Delphine Mestir

Alchemist

**Delphine Mestir** is the effective Heir to House Mestir and is an exiled Lady of Lorath. Exiled at fifteen, Delphine traveled the free cities and eventually landed in Tyrosh, where she now resides.

## Appearance

The Lorathi are an odd folk, and they breed odd folk. Delphine Mestir does not lack for mystery in her years, a child of Lorathi blood and
Lorathi blood alone. Pitch black hair frames a pretty face, distinctly
Lorathi. Thick brows and large eyes and full lips - she is a prized
beauty, but some others may not say as much.

She is tall and slender, curved where necessary, but decidedly small at 5’5 when compared to the others of her family.

## Biography

The House of Mestir is a noble and venerable line, a large family
dominated by men and women alike, some of which seeking power, others
seeking only to follow the teachings of Boash, and his will. It was to
this house that Delphine Mestir was born to. The first daughter of the
main line in three generations; a child to be cradled and revered in her
 time. Her mother was a devout mystic from the shores of the Bay of
Lorath, a soothsayer named Eline, who took the name of Mestir after she
wedded her father, Kedar. They were both respectable people -
respectable folks who were lost at sea when Delphine was but the age of
five.

Kedar did not have just a single child to succeed him, though. Three
sons were born to him before Delphine. Joran, Vogan, and Destan, each of
 whom were prized for both their godliness and ambition.

Godliness and ambition did not go hand in hand, and Delphine was a
child that served both. A bright child that followed the teachings of
Boash - that every man, woman, child was equal - found herself, in her
years, a master of potions and elixirs. Rare items afforded her from Ib
were the most which she experimented with, creating unique phials that
could make any man unconscious in but a moment, and more.

Her exile did not happen until later in her life. At the age of
fourteen, Delphine was exiled from Lorath. The official statement was
that the woman had experimented too much with an elixir, and had caused
many deaths when it accidently made it’s way into their food. Or was the
 fire that set ablaze a quarter of the Mestir manse, a product of her
ambition? Was it the underhanded deaths of a part of the Mestir family,
their lips turned blue?

Delphine had changed. And Joran would not take it.

No matter the woman she had become, she had been given a small sack
of gold and had been made to set off for Braavos, where she truly began.
 In her cunning, or perhaps her will, she wove a network through
intermediaries in Lorath where she could spy on everything and everyone.
 She came into partnership with a friend, who helped secure her rise as
she traveled to newer cities, newer places.

Delphine was in Pentos when the Duel of the Dragons began, smuggling
wealthy items out of the city while she and her friend, the wealthy Lady
 Maella, watched as the fires grew. Her acts of espionage grew far and
wide, and in her travels, the Lady Maella and herself established a few
small businesses here and there, all the while the cash in their pockets
 grew.

Delphine is in Tyrosh now. She still speaks like a Lorathi, and most
definitely acts like one - but who can tell what brews beneath the
surface of her quiet, noble visage?

## Timeline

260 AC: Delphine is born

266 AC: Delphine’s father, Kedar, dies.

270 AC: Delphine begins studying the Alchemical Arts.

274 AC: Her studies end in disaster. She is exiled from Lorath, and given a small bag of coin to aid her.

275 AC: Comes into league with one Lady Maella, who owns a small business in Braavos.

276 AC: Delphine and Maella head to Pentos. They begin smuggling in an underground ring with one another.

280 AC: Delphine makes her way to Tyrosh alone.

## Family

* Kedar Mestir, d. 265
* Eline Mestir, d. 265,
	+ Joran Mestir, b. 255, d. 280,
	+ Vogan Mestir, b. 258, d. 280,
	+ **Delphine Mestir,** b. 260,
	+ Destan Mestir, b. 261,

Other numerous cousins, etc.

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