Ysia Iron-Palm
Many mistook the waifish Ysia for being an easy target in her youth, and those who survived the error in judgment never made that mistake again. The slender sylph received her initial training on the Isle of Jalmeray, where she studied for several years among the Houses of Perfection, particularly with the monks of the Monastery of Untwisting Iron. She excelled in these techniques, despite the fact that her nature would have suggested a better fit to the Monastery of Unfolding Wind. But Ysia was never one to take the easy route. In time, she realized that her true interests lay not in the perfection of the body, but in the perfection of the mind, and she left Jalmeray to travel among the cities of the Inner Sea. She decided to settle in Absalom when she first laid eyes on the Irorium, and began her training as a priest at once. She excelled, as her method of combining her monastic teachings with clerical studies gave her an advantage that she was eager to build upon. It seemed almost foreordained that she would eventually rise to the position of high priestess, and she’s served in that capacity for well over a decade now. She rarely took part in public displays and contests in the arena during her youth, but has recently started to wonder if perhaps that was a mistake, as she suspects corruption has begun to infect the lower ranks of those who see the Irorium merely as a place to make money and build fame. Ysia hasn’t yet decided if it’s worth the trouble to try to reclaim the Irorium, though, for she also understands that a city the size of Absalom needs something like the arena to help sate its baser nature—not everyone has the advantage of patience and self-control, after all.
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