Farli Madrisso

The Countess Of The Canyon

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." -Farli Madrisso
Deep tan skin, light brown eyes and dotted tattoos down the forehead and to the side of the face. Farli is as determined as she is wise, she has worked hard to reach her position and does not intend to waste it. She has seen her city and the country at large from below and knows growing up with nothing, now she has made it to the top she intends to bring as many others up with her as she can.

Early Years

Born to penniless peasants in the slums of Snakes Canyon, Farli had a difficult childhood. Every meal her and her family had, they had to fight for, but this lifestyle did nothing to hinder her dreams, she knew she had to become powerful enough to enact the change she saw was necessary in Snakes Canyon. She began to study anywhere she could, from sneaking into university libraries, to "browsing" in bookshops for hours.
At the age of sixteen she was given full scholarship into both Drumondis and Hevailo, after she sent over a hundred and fifty letters to both. She studied politics at Drumondis during the day and sociology at Hevailo at night. She graduated both at the age of sixteen...top of her class.

The First Democratic Leader of Tormadril

Upon leaving university, Farli began her career in politics. She started out as financial advisor to the Sultan Mahrin Jassir, figuring out how to stretch the minimal budgets he provided to help all the people of Tormadril. Eventually she made her way up to advisor to the Sultan himself, and through many years of hard work managed to convince him that the old ways of govern ship had to die, for the prosperity of all (and appealing to his ego of being remembered as the Sultan of Democracy helped also).
Soon after Jassir's death, the first democratic vote was held. Farli would win by a landslide, though the battle was not without incident. During one of her rallies in the slums of Snakes Canyon where she grew up, Farli survived an assassination attempt from an old friend from university, a woman who was traditionalist and against Farli's plans for democracy. Luckily it was a failure, and Tormadril elected the Countess Farli Madrisso as their leader.

Full name: Farli Madrisso
Other names: The Wise Woman, The Keen
Title: Countess
Age: 34
Distinctive features: Dotted face tattoo
Home: Tormadril