The Princess Alicia, is the hereditary ruler of the city of Porter's Bar. Now in her early thirties, Alicia has proved an able ruler over the 8 years of her reign.

The ancestry of the Porter's Bar Royal Family is complex and fairly unique. It all starts many hundred years ago when a young girl, called Bwanga, was shipwrecked on a distant island. She had been sold as a slave, and was being transported to a new land, but when astorm sprang up Bwanga was the only survivor, left alone on a dessert island with Yokai, the spirit of the islands lagoon, [note for DM - Oriental Adventures. Race: Lesser Nature Spirit (p126)] .

Time passed and Bwanga bore a daughter, Kalli, who carried a number of unusual traits. Her darker shin (from her mother) made her stand out, but from her father she got wildness and a love of the sea. And from the both she got a great strength of spirit and determination - but the slavers came again and both women were taken captive again.

But our story skips a generation and continues with Kalli's daughter, Lei. Lei was slave, like her mother and grandmother before her, and like her mother - she inherited a wildness and strength of character, and a fondness and bond with the sea. But Lei had a chance to escape, and she took it with both hands.

See the story about the founding fathers of Porter's Bar

Lei met up with a Spirit Dragon [Oriental Adventures P28 (Pan Lung)], called Han Shay, and with a little help the pair of them founded Porters Bar. It is the coupling of these two that created the Shay Dynasty and these are the ancestors who are worshipped most specifically in the Faith of the Royal Ancestors.

Han and Lei's children combined the Blood of the Sea Spirit Folk and the Oriental Dragon - to give an almost unique combination. Since then the blood has become dilute, but it still emerges strongly in some individuals.