Sigal Barsade
Grime Hollow was not a place for the feint of heart. None knew that better than Sigal Barsade. The unsavory trade district was nestled between the more decrepit piers of the waterfront and the condemned quarry rife with pitfalls and sinkholes. Sigal had grown up as a wharf rat around the bustling sea trade, a harlot’s daughter with dreams of captaining her ship one day.
Quick and charismatic, Sigal survived the tribulations of the city’s underbelly by learning how the machinations of the guilds and politics fostered power. She coordinated the local youth into an efficient and economical gang, the Sigil, bent on creating an information network that would serve the needs of any willing to pay the price. Couriers, messengers, eaves droppers and collectors, the Sigils walked a fine line of savvy survival between the notorious factions infesting the district.
The skills developed in her youth never afforded Sigal the opportunity to take to the sea, but her organization grew into a potent force as the now adults continued to recruit local children to serve as the foundation of future generations of survivors in Grime Hollow. While still primarily an information network, Sigal also serves as a potent negotiator and fence for the criminal elements of the city.
Pragmatic to a fault, Sigal has never understood the need for a spouse, shirking all efforts from suitors and understanding that family is a concept that transcends the notion of blood.