To Nitrine, the world is her oyster - or at least, her tasty
slice of pie. Gifted from birth with brains and abilities far
beyond those of her fellow goblins (which makes her roughly as
smart as a human being), she left her underground home to find
fame, fortune, and other things. She is something of an
inventor, with most of her inventions eventually blowing up
(often that's actually what they're designed for). She rarely
hesitates to lie, steal, cheat, fast-talk, backstab, betray,
browbeat, sabotage, seduce, swindle, waylay, ambush or hoodwink
anyone to further her goals - which generally involve having a
good time.  They say that if you never stop learning, you'll
never really get old. If that is true, Marelle's probably still
an infant. Avid for knowledge in all its forms, she's been
studying at 'the university' for who knows how long. She's
already an expert on a vast array of subjects, both useful and
trivial, but is usually not particuarily gifted in their
application. She tends to be calm and reserved