Persephone Comnena<br/><br/>Concept: Consulting Field Geologist<br/>Nature: Pedagogue<br/>Pantheon: Dodekatheon<br/>God: Hades<br/><br/>Description:  Persephone (Seph to her friends) is girl-geek pretty...round glasses, dark eyes, dark curly hair kept back in a ponytail, her olive complexion clearly marking her Mediterranean ancestry.  In the field, she dresses practically (as would any other scientist--hat, cargo pants, good shoes).  In the office, she strives to dress severely and professionally.<br/>She's in her late 20's but looks younger, to her everlasting annoyance.<br/><br/>Personality: Curious and lively, Persephone strives to project a cool and professional aura at all times but cannot keep her enthusiasm from bubbling through.  This, combined with her youthful appearance, leads some people to think she need not be taken seriously...and these people often find themselves on the worse end of any arrangements she must negotiate on their behalf.<br/><br/>History:   Persephone was born to an elderly but wealthy industrialist and his third wife...much younger, much prettier than the first two.  She grew up under the watchful guidance of her father's many servants and the seething ever-present jealousy of her 'aunts' and her half-siblings.  She was happiest when she could escape into the realm of books.  Later, she discovered the joys of spelunking.  Later still, she learned how to make jewelry...more or less on a whim, but one which later served her well.<br/><br/>Her father was only too willing to indulge her little hobbies, as he saw them, and all but wrote her a blank check for her education in spite of his oft-stated confusion over her choice of degree.  Or he was, until she mentioned oil and diamond prospecting.  After her graduation, she went to work for the family company...until one of her father's previous children managed to get her fired.  That night, a tall, dark stranger approached her at the bar where she was having a celebratory drink and revealed a few things to her.  He also presented her with two gifts: a heavy bracelet, almost a bracer, which she has worn on her right wrist ever since, and a chessboard.<br/><br/>Freed from her initial corporate ties, estranged from her family, Persephone has never been happier.  The occasional titan-spawn and the inevitable buffeting from the winds of fate notwithstanding, she's doing what she loves and getting paid for it.