Saatia Mehrabi
Background info
Full name: Saatia Mehrabi
Nickname: none we know of
Race: human
Class: bandit captain / fighter
Gender: woman
Age: late forties
Description: an older woman with tan and weathered skin and a hint of a Mediterranean accent, wearing the appropriate robes and headdress for desert weather over her armour
Location: we think Saatia operates all over Breheima, since she knows which rewards are offered for Simeon Ibn Seif from Koh'Shar in the Sand Sea to Thalm Sashari at the edge of the badlands and at the sea strait Slavers' Gate with Thalm Samut
Job: bandit captain, commanding a bunch of mooks, but probably reporting to someone else still
Associates: she hired Simeon Ibn Seif for an assassination in Koh'Shar and appears to have some respect for him as a colleague and as a dangerous killer.
We don't know any other associates at the moment.
Our assessment
Friend or foe: foe, but with a very nice accent.
Associated quest: maybe we want to foil the assassination for which Saatia hired Simeon Ibn Seif?
Notes: as a slave trader and all-round criminal, she’s a dangerous, hardened and pretty cruel woman with a very hot accent.
She sees people as disposable,
- be they helpers
- be they slaves
- be they fellow-criminals who don't get in her way, like when Simeon didn't immediately fulfill their contract.
She’s not given to drama: her weapons and her armour are both plenty efficient but don’t have any exceptional flair & while she pays attention to anyone talking to or around her, she doesn’t indulge in quips or banter as much as Simeon does.
She's part of the Sable Serpent, a criminal organisation, with hidden headquarters, presumably several secret caches and roving bands of bandits. Saatia was dispatched from one of those gangs
- Saatia reports to Na'Dir, the head of the organisation. This person knows no human values like mercy or restraint, they're only interested in money and the rewards of their crimes
- Simeon Ibn Seif is a long-standing connection to Na'Dir and has a better reputation within the Sable Serpent than Saatia, who indicates she's past her prime and thus no longer trusted with the most demanding or prestigious assignments
- the Sable Serpent is involved in a politicially sensitive negociation in Koh'Shar. Since it's not moving in their favour & the other party (who she refuses to name) could potentially wipe out the Sable Serpent, they hired Simeon as an outside contact: his assassinating the other party would give them an advantage, without leading back to them.