Isidora Sathmantes

Isidora Sathmantes is the youngest child and only daughter of Lyseni magister Phaedrus Sathmantes and Sabitha of the Drahar Family of Myr. With two older brothers, Theron and Cassander, Isidora struggled to rise to relevancy in her father's eyes. She has recently reached adulthood and cast her attention to her place in the game, and though she is prone to bouts of folly and decadence, she no longer wants to be a pawn.

Appearance and Character
Isidora is a petite woman with warm-toned skin that would tan easily if she didn’t actively avoid long periods in the Lysene sun. It’s not uncommon to see the young woman wear silk or Myrish lace veils and shawls over her head, arms and shoulders during the day to keep her skin from darkening.

A pair of blue-grey eyes take in the world with the kind of dismissive air only the wealthy and bored can afford, flitting from one subject to the next in search of something exciting. Her nose is small and straight, her lips full but not wide, all set on an oval face with a feminine jawline tapering to a pointed chin.

Her dark hair-- which, along with her olive skin-tone, is a gift from her Myrish mother-- is long, reaching to the middle of her back even when curled in the Lysene fashion. It is left silky and shining from expensive perfume oils, and is obviously as meticulously cared for as the rest of her.

Early Life
In the first few years of her childhood, Isidora had been her mother’s shadow. She always clung to Sabitha’s hand or her skirts, following wherever her mother would allow her to go. She’d been a shy child at first, but always eager to please those she warmed up to.

She grew up traveling between Lys and Myr with her mother to visit family once she was old enough to make the journey, and during her visits to Myr she made a fast friend in Tyanna Sarmyr. The girls were inseparable whenever they were together, and wrote to each other frequently when forced apart. To this day, they have a strong bond.

In her lessons she was considered bright and quick-witted, able to remember and recite most of what she was told. She prided herself in how easily she could earn the approval of her tutors, but in her late adolescence, soon found herself vying only for the approval of the only person who never gave it.

With two older brothers taking precedence over her, Isidora spent the rest of her youth fighting for the attention and approval of her hard-won father, and ultimately failing. When her attempts at excellence in intelligence, behavior and manners failed to impress him over the years, she did as most foolhardy, young people would and moved on to less acceptable means to earn his consideration and some manner of affection from someone. This included, but was not limited to, taking advantage of the love slaves at her family's disposal. What better way to get back at her father than to give the most valuable thing she had-- her purity-- to a slave?

For what short-term satisfaction and vindication it brought her, it proved to be less than a fulfilling venture on a whole. Rather than take it as a loss and following her better senses, Isidora delved deeper for the next few months. She visited her brother’s pillow houses on occasion, and on the rare night she crept off to other pillow houses in Lys, losing her feelings of malcontent to the fancies of flesh until she rather suddenly insisted she was bored with it.

Currently
Isidora is seeking out exotic animals from the pirate Vaerona to help make the Palace of Marvels even more... well, marvelous. There seems to be no indication that the young woman intends to settle down any time soon, despite coming of age. She's getting ready to dazzle at the Festival of the Three Sisters.

Recent Events
TBA

Family

 * Irryio Sathmantes, m. Isidora
 * Phaedrus Sathmantes, m. Sabitha Drahar of Myr
 * Theron Sathmantes
 * Cassander Sathmantes
 * Isidora Sathmantes
 * Joraro Sathmantes
 * Trego Sathmantes
 * Minasha Sathmantes

Household/NPC's

 * Kaliya- The daughter of a lesser Lyseni merchant family brought on as Isidora's playmate, later handmaiden.
 * Nemora Sarmyr - A girl from the Myrish Sarmyr Family who Sabitha Drahar requested be taken on as Isidora's playmate, later handmaiden.

Quotes
“Your father loves you. You may not be of use to him right now, but that will change when you are a woman grown.” - Sabitha to Isidora.