Maidens

The Following Alexander Party recently freed a bevy of beauties from the Castle of Maidens. Here's a list:

• Basma, cousin of the Emir of Aleppo
• Beiruzo, a very hot Arab woman
• Chiyono, daughter of the retired Japanese emperor Reizei
• Cleantha, sister of Pope John XV
• Dolores, a princess of the elves of Iberia
• Elsbietka, second daughter of the Mieszko I, Duke of Poland and his first wife, Dobrawa.
• Gaidaa, daughter of Ziri, Maghrawa Emir of Morocco
• Gretchen, cousin of Otto III, the Holy Roman Emperor
• Gwynn, daughter of the king of Galatea
• Huiling, daughter of the Chinese(ie, Northern Song) Emperor Taizong
• Izdihaar, sister of the Abbasid Caliph, Al-T'ai
• Kannaki, daughter of the Tamil king Rajaraja Chola I
• Miriam, daughter of the king of Ethiopia
• Pharat, a winged girl who can turn into small animals. She speaks no known language, and refers to herself as a "Tavada".
• Rebhid, daughter of the king of Zaghawa, a region in Chad/Niger/Sudan
• Robia, daughter of the prince of Tazahkstan
• Sofia, a mercenary who we met before on the way back fom rescuing Harald. She was acting as body double for Amyllis, a princess. Bears a grudge.
• Sparrowhawk, daughter of Sembat II, king of Armenia
• Tapuyen, daughter of Shenzhong, Emperor of the Tartars of Liao
• Therigatha, a nun from a Tibetian nunnery
• Udaya, daughter of Mahiapala I, King of Pala
• Xantha, a centaur princess from the Greek Islands. She didn't know humans existed until kidnapped. She has heard of the Island Party, but thought it was merely a rumor.
• Zara, sister of the queen of Palamut, a nation in Africa.
• Zuleka, formerly one of the Daughters of Allah, made flesh when Harald spoke her name.

Bonus maidens were Khrosa, a patchwork girl from America who attacked and was killed by the party, and Penthila, a girl who had been turned to stone. We left her in the castle.

Note that Chiyono and Pharat speak no language that anyone else in the group knows. Look at the list and you will realize that means they are from somewhere either very very isolated or a very very small group of people. However, Chiyono can communicate by writing with Huiling.