Alyssia
Lady Alyssia Avenstar
Lady Alyssia runs Alyssia’s, in the Ivy District, a haven for elves in Absalom. Established more than two centuries ago, the teahouse is an island of quiet and class in an often filthy human city, designed specifically with elven tastes in mind. Its menu always features the finest elven chefs preparing the finest elven cuisines from around the world. Every few years, Alyssia leaves Absalom for an extended period to visit the court of Queen Telandia Edasseril of Kyonin, and she always comes back laden with the latest news, fashion, and foods. Her returns are hotly anticipated in the broadsheet press, and crowds always surge following her well-publicized excursions.
Alyssia welcomes all patrons so long as they are tolerant and behave themselves, but both she and her staff display especial grace and deference toward their elven clientele, which some non-elves tend to find grating. Her favorite customers are those capable of paying her establishment’s outrageously high prices, and she and her staff quickly usher away those who come simply to gawk at the gorgeous interiors and smell finer food than they can afford. Alyssia’s contact with the city’s elves gives her a unique and fairly comprehensive perception of the political scene within Absalom at any particular time, and (in part because Guildmaster Alain Always is a frequent and welcome guest) her understanding of affairs in the Ivy District is even more precise.
Alyssia welcomes all patrons so long as they are tolerant and behave themselves, but both she and her staff display especial grace and deference toward their elven clientele, which some non-elves tend to find grating. Her favorite customers are those capable of paying her establishment’s outrageously high prices, and she and her staff quickly usher away those who come simply to gawk at the gorgeous interiors and smell finer food than they can afford. Alyssia’s contact with the city’s elves gives her a unique and fairly comprehensive perception of the political scene within Absalom at any particular time, and (in part because Guildmaster Alain Always is a frequent and welcome guest) her understanding of affairs in the Ivy District is even more precise.
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