Zelda Pandari
Merchant's Daughter and Socialite
What happens when a fabulously wealthy horse merchant has a pair of darling daughters but loses his wife to childbirth? Fabulously spoiled daughters, of course. Zelda and her sister Tara found themselves growing up with every advantage but little adult supervision. Of course they had nannies and tutors, but after the first few were fired and blacklisted for disciplining the girls, none had the will to risk the wrath of the oft absent father. And when their father died shortly after Zelda's fifteenth birthday, she gained complete control of her father's wealth and with it, her destiny.
Friends of her father suggested that Zelda find a husband and after the coming out gala that threw for herself, she soon became the most eligible woman in Gartcha. Combined with her dark curls, bright blue eyes, and a smile that can shift into a pout without creasing a dimple, Zelda found herself getting even more attention than ever from some of the city's most powerful men. Given her wealth - wisely invested in a number of ventures - she has lived a decadent life for the past three winters, turning heads, breaking hearts, and finding herself at the center of every ball in Gartcha.
The death of her sister - at the hands of what she swears are cultists from the Society of the Sacred Shadow has done little to temper her ways. Those closest to her say that she seeks solace in a glass of wine and the company of others to assuage her guilt. Her crime? Introducing Tara to the worship of Tiras and the members of high society that, Zelda insists, were behind her murder. Far enough into her cups she has even whispered accusations that Vera Khankari not only leads the coven but wielded the knife herself.