Jaella Thistlebriar
Jaella operates a charitable organization that tends to the needs of orphaned children. The public often calls her “The Mother", both for this act of generosity and for her unremarkable—some might say matronly— appearance. Most fail to recognize her at public functions; her wardrobe and manners appear so demure and unassuming. This persona is merely a facade for her other activities. Secretly, she is a skilled assassin at the head of a the highmoon's guild that spans the lightfoot kingdom and ice-peak concord. The services she offers as a paid killer allow her to act as a public benefactor to the children that she rescues, who in turn grow up to work for her.
"No one expects greatness from children. When you do, that is exactly what they give you."Though her craft is cruel, Jaella truly loves the children she cares for. She spares no expense seeing to their education and growth, and the children thrive under her watch. The best become her informants, given the opportunity to earn the right to be trained as assassins. Should they master that craft, she sends them off to neighboring lands on behalf of the highmoon's guild.
"I’m afraid that is outside of the purview of our typical contract."For Jaella, the contract is the final arbiter of decisions. She carefully crafts each one, attentive to their every detail, and makes sure that they are carried out explicitly to the letter. She performs routine audits of the contracts throughout her extended network as well. Her pupils know better than to manipulate their services or contracts and on the rare occasions that this happens, agents are severely punished. For the right price, there are few contracts she would refuse, once they were properly arranged of course.
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