Rosaura Rossellini
Sobriquet: Countess. Beloved...sister
Appearance: Rosaura is a small, birdlike woman wears her brown hair short and unadorned. Her clothes are similarly plain; in social situations she wears conservative pant suits in variations of gray; she has little use for high-heels and is always found wearing sensible shoes. When she is on an archeology dig or acquiring 'materials' for her research she wears denim pants, flannel shirts and good hiking boots. Her only affectation is a small, antique gold crucifix that she wears on a simple golden chain around her slim neck. Rosaura's eyes are black and moist, like orbs of onyx suspended in oil. She moves with modest, precise gestures. There is a somewhat ethereal quality to her, as though a strong gust of wind could blow her away. She has a soft, shy voice -- when she speaks at all.
Behavior: She long ago surpassed her brother in necromantic skill, and he fears her -- as well he should. He has played his appointed role in the immortal passion play and she has forgiven him his frailties. Unfortunately, he is unlikely to survive the dawn of the next century without her help. Yet, she exists for one purpose only: to ensure that her master Ambrogino Giovanni may ascend to the exalted state of apotheosis. Rosaura always allows her brother to 'appear' to be in charge, that way she can assuage his fragile ego, survey the competition and accomplish whatever current assignment Ambrogino has given her of late.
History: Rosaura was cloistered in a convent after her parents' death, but it was only a temporary refuge from her brother's cruelty. Baldesar recalled her to Rome and put her through one harrowing ordeal after another, defeating her over and over again before offering her the salvation of the Embrace. Baldesar sought to impress his power of life and death over Rosaura, but the Embrace had the opposite effect. The ghosts of the dead whispered to Rosaura in the few brief moments that she hung between life and death; a sense of purpose and calm arose in her. That's when Rosaura smiled, knowing that her brother no longer controlled her destiny.
In the centuries that followed, Rosaura immersed herself in the crypts of Rome and Venice and learned the ways of the dead. She is now under the tutelage of Ambrogino Giovanni and is his agent of choice in events related to Marianna and the Sargon Fragment. Ambrogino has told Baldesar that he is in command of the Rossellini family, but this is simply a ploy to recoup his favored pawn should fortune fail.
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