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# Nysene Eomane
_Human Patriar | [[Parliament of Peers]] | [[Baldur's Gate]]_
## Summary
Notorious hostess of [[Eomane House]]'s masked revels and heiress of the [[Eomane Perfumery]]. She uses curfew laws to trap lower-class guests overnight for "games" that have escalated from humiliation to torture, and is building a blackmail network to secure a [[Council of Four]] seat. She is currently hosting the gala the party is investigating.
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## Now
Hosting the gala the party is investigating, running her overnight "games" and expanding her blackmail files toward a [[Council of Four]] seat.
## Appearance
Sharp cheekbones and calculating green eyes, early thirties, always in deep crimson and black. She wears her signature Eomane perfume — roses and something darker underneath.
## Personality
A predator in patriar clothing who views cruelty as both art and political tool. No accountability, no conscience, no limits except what she can get away with. Uses touch like a weapon and honeyed charm that turns to ice mid-sentence. She quotes philosophy she half-understands to justify cruelty she'd commit anyway, and believes social hierarchy makes her victims less than human. Her interest in [[Bane]] and [[Loviatar]] is aesthetic, not devout — a bored aristocrat who enjoys hurting people.
## Quote
_"Compassion is such a bourgeois virtue, don't you think? The truly powerful understand that fear is the greatest teacher. Now—shall we play a game?"_
## Connections
**[[Thalamra Vanthampur]]** — using her as a credible scapegoat.
## Background
**The "Shrine":** An amateur hodgepodge of [[Bane]] and [[Loviatar]] symbols in her basement. She preserves victim "trophies" in family perfume bottles — not religious offerings, just marketing for her own psychopathy.
**Refugee Hunting:** When [[Elturel]] refugees arrive in numbers, she'll target them heavily — vulnerable, no legal standing, no voice.
**Family Complicity:** Her siblings Dolandre, Rusorra, and Trenteller are embarrassed but enable her through inaction.
**Not Connected:** She has nothing to do with the Vanthampur conspiracy or infernal plots. Hers is homegrown, parallel evil, and [[Thalamra Vanthampur]] is using her as a credible scapegoat.
## Secret
A locked chest holds her blackmail files — compromising material on 8–10 patriars and [[Parliament of Peers]] members. That chest, not the parties, is her real path to power.
## Stats
**Base:** Noble (MM p.348), modified.
- Intimidation +5, Deception +7.
- Concealed poisoned dagger and acid perfume (2d6, DC 12 Dex save).
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