Nesta

• One of Baxter Beaumont cupbearers (and occasional concubine)
• has knowledge of infiltrating the castle
• long red hair
• big green eyes
• girlfriend of Meriel

"Nesta had pined for a role in the castle all her young life. For her, it was the chance to be somebody, rather than a nameless girl in the countryside. She wanted to live and work among important and fashionable personages who did significant things. She idolized Lyvian Beaumont in particular -- beautiful, intelligent, powerful."