Name: Salissa
Race: Naga
Age: 118
Residence: Imperial palace, Empire of the Fang
Princess Salissa is currently third in line for the throne, not that her father shows any signs of abdicating or succumbing to “accident” any time soon. She is a highly intelligent and ambitious woman who amazingly hasn't been entirely jaded by the realities of court life. She also has a knack for finding non-traditional answers to political and national problems.
Salissa is an unwavering ally of the Blackstone Comapany: she dated Erlich back in the day during one of those inevitable lover's spats between himself and Lavinia, then orchestrated their reconciliation when she tired of the game. After the Mount Vulcanagon incident, she commissioned a linked pair of communication idols for herself and Lavinia: competent adventurers willing to be her friends and treat her like a real person are a treasure beyond price in her mind.
Salissa's current plans are to somehow remove her eldest sister from the running (previous clutch, and moderately monstrous in outlook), then negotiate with her next oldest sister (who she is quite fond of) over who gets to be empress, and who will become chief advisor.