Isabella de Medici

About

Charismatic deal-maker with theatrical gestures and flowery compliments. Speaks in rapid-fire bursts when excited about goods, uses flattery strategically, and has tells—tugging an earlobe when bluffi

Backstory

The family ledger trembled in Isabella's calloused hands, revealing a web of carefully concealed forgeries that had sustained their trading empire for decades. Trained from childhood by his cunning mother in the art of financial manipulation, Isabella learned early that survival in the cutthroat Florentine merchant world demanded more than honest accounting. Whispers among rival traders spoke of his uncanny ability to secure rare silk routes through a combination of strategic bribes, calculated risks, and an intricate network of informants spanning from Venice to Constantinople. Behind his meticulously maintained public persona of a respectable merchant, Isabella harbored a dangerous secret: several of his most lucrative trade contracts were built on documents subtly altered to misdirect competitors and protect the de Medici family's economic dominance. His greatest triumph—and greatest vulnerability—lay in a single falsified trade charter that could unravel everything if discovered.

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