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== Appearance and Personality == |
== Appearance and Personality == |
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β | She is in her late twenties, and some wrinkles are beginning to show on her face. She is an attractive woman, although |
+ | She is in her late twenties, and some wrinkles are beginning to show on her face. She is an attractive woman, although Straff's preference for very young mistresses causes him to focus on the effects that aging and childbirth have had on her body.{{book ref|mb2|18}}{{book ref|mb2|49}} She is the mother of some of Straff's many children.{{book ref|mb2|49}} |
She is highly skilled with herbs, although it is unclear how she became educated in the subject. She has spent nearly her entire adult life as a concubine, and knows how to appear docile and submissive.{{book ref|mb2|18}} However, she becomes devious and vengeful after being abandoned.{{book ref|mb2|49}} |
She is highly skilled with herbs, although it is unclear how she became educated in the subject. She has spent nearly her entire adult life as a concubine, and knows how to appear docile and submissive.{{book ref|mb2|18}} However, she becomes devious and vengeful after being abandoned.{{book ref|mb2|49}} |
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== History == |
== History == |
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β | Amaranta became one of |
+ | Amaranta became one of Straff's mistresses circa {{date|1013|fe}}, when she was in her late teens.{{book ref|mb2|18}} Straff notes on several occasions that she was beautiful in her youth, but after she had children and reached her mid-twenties, he no longer found her physically attractive. He stopped having sex with her around {{date|1019|fe}} and considered her to be "old".{{book ref|mb2|18}}{{book ref|mb2|49}} Amaranta had been warned this would happen, although she did not want to believe it.{{book ref|mb2|49}} She became one of a few mistresses that Straff kept around for their usefulness even though he did not invite them to his bed. He had several herbalists, but he considered Amaranta to be the most skilled.{{book ref|mb2|18}} Straff feared being poisoned, and Amaranta's specialty was a brewed concoction that could cure or identify a variety of common toxins.{{book ref|mb2|18}} |
Amaranta felt spurned by Straff and began an affair with [[Zane]].{{book ref|mb2|53}} Although Zane sometimes cut her with a knife, as he often did to himself due to his wavering sanity, he made her feel desirable again.{{book ref|mb2|18}}{{book ref|mb2|49}} However, Zane suddenly became distant from Amaranta; although this was likely due to several factors, she blamed Straff.{{book ref|mb2|49}} |
Amaranta felt spurned by Straff and began an affair with [[Zane]].{{book ref|mb2|53}} Although Zane sometimes cut her with a knife, as he often did to himself due to his wavering sanity, he made her feel desirable again.{{book ref|mb2|18}}{{book ref|mb2|49}} However, Zane suddenly became distant from Amaranta; although this was likely due to several factors, she blamed Straff.{{book ref|mb2|49}} |