Stavian, Eutropia
Princess Eutropia Stavian (a.k.a. Princess Eutropia Stavian I)
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Slim and athletic, Princess Eutropia bears the distinctive cheekbones and nose of her Stavian father and grandmother.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Princess Eutropia Stavian is the eldest daughter of Grand Prince Stavian III and is his only living child. Her mother Etroffe Stavian died shortly after the birth of Carrius Stavian II, well before Eutropia formed any clear memories of her. Even so, for much of her childhood, Eutropia, her father, and her brother seemed to live a charmed life. Stavian doted on his children in their youth, playing with them and taking them for outings that other nobles might have entrusted to a nanny. Eutropia was happy and comfortable, and never thought to question the cost of that happiness. Carrius’s death opened her charmed eyes to a great many truths about the world—first and foremost the pain of loss, and from there she quickly realized how much the people of Taldor sacrificed every day to support the blessed life she lived.
For a time during school and afterward, Eutropia spent rebellious years making trouble, scandalizing Taldan social circles and enraging her now-distant father. She earned the nickname “Princess Head Butt” after settling a duel with a suitor—the young Duke Zellvyngian—in a most unseemly manner, and rumors even circulated claiming she trucked briefly with adventurers in and around the World’s Edge Mountains. Her rebellion eventually lead her to assisting and later leading various charity and reform groups. In time she resumed the role of a respectable, if defiant, noble daughter—backed up her omnipresent, if rarely displayed, reputation as a duelist.
Despite her reputation as a troublemaker and even seditionist—according to certain parties, at least— Eutropia is a proud Taldan patriot. She recognizes the incredible heights to which Taldor rose in the past, but she also understands that those great heights required firm foundations—a social network that supported and protected the people and let every citizen shine. She believes in the monarchy so long as aristocrats are held to considerably higher standards, being all too aware after several diplomatic visits how the Andoren style of democracy can fall to corruption just as easily. The fact that this philosophy just happens to empower her personally is a thought that nags at her constantly and motivates her longstanding indecision over whether or not to advance her political aspirations.
Her father made the decision for her when he attempted to marry Eutropia to High Strategos Maxillar Pythareus and appoint the general his official heir. Eutropia found her husband to- be repulsive, both emotionally and politically, and she resolved to pursue the throne herself. So much of her focus for 15 years has revolved around destroying primogeniture, however, that she has paid little attention to what she will do if actually crowned. A part of her always suspected she would have a decade or more to consider such matters, and now that Taldor has dissolved into chaos, she feels less prepared than ever for the role.
Eutropia is outwardly a confident, controlled, and powerful woman, having inherited the distinctive Stavian cheekbones and her mother’s scathingly expressive eyes. Inside, she is far less certain about anything she does, questioning and re-questioning her assumptions and motivations. Her anxiety gives way to frequent insomnia, hours which she fills reading about every topic she can find, and many late nights she worries that these same thoughts are what triggered her father’s decline in mental health. Though she dearly loves her friends, contacts, and allies, she trusts few souls beyond her dog, Taldogis. More than anything, as the War for the Crown escalates, Eutropia finds she simply misses her little brother and the happy father she used to know.
Morality & Philosophy
While proud of her nation, Eutropia recognizes the horrible things Taldor has done in the past: the genocide of native Kellids, imposition of strict gender roles, the expulsion of Sarenites. While she isn’t sure she can fix or even make reparations for any of these crimes from the past, she hopes she can at least shape Taldor into the sort of nation that doesn’t make the same mistakes in the future. This conditional love and historical awareness, combined with her longstanding friendship with the Pathfinder Society, leads many critics to accuse her of putting foreign interests ahead of her own nation or insist that Eutropia’s first act upon gaining the throne will be to hand the keys of the kingdom over to Absalom.
Social
Contacts & Relations
- Martella Lotheed
- Scions of Betony : Friendly
Family Ties
Social Aptitude
Influence (Knowledge [nobility] or Sense Motive)
- Unknown
Species
Year of Birth
4680
43 Years old
Children
Gender
Female
Aligned Organization
