Zenya Fortalesku

Zenya Fortalesku was a notable Halcyian in the 250s Collapse Era. She worked as the chief of secret police for both the Fascists AND the Communists, which is quite notable. 
== Life ==
Zenya was born to a relatively well-off family of merchants and grew up in the Disforza district of southern Halcyon. She enrolled in the Guardia and trained in peacekeeping as well as espionage and counter-terrorism. In her thirties, she became the Investigator-in-Chief of the Hawkshaws, the brutal Fascist Halcyian secret police responsible for torturing mages and revolutionaries. She was responsible for the torment and death of hundreds, if not thousands of mages, which she seemed to quite enjoy.
=== Revolution ===
After the sudden unexplained death of Queen Volterra in early 252 C, Zenya sailed alongside an escort to Lakay to retrieve and accompany the throne's successor, King Copper I. During this time, the King and their entourage were incredibly suspicious, hostile, rude, and dismissive toward Zenya, which began to make her lose faith in her station. When the citywide Winter Revolution broke out, Zenya was bribed a large sum of money by Tamerlane's communists to allow them to enter the Palace of Mirrors unbothered, leading to the capture and execution of the King. Selfish and greedy (and also disillusioned and self-serving), Zenya deserted her monarchist allies and pledged allegiance to the communists.
=== Communism ===
After the 6-week civil war ended. Zenya was appointed as the Director of the H.U.S.H., the new iteration of the secret police. The HUSH were a force that used mages to interrogate dissidents. Zenya commanded their operations in the Desolation Row Bunker. She became close friends with General Secretary Tahlia Kerenka.
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