Expeth Gadd

Expeth Gadd
Expeth Gadd was born and raised in Fayne, the beloved only child of a rich merchant.  After her mother passed away, Expath's father remarried. According to surviving letters and communiques, Expeth and her stepmother did not get along. When Expeth's father died, under suspicious circumstances a few months later, her stepmother forcibly expelled her from the household. Expeth took refuge with friends. A few days later, her ancestral home caught fire in the middle of the night and burned down, killing everyone inside.  After local authorities investigated, they deemed the incident an accident. Expeth inherited her father's estate, immediately liquidated all of her assets and left Fayne, never to return. 
She became an adventuress of some renown, traveling the length and breadth of Orric.  She only left the continent once, to travel to Hezeq for a wedding; apparently, her experience on the Green Continent did not enamor her to non-Orrican Cultures. She never left Orric again.
Expeth is best known for her discovery of the Glass Wife, an arcane artifact from the Old World, that she turned over to the University of Nornhold for safekeeping. She was a contemporary of the Scoundrel Lady and crossed wits with her more than once, leading to a deep and bitter rivalry between them.
Eventually, Expeth Gadd retired from adventuring. She settled in the city of Nornhold, where she became a prominent member of the city's social set and the subject of numerous thrilling scandals. Eventually, Expeth started a family, giving birth to three daughters and two sons.  After her death, it was discovered that Expeth had been a prolific writer; her diaries and copies of her personal correspondence were donated to the University of Nornhold.
Ironically, a statue of Expeth Gadd was erected in Fayne, which claimed the adventuress as a favored daughter. This was despite Expeth Gadd's blunt disdain for the city of her birth.  The statue vanished along with the rest of Fayne.
A painting of Expeth Gadd hangs in the library at the University of Narnhold, done by her son, Jance Gadd, and there is a small shrine to the woman outside the town of Brinx on the South Coast.