Audra Karalius

was the head of the Bank of Valdos's branch in the Fialta Imperium during the early 6th century A.U. Her position as head of the Fialta Bank of Valdos (FBoV) was closely intertwined with her role as economic advisor to the Imperium and member of the Armand Neptos cabinet. 
== History ==
Audra grew up as an Imperial subject, part of a long family line of traders and merchants.
=== Career ===
Given her background and enthusiasm for her family's line of work, Audra was a notable businesswoman prior to her involvement with the Bank. Notably, she made enemies of several powerful groups (including a subset of her own family after funding one of the family business's competitors).
Extensive dealings with the government made her a known quantity among Imperial leadership, some of whom plotted to remove her from Bank leadership.
=== Beliefs ===
Part of Audra's rise through the Fialta Bank was fueled by her eventual understanding of how to push the boundaries of—and potentially escape—soul contracts. This understanding, cultivated by the Cult of the Hidden Soul, provided an extremely volatile but powerful point of leverage over the international Bank. 
Evidence recovered after the events of Grand Strategy 2 indicate that Audra had drafted a nascent plan to publicize some of these techniques due to her growing belief that the power to enact and modify soul contracts should be more widespread and not the sole monopoly of the Bank. However, these plans never came to fruition, and were (unwittingly) anticipated by alternative forms of contract developed by Aeldrum.
=== Impact ===
Audra's set of dual loyalties—both to the Imperium and the international Bank—set the stage for closer ties and increased integration between Imperial interests and Bank operations. However, it also foreshadowed the minor tensions that would develop between the two powers during the nominal Pax Fialta, after the events of Grand Strategy 2.
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