Legends of Belariath
Amaria Telarha
Amaria is a half-breed...part human, part catperson. Her mother was a slave, the sexual toy of her human master. Inevitably, this resulted in a half-breed child; A girl, which the woman named Amaria. Seeing this as an opportunity to make money, the girl's father had Amaria taken away from her mother, having her conditioned over the 18 years of her life so that she would make a good slave. She was taught to dance, and conditioned to be submissive and meek. Soon after her 18th birthday, her mother died, and Amaria was able to escape. She fled as far as she could, dancing in bars to entertain the patrons in order to gain enough money to survive.