Alexandra La'ahad

## Early Life

Alexandra was a member of the little known family La'ahad nobles in Ashsuru of the Khaldun Dynasty. The way her father, Barbotus La'ahad, always descried her birth was as "A surprise I never saw coming, but one I was happy to receive." He never talked about her mother, and always dodged the question whenever Alexandra asks about her.

Although the La'ahad family are nobles of Ashsuru with a number of Beys and Deys counted among the family elders, they hardly spent time in the city. The whole of the family was more of a nomad tribe, traveling the desert sands, going from town to town as traders, entertainers and at times cut pursues. In Alexandra's early years she traveled with her family across the Rimalharu Desert. Helping her clan with entertainment, learning the ways of sword dancing.

As she grew older, Alexandra has become a bit of a sand devil, keeping up with her dance studies only so she can run off to pick some unprotected pockets in her free time. To help control his troublesome daughter, Barbotus took her under his wing with his personal business, wine brewing. He showed her his personal journal, where he list many ingredients and recipes only found in the desert. Alexandra took this new purpose to heart, working to find more rare ingredients to try, either by trade, theft or seduction.

## The Sacking of La'ahad

As the years past and Alexandra grew to maturity, she become a master dancer, skilled sword-women and pickpocket. While in the day she was made to study the arts, combat and the craft of speech like any noble. At night she would run off to enjoy the pleasures of the world, via good food and drink, parties and revels and all that came in-between.

After one such night where she had the pleasurable company of a rich merchants twin daughters, she made her way back to her family's encampments as normal, only to see the rising smoke and blazing flames too late. As she rushed over the sand dunes she found the sands turned red with the blood of her kinfolk, their tents torn and burning as bandits ran about sacking a looting their treasures and goods. Being hoplessly outnumbered and unable to see any survivors Alexandra did the only thing she could...she ran and hide away.

The next morning as the sun rose, Alexandra returned to her camp, the bodies till fresh and bleeding. She found her father's copse, sacked and looted like the others. His journal gone, and nothing left for Alexandra to rebuild or recover. After looking over the camp and taking what little she could find, she returned to the town they camped outside of...only to find no welcome there. Many of the towns traders and thieves saw the attack as a chance for loot. And when they learned of Alexandra's connection they saw the chance to increase their profits.

She ran across the town, being chased by those wanting to use her name for gold and her body for less desirable things. Soon Alexandra was backed into a corner with the town's way-stone. Her choices being take the chance or death, she took her chance and was sent across the world...not safe but not in harm for the time.

## The Return

It would be a number of years before Alexandra would finally return to Ashsuru and her family's holdings. The family manor having been abandon for years was looted and left to disrepair. After reestablishing her right as a noble of Ashsuru, a task that required a number of unsavory favors to be granted, she took the manor as her own and begun the long task of restoring it as best she could.

Not long after she returned she took to the adventuring life, she needed many things to restore her name. Power, gold, status and the adventure's guild gave her the chance for that and more. While she had lost her family, she only seeks now to enjoy a life of endless pleasures and joys, but she has never forgotten that night when the sands turned red and she never forgave. Until she can learn who took her family from her, she keeps her blades sharp and her dance...deadly.