Lady Altouna

Lady Altouna is the beloved autocrat who runs the Numerian city Hajoth Hakados. She appears to be a lovely half-elven maiden of indeterminate age and profound grace, but in fact she is a Lashunta native to Qabarat. Arriving as a penniless, outcast foreigner on Golarion after an accident involving teleportation, she has risen from nothing to achieve absolute authority over one of Numeria's most important settlements.

Although the Lady is still a mysterious figure, she has revealed much to her fellow travelers from Castrovel. She was once a member of Qabarat's armed forces, and no great admirer of Krak of Mocotl. She claims that her family married into the Brassborn House several generations ago, suggesting she is a member of the lower noble class. Her own house associations are unknown.

Lady Altouna is a wizard, and all the more formidable for the relative rarity of spellcasters in Numeria. The full extent of her magical knowledge is not known, but she claims to be capable of teleportation and has demonstrated feats of illusion and shape-shifting.

The Lady's goals are still vague, but she has indicated that she has no desire to return to Qabarat. She cares for the safety and prosperity of Hajoth Hakados, and is keenly interested in helping Androids (as well as other aliens) escape the cruel clutches of the Technic League. The extent of her commitment to this project is unknown, but she has hinted that she was pursuing this goal long before the visitors from Castrovel arrived with their abolitionist mission.

It should be noted that while Lady Altouna's race is Lashunta, and she has all the advantages and characteristics of that race, she has used polymorphing magic to make herself physically into a half-elf. Unlike an illusion, this is a permanent, undetectable change that is not defeated by true seeing or similar effects.