Cressida Kroft
The Field Marshal is head of the Korvosan Guard and resides in the Citadel. She is sworn to protect the city of Korvosa.
Cressida is a powerful handsome woman, who invests all her energy in keeping the peace in the city. This is a difficult task in the current circumstances. She is very professional and will not let her personal opinions interfere with her duty: to uphold the oath of the Guard is her highest purpose. She is considered incorruptible.
After the demise of King Eodred II civil unrest spreads through the city like wildfire. The people are divided between those who support Queen Ileosa and those who regard her as an opportunistic Chelish gold digger. After all, in her first months in the city the Queen dismissed Korvosa as a backwater place and her family -important Chelish nobility- were openly against the marriage.
It doesn’t help there are rumours about the kings illness – some claim he died because he was poisoned over time- and that the Seneschal disappeared when the first riots broke out. His fate is as of yet unknown.