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A few comments. To a certain extent she let her emotions control her but she always tried to hide that. We can ascertain that she has very fine tastes which leads to extravagance. Her court may be the richest in Liao history in possessions. I doubt there is lavish spending or grand balls but a hoarding mentally were art s locked away. I get the picture of Barbara as something of an Ice Queen at least on the exterior. There might be a limited few who get an inward glimpse of her but she is an intensely guarded person.

I might make it a little more obvious.

I believe Master Arminas also had her involved in his story with another lover from Northwind Highlanders. Not that it is relevant to our story but such relations don't seem unusual to the Liao family which traditionally has many partners with little room for monogamy.

I asked blacktigeractual about this and this was his approach.

Lastly I would comment on her death. Wasn't there another sourcebook that had her killed at the front. Not that she is much a commander but it could show that the Chancellor was a micro manager ham stringer the CCAF.

True but I don't know about that sourcebook (and to me the rare blood disorder might mean poison ).