Orlana Seshadri

Mistress Orlana Seshadri is a human woman of one of the Mahaan houses of Jrusar and an anonymous member of its Chandei Quorum. As an NPC, she is played by Matthew Mercer.

Description
Orlana is a human woman in her early 50s with long dark hair streaked with gray. At the ball in Jrusar where Bells Hells first saw her, she wore her hair braided and fastened with gold and silver rings. She also wore long, dangling earrings, a shawl, and a red and gold gown.

Personality
Orlana is professional and fair, but busy and somewhat skeptical; she listened to Bells Hells' report regarding the Paragon's Call but required more proof than they were able to give.

Before Campaign 3
Orlana Seshadri comes from a Mahaan house that focuses primarily on livestock and beasts of burden; she described her house as of a lower level, and Ariks Eshteross described it as being of mid-level but low enough that he was surprised she was involved with the Chandei Quorum. At some point, she became one of the eight anonymous members of the Chandei Quorum.

In late Unndilar or early Brussendar 843 PD, one month before in Campaign 3: Bells Hells, she hired the Green Seekers to investigate various strange goings-on in Jrusar, leading the Green Seekers to find many of the events pointed toward Armand Treshi.

Campaign 3
Orlana attended the ball held by Quorum at the Chandei Chambers. Following the fight between Ashton Greymoore and Ratanish, Orlana quietly spoke to the public face of the Quorum Gavis Aranda. She then spoke quietly but intensely with Treshi about Ratanish as they returned to the party. Laudna quickly flagged Orlana's attention to ask Orlana what her relationship was to Armand and to the Chandei Quorum; Orlana said that Armand was simply a business connection and claimed that she was not on the Chandei Quorum and was of a lower Mahaan house. Laudna was unable to discern if she was telling the truth, but Orlana's movements during the later led Eshteross to suspect that she was a member of the Quorum.

Later, after Bells Hells helped the Green Seekers capture Emoth Kade, the Green Seekers told Bells Hells that Orlana was indeed a member of the Quorum and that she hired them about a month earlier. They described her as having a longstanding "disapproval and a healthy disdain" for Treshi, enough that she paid them well. After Emoth's capture, Orlana took leadership of the investigation on Treshi's various dealings in the city. Treshi fled Jrusar for Bassuras, and Orlana hired Artana Voe to retrieve him.

Bells Hells captured Treshi, and they came to the Chandei Quorum chambers to deliver Treshi to her. She was surprised but appreciative, and seemed reassured by their connection to Eshteross. She rewarded the party with the bounty after mentioning that she had also hired Artana Voe to retrieve him. She listened to their mention of Ira Wendagoth and the Cerberus Assembly's involvement, but for the latter, told them that she could not do anything further nor believe their claims fully without firm proof.

Orlana was one of several people whom Eshteross left letters upon his death. Bells Hells contacted her after leaving Eshteross's estate to inform her of his death. She told them to meet her, and sent the Green Seekers to retrieve them as people of interest in Eshteross's murder. Chetney opened Eshteross's letter to her at that point to see if she was trustworthy, and found that she had worked with Eshteross in the past and that he had, in his final letter, vouched for Bells Hells and asked her to permit them to continue their investigations.

Orlana met Bells Hells at Eshteross's home, having also brought Grave Mystic Weva Vudol and a number of Wilders to the crime scene. After Weva's Speak with Dead confirmed that Eshteross had not been murdered by Bells Hells and rather by Otohan Thull, she asked the Green Seekers to pursue Thull. They declined, as it was above their pay grade, so she tasked Bells Hells with doing the same, which they accepted. Bells Hells gave her the remaining letters, and she promised them that she would see to their delivery, as well as help with the transfer of the Silver Sun to their ownership. She seemed impressed and not upset that they had opened and read Eshteross's letter to her.

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 3