Seanne "Shay" Rystaad

=History= Seanne was born to Solveig and Tanja Rystaad, founder of Ægir Communications and a stay at home mother, respectively. One would have thought that things would be perfect, Seanne growing up in the lap of luxury with her rich father, loving mother and a staff of loyal attendants – and to be fair a time they were, but it was not to last long. When Seanne was 3 her mother died of Pneumonia. For a short time her father was home and they mourned together, but soon after her father became driven to focus more on his work.

Seanne felt he had become distant, although the household staff said he was just more focused now. It didn't make much difference to her ; because of this lack of any regular parental interaction she learned very quickly that the main difference between "good attention" and "bad attention" was that "bad attention" tended to get you noticed quicker and begun to do what it took to get her father to notice her. Thusly things proceeded as such: her father would get absorbed in his work, Seanne would do what ever she could to get into trouble until he came home long enough to deal with her, and life went on for a time.

When she was 5 her father decided to move the company head quarters to New York City. He had said it was to be more in the middle of the people he needed to work with, although the whispers amongst the house hold staff was that he felt she would do better there, with more people to pay attention to her. With dizzying speed they were up and moving to the U.S. where Seanne would spend her academic career being enlisted in and frequently getting kicked out of expensive private schools. And yet again, things proceeded as such; at 15, she started becoming involved with the local rave scene with all the colors and drugs that would entail. By 16, she started gaining status of the “celebutante” variety, (or embarrassment to her father variety, in some circles).

At 23 her father died, and her world changed forever. The papers said it was "illness". The tabloids called it unexplained causes. Seanne never knew the exact truth, and has accepted that the only truth that she may ever glean from this is that she was now completely and utterly in over her head. After the death of her father, Seanne inherited the company, of which she had NO idea what to deal with. Luckily help was offered in the way of a stranger who kindly agreed to help run and over see it, while letting her keep nominal control. Over the course of a week the stranger bought up 50% of the shares of the company through proxies, front companies and other shadows, all the while making it seem like Seanne's doing. Once the process was over shares in the company doubled in value.

It wasn't until later that she learned of the Illuminati, or that she had pretty much handed the company over to them. Working with (for) them, she has also learned of the Secret World and her father's previous place in it, brokering deals and treaties between the various societies and cabals, helping them to band together and deal with the oncoming crisis.

=Present= So far, the Illuminati has seemed to stay out of the way and let her attempt to stay as true to her father's ideals as possible, even if there are pushes to take a more active role in battling the coming Darkness. She has slowly (and grudgingly) began to learn about the hidden world around her. Although she realises her company has a part to play in future events, she has seemed content to let her assistants handle most of the running in it, reluctant to give up her carefree and partying ways.

=Appearance= Seanne is caucasian, with fair skin and light blue eyes. Her hair, while not exactly styled tends to give the impression of having spent hours to make it look like she just woke up and tends to be at least 2 different colors at any given time, most commonly heavily bleached with vibrant pink streaks.

Both publicly and in her professional life, Seanne tends to be not overly fond of dressing up, (or clothes in general), and has been known to show up to board meetings in short shorts. a bikini top and tie much to her assistants dismay. She almost always wears a pair of hipster glasses, although the lenses are just clear glass and are not needed at all.

=Personality= Seanne is a fairly up beat and easy going person, preferring to just enjoy herself and go with the flow rather than allow herself to get stressed out. She has however been known to show a streak of competence from time to time, rising to the occasion when she is needed to show leadership in her company. Just don't expect her to dress up for it.

While disdainful for mornings and meetings in general, she also has shown a natural affinity for diplomacy and mediation on occasion.

=Family/Friends= Being rich and social Seanne has a bit of an entourage, but she isn't nearly naïve enough to consider any of these people as friends – most of them are just hanger-on's and fuck buddies, if truth must be told.

Really the only people she would claim to be even remotely close to are her two personal assistants, and really, that's just kind of sad.