Zoveina Julistarc

Zoveina Julistarc is the current Archduchess of Ravounel, in Cheliax, and Lord-Mayor of the city of Kintargo since the disappearance and presumed execution of its former Lord-Mayor, Barzillai Thrune, in Desnus of 4716 AR.

Until her unexpected promotion to Archduchess, Zoveina was a high-ranking member of the Imperial Treasury; by all accounts both a sensible coin-counter and a shrewd politician, elegantly navigating the complex and fluid politics of Egorian. It is the subject of debate among Cheliax's nobility whether her appointment to the volatile Archduchy was meant as a vote of confidence in her skills, or as a punishment for some slight against the Crown.

Whatever the reasons for her appointment, she inherited a uniquely difficult assignment, and over the course of the past two years has been struggling to rebuild a city and countryside ravaged by the Raven Rebellion. Her grip on Kintargo itself remains tenuous. Zoveina's far-more-reasonable policies compared to her predecessor, and leveraging of her influence with the Treasury to revitalize the city, has given her the popular support of the city's inhabitants, and public opinion has turned distinctly against the Silver Ravens, but fighting still sporadically erupts in the city between Dottari, Hellknights, and fractured elements of the Rebellion.

This continued instability has made it difficult for Zoveina to spare the manpower to reliably police and control the surrounding countryside, which has left it vulnerable to the inroads of bandits and occasionally more unpleasant creatures. It is this uniquely lax environment that has allowed the Cult of Mitra to expand virtually unchecked. Though Zoveina publicly condemns the Cult as a destabilizing influence and an attempt by Molthuni agents to sabotage her reconstruction efforts, she privately makes an attempt to leave the Cult alone, seeing it as a valuable and harmless way for the lower classes to channel their discontent.