heir, the Duchess' sister, the Bastard. 

[i]Nobody knows who the other parent is, and this may be a plot hook we can leverage. It's likely they were magical.[/i]

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[hider=The Handmaid]
[center][h3]Nicola Veseli di Castrolibero[/h3]
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Brunisente's personal servant. The two are very close, and grew up together. There's a bit of an unhealthy dynamic here which developed from a crossover of two things: the Countess' rank, and the Handmaid's tendency to come out of situations with a better deal than her friend. This extends from youthful courtships where the suitor would run off with the handmaid, all the way to more practical skills where the Handmaid showed much better general hand-eye co-ordination than Brunisente.

All that being said, the two are as close as if they were sisters. They love one another nonetheless.

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[hider=The Sister]
[center][h3]Lady Odette Scarcella di Castrolibero[/h3]
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Odette is the sister of Brunisente. She is the head of the military Office in the Ducal court, and has always loved the thrill of the fight. Low-key an adrenaline junkie. She's second in line for the Ducal throne.

She has a strong loyalty to her sister and no interest in ruling. She's a very positive personality, always chipper, and always looking on the bright side of situations. This doesn't mean she's one dimensional - she's known hardship, and she knows when a situation is sombre - she just tends on the positive side of things.

Her leadership as general is well-respected, even among her detractors. The general skill and morale of Castrolibero's soldiers has increased by huge margins since she entered office. This is in large part due to her chipper attitude rubbing off onto her underlings as she trains personally with them. 
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