Need help making a really heinous scandal in Egorian

[xn0o0cl3]

TL;DR - My Serpent's Skull character is a Chelaxian noblewoman who had to escape the country after she was involved in a hellish (ba-doom-pshh), reputation-destroying scandal. Up until this point in our game it's only been hinted at, but it looks like it could come to light very soon. Unfortunately, I still have no idea what it was, so I'm looking to brainstorm with you lovely fellow forum-goers!

The long of it:

Julianna Caiina is my Chelaxian summoner PC in our Serpent's Skull game. She comes from a powerful noble family in Egorian, where she was studying at the Egorian Academy, and for a long time enjoyed a position as the favorite amongst her siblings. She's told the rest of the party that she graduated at the top of her class and her family sent her to Sargava to try and gain a foothold in the government, and that she sees the promise of Saventh Yi's treasures as the best way to accomplish that goal. The party's caught onto her lie a couple of times, however. In reality, she was expelled just before graduation in light of some hitherto unnamed scandal, which stripped her of her good graces in the family and caused a huge uproar amongst the nobility in Egorian. The Caiina family managed to remain unmarred by whatever it is that Julianna did, but she was disowned and forced to flee the country. She has told the party (truthfully) that the expedition is an attempt to gain power and prestige for the Caiinas, but she is also trying to regain her good standing in Cheliax and with her family. One of our other players had to roll up a new character recently, which was also a Chelaxian. The GM's told me whatever she did is probably going to come up real soon due to the new character who will more than likely know who she is and what she did back home.

I'm thinking some sort of insult to the queen or the church would be best, or perhaps a scandalous romance or a murder. Or all three! Whatever it is, it's gotta be bad. Like, real bad.

[Kydeem de'Morcaine]

She was chosen as acceptable to serve the church and declined the 'honor' or the post.

[darkwarriorkarg]

Cheliax?
- Be part of a cult to Mammon :-)
- Free halfling slaves (or have one as a lover... adds to mockery)
- Helped members of the bellflower network
- Had a small collection of pre-asecention history books
- Had a tiefling/half-fiend child
- Questions the need for slavery.
- Hell serves Cheliax because the Queen "serves" Amodeus... in earshot of a Thrune stoolpigeon

[Nearyn]

I'm gonna list a few possibilities:

-What Kydeem suggested
EDIT: -What darkwarriorkarg suggested
-She could have made a really huge social faux pas at the queen's court.
-She was caught worshipping a different dieties
-She openly voiced her dissatisfaction with the church, queen or even Asmodeus himself.
-Any slander of house Thrune, being from weak rumours, to actually pursue an agenda that could be potentially damaging to them.
-Possession of any book that has been forbidden by the order of the pyre.
-Spreading forbidden knowledge/propaganda.
-Holding views in stark contrast to her house.
-She could have been set up by a rival, in such a fashion that she was driven out of the country on charges she believes to be true, but in fact are not.
-Something she had done (an affair for instance) could endanger the reputation of someone of higher standing.

I realize some of these are less suited to a full-blown scandal than others, but I hope this sparks an idea you can use.

Cheers

-Nearyn

[blackbloodtroll]

Summoner is a rare class. Perhaps it was rumored that her powers were derived from demonic sources.