Amani Saseo



Amani Saseo serves as chief archivist of the Library at the Crossroads, which remains one of the oldest and largest secular libraries in the Bellodonto River Valley. Saseo is also the long-standing consort of Marchioness Ailesaina of Yldwen.
 * Editor's Note: For the sake of clarity, male pronouns will be used in this article to refer to Amani Saseo. This is not indicative of either the archivist's physical sex or preferred gender identifier.

Service at the Library at the Crossroads
As an infant, Amani Saseo was traded to the Library at the Crossroads by the Teshai tribes in exchange for historical and genealogical documents which had long been housed in the archives, recovered after the conclusion of the Crenon Conflicts. Raised as a slave within the confines of the great library, Saseo began work as an official achivist at age eight and inherited the position of chief archivist a decade later when his predecessor Piedmont Reliegor III contracted a dust-born disease in the course of his duties.

During Saseo's term as chief archivist, the Library at the Crossroads has seen a steep increase in donations which is broadly credited to his eloquence, humility and charm. These funds have contributed to the construction of the Ryebock Reading Room and the expansion of the library's already impressive selection of foreign language imports.

Saseo has contributed a few notable abridgements, countless translations of historical, philosophical and poetic texts and a few minor lyric works of his own to the archives.

Freedom and Public Life
Greatly a symbolic gesture, Amani Saseo was granted his freedom by royal decree at the request of Marchioness Ailesaina of Yldwen under oath that he would continue his dutiful service to the Library at the Crossroads indefinitely. It is rumored and generally accepted as true that Saseo's affair with the Marchioness had begun years prior to his elevation.

As consort to the Marchioness, Saseo has a very active public life at her side. He has been known to dress and affect the mannerisms of both genders, favoring neither, and the Marchioness refuses to address any questions pertaining to his sex, denying any intimate familiarity with his anatomy despite their affectionate relationship.

Gender
No record documenting Amani Saseo's anatomical gender has been found. Reports from the nurses who raised him as a child vary; some are certain he was born a boy, while others clearly remember rearing a little girl. Saseo's androgynous appearance and ease of fashion allow him to pass as either gender as suits his mood or the whims of his mistress.