Hah. Cartography is where its at. How else would the necromancers find the site of the great burial mounds, filled with thousands of corpses? How else would the dwarves figure out how to navigate their mines? How else would the weavers weave? Face facts, people. The cartographers are the indisputable overlords of this citadel. Especially since most need a map to find the Great Hall and to get back to their rooms.

Align with the cartographers, and we will not only provide a free set of mapping supplies, but also the maps of every necromantic, dwarven, of weaving base in the entire world.

As well as cookies.

Imbria has had a second chance at life, going through a vacation from the usual game with the Wife and going to something less contemporary/vampire.

Bringing back Imbria, but Imbria of the past during it's heyday.

Major Influences:
Sailor Moon
Thor (Marvel film, specifically the look of Asgard, but swap gold tones for silver tones)
Pulp Fantasy.

Ideas:

The Moon is the cultural center of the Solar System, the home of an advanced and enlightened technomagical society.

Earth is a muddy backwater full of primitives, savages, giant beasts, and the colonies of the Imbrians, specifically Atlantis.

Venus is a muggy hot jungle world, with deep dark seas.

Mars is a forbidding desert world, but inhabited by green skinned Nomads

Mercury is a blasted and broken wasteland.

Jupiter, Saturn are storm worlds. Io is a lightly forested world wracked by earthquakes, geysers and boiling hot lakes. Europa is a water world, Ganymede and Callisto are icy tundra worlds.

Travel is done via space whales, teleportation, and flying sail ships.

High Fantasy, High Magic

Okay, so some mysterious player (the templars) have whisked away her children. Since she's 39, I suppose she conceived late in life, they'll probably be teenagers by now. The boarding school idea still works. However, this must have happened only recently, since the father remains clueless. Perhaps she has forged letters from them in order to keep up the facade.

That would give her yet another reason to work for the information broker, heck. Maybe he has promised her information on her kidnappers if she work for him.

She is willing to do anything concearning her children, even walk over bodies. No doubt a little added power would also help her find her children, so that makes sense for her to pursue. It would also explain her travels since she's not sure where her children are being held, and possible missions from her employer. Perhaps since she is yearning for adventure, she has even come to enjoy herself despite being consumed by worry. No doubt that would create shame.

But besides finding out about her kidnappers. What is she planning? She doesn't know her enemy yet.

I should probably mention, that the templars are protecting an ancient secret from leaking out. And some of the noble houses in her country are unwittingly tied to this secret. In fact, in one way, the whole country is. While her house secretly aided one specific house that was destroyed due in part to the meddlings of the templars. Her only tie to that house is her friendship to the last remaining heir, who has been made an outcast. But I don't think the templars find him important enough.

Also, as a further twist. Her husband has had an affair in the past with another noblewoman. A powerful widow who can really be described as the spider in the web when it comes to local politics.

Worry yourself not with the petty Dwarf playgroup! They will fall as the others will. True absolution may only be found within the folds of the Necromantic cult! Come, join us and unleash your true potential!

I agree. Also, I'm a non-gamer but if I was to take up a game, I would want to be more or less myself, not a pretend character based on a common fantasy race archetype.