Sarsia Engarden

Sarsia Engarden is a Sevician politician, senator, and socialite who, as of the year 713, serves as the district administrator for the Senigar district of the Sevician capital of Morosea. She is the main protagonist of the short story, The Coin Master's Daughter, set in the capital in the year 713 A.S, and a secondary protagonist in the short story The Snake.
== Background and early life ==
Sarsia was born on the 1st day of the year 692, to Jane and Neiland Engarden, in the city of Morosea. A member of the illustrious and storied House Engarden, one of Sevicia's oldest and most important clans, Sarsia is the granddaughter of Protector of the Heartlands, Arla Engarden, and the great-granddaughter of the legendary Sevician war hero Petr Engarden. The eldest of four children, Sarsia and her siblings were among the first of the Engarden clan to be born outside their stronghold of the Heartlands.
A quick-witted thinker, Sarsia was privileged to be taught how to read and write from a young age. She was a keen learner who spent much of her free time studying the arts, sciences, and political and military theory. At the age of nine, her father Neiland - a captain in the Sevician army - was killed during the Second Duscadorian-Sevician war, leaving her mother alone. Sarsia had a sense of discipline instilled into her by her mother that soon grew into a rebelliousness that led Sarsia to a desire to pursue a career in politics, which with some reluctance her mother accepted.
== Career and personality ==
By the age of seventeen, Sarsia already had a strong desire to entire Sevician political life, despite the best wishes of her mother, who believed that the Engarden clan would do better than to involve themselves in the cutthroat politics of the capital. Known to be an intelligent young woman, Sarsia was not without her vices: a keen drinker and socialite, she indulged in Morosea's elite party scene more than her family, including her grandmother Arla, believed was healthy or conducive to the way an Engarden should carry themselves.
A native Jastian like the rest of her family, Sarsia soon became rather popular for her striking looks, though she rejected a number of suitors that approached her. A week after her 21st birthday, she would enter her ticket of application for the Senate, Sevicia's central governing body. She was elected four days later, becoming the youngest senator in Sevician history by a number of days, and was made district administrator of Senigar less than a month later.
A self-confirmed hedonist and high-functioning drunkard, Sarsia struggles to balance her life as a leading political player of influence with her more lavish tendencies. A woman of little friends, Sarsia's main acquaintances are Scarba, a fellow senator and mentor figure, and Melia Farlan, the daughter of Eris Farlan, the richest man in Sevicia, with whom Sarsia holds a special intimate relationship. 
Sarsia's approach to politics is cutthroat and cunning, despite her age and outward appearance, to the point that it even threatents to alienate her close relationship with Scarba. She strikes up a rivalry with Silvio Ueristor, a prominent senator, who takes an immense disliking to her and her activities, and the two come to blows on multiple occasions. When Silvio plots to have Sarsia assassinated and then attempts to have Melia Farlan kidnapped in The Coin Master's Daughter, Sarsia has him captured, tied to a chair, and strangled to death.
In The Snake, Sarsia makes a brief appearance as an associate of Symon Friel, a Major in the First Legion, who entreats her on behalf of general Isabel Felia. After a brief discussion, Sarsia pledges to assist Felia as an ally among the Senate, in exchange for Felia's promise of loyalty. When questioned on her influence, Sarsia remarks that she has a close connection to Lord Eris Farlan, the richest man in Sevicia, through his daughter, Melia.
== Appearances ==
* The Coin Master's Daughter
* The Snake
== See also ==
House Engarden
Petr Engarden
Category:People