Tria al-Barush, Nile Mathematician

NPC

jogle@vlbacc.AOC.NRAO.EDU (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim))

Possibilities: 12

DEX 9

STR 8

TOU 8

PER 13

MIN 10

CHA 9

SPI 9

Inclination: Evil

Notes: Tria is involved in a campaigned Romance subplot with Father O'Malley, Doubting Priest. However, O'Malley has been retired (he went insane) so the subplot may have ended.

Equipment:

Dagger (Dmg STR+3/11), Perfume (Weird Science chemicals; grants a +5 bonus to Charm attempts on men), mathematical texts and scrolls.

Description:

A beautiful woman of Mediterranean descent, Tria has long, glossy black hair, and deep blue eyes. She dresses in typical Nile Egyptian garb when at home or at the College of Mathematics but prefers fashionable "period" outfits when she is out in public. She has a bewitching smile and alluring manner at all times unless she is angered. At formal affairs, she will be slightly subdued and will wear the typical Egyptian sign of mourning (whatever that may be) as she is technically still in mourning for her husband.

Background:

Tria was a student of Mathematics in Mobius' Ninth Empire. Shortly before Mobius invaded Earth, she married one of the minor deans of the College of Mathematics. It was an unusual romance, he being in his late eighties, she only 20. No one was very surprised when he died shortly after Mobius came to Earth; many people will say (but not openly or publically) that the old man died of exhaustion trying to keep up with his young wife. After a suitable period of mourning, Tria petitioned for and was granted her late husband's position as a lesser dean at the College.

The truth of the matter is that Tria murdered her husband when he no longer had any secrets of mathematics to teach her. It is not a well kept secret that Tria has had many affairs during her marriage and after her husband's death. Her status however has insulated her from the accusations, which is why she doesn't care who knows about her libidinous actions. Now that she has accomplished the first step in her quest for power, she is eagerly planning her next step, attaining the position of full dean at the College. Her eventual goal is to become an Overgovernor for Mobius.

Tria has made every effort to be noticed by Mobius as a competent mathematician and loyal servant. She accompanied the Nile's ambassador to the United States on his efforts to create a peace treaty between Mobius and the Delphi Council, which would have succeeded if the ambassador hadn't been assassinated by Storm Knights. After the ambassador's assassination, Tria took over the negotiations and almost convinced the US delegation to sign the treaty before the mystery man known as the Eagle presented the US delegates with evidence of Mobius' support of Baruk Kaah's actions in the US. Tria managed to clear herself of the failure and still has an umblemished record as far as the Pharoah is concerned.

During the ambassador's trip to the United States, Tria found herself in love with someone for the first time in her life. That person, a Catholic priest named Patrick O'Malley, used her affections to gain information about the Nile's actions in the Living Land and then betrayed her feelings by assisting his Storm Knight companions in attempting to foil the Nile's attempts to convince the US of their peaceful intentions. They failed though, and Tria developed an intense hatred of the man who treated her in such a manner (the fact that she treats all men in that manner apparently doesn't change things.)

A few months later, while the US delegation was in the Nile to finish the peace treaty, Father O'Malley returned to Tria's life in an unusual manner; he was one of the Storm Knights that assassinated the ambassador! When O'Malley and the other Storm Knights were captured by Mobius' forces, Tria requested that O'Malley be placed in her custody. Mobius, knowing of her hatred, agreed.

Tria was surprised to discover that O'Malley was finally willing to admit that he loved her and was willing to abandon the priesthood for her. She almost relented, but decided that he was just trying to use her again. She used a special mathematical ritual to ensnare O'Malley's mind (much like she used on her late husband) and make certain that his love of her would remain eternal. She, of course, has no love for O'Malley and enjoyed parading him around as her "captive stormer". However, she did allow O'Malley's friends to rescue him (without raising an alarm when she caught them in the act) so her true feelings remain slightly in doubt.

Since then, Tria's activities are unknown. The period of mourning for her husband is almost over though, so she will probably be starting her plans for acquiring full deanhood in the College soon enough.

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