Lady Ysabet Marr

Lady Ysabet Marr is a royal historian and court noble who knew Caldus professionally and understood that his final research exposed inconsistencies in the official archive. She uses rank as access rather than proof: opening restricted collections, arranging the Highcourt masquerade operation, authenticating evidence against Valec, and recovering Seraphine’s hidden architectural records. Her strength is knowing when a clue is suspicious and when evidence is strong enough to survive public scrutiny.

Ysabet turns recovered clues into usable history. She places documents in dynastic and political context while resisting premature conclusions, which keeps the party from converting suspicion into canon. After the archive fire and coup, her work shifts toward reconstruction: the realm cannot make informed choices about the Crown or black star while generations of deliberate omissions remain embedded in its official history.