Bernadette dey Bondrele

Still married to Alois Bondrele

Had 6 children, who have unfortunately been through terrible times. 2 of them are confirmed dead from elvish skirmishes and 2 were unfortunately abducted by drow, Leaving Elise Dey Bondrele and Julian Bondrele as the only remaining heirs. Julian was also injured in the surprise raids by the drow, leaving him crippled and seen as weak.

She views Julian in the highest regard and her last attempt to create a functioning lineage for the Bondreles. 

She sees Elise as a hindrance and an uncouth rebel, not working within her and noble societies expectation for heiresses.

Current Schemes

Black market

sex drugs and rock and roll! just kidding,
she has her hands in the underbelly of high society that means textiles, jewelry and cosmetics. 

the textile trade is her only legit business borrowing from her original family. being boosted to the dukes household has made this family business boom and she has taken advantage of this to create covered trade routes for jewels and cosmetics.

for cosmetics she seeks to flood the market with more bootleg products so that she can secure the high priced stuff for herself and any targets she sees in the courts.

the jewels she also has a hand in selling knockoffs, but she keeps a tight grip on the magic accessories that come in from Festilholme and Hamir Portam. Since Julian's incident she has taken increased interest in enchantment and transmutation magics. 

sex slaves: mainly just the people that she hates she drags through the mud then gives them this as the only way out

Julian

she still plots to craft Julian into the perfect Heir to the Duke house. As Estoenia values physical strength, faith, and valor, she is looking for any way to get back Julian's ability to walk and to make him go back to the Knighthood or the Clergy. Her dream is for him to work more to be a paladin, but since she has been thwarted by Sereigale's endorsement her plans have been run aground

She has made connections in Hamir portam to research any way to permanently get julian's legs back. She at least has the standards of whatever method used, doesn't leave him further deformed. As such she has started sequestering the debtors to be used as test subjects

as for Julian, she has begrudgingly began growing her societal influence in Ferelden to gain access to him. First are the students that she promises money, supplies or.. other favors to instigate bullying and interference in his class studies. Soon she will get a hold of some of the teachers to try to fail him or subject him to some sort of reversible fate as an excuse to bring him back home.

Elise

probably blackmail or subjugating her newfound barony as a workhorse for the families benefites. As Elise is not gifted in the bureaucracy, bookeeping, and noble duties of running a section of land. Bernadette will finally make use of her daughter by having a stranglehold on the merchantile sectors of Elise's domain. Bernadette may not say it openly but she can't handle Elise's sparse charisma with warriors going too far.