Legends of Belariath

Ashlei

Ashlei was raised in a human castle after having been found with her twin sister as an infant, somewhere in the forest. Wards to the family there, they were of course expected to eventually earn their keep. They were both trained to fight and her sister went on to become a Knight. Ashlei, however, showed some aptitude for magic, and so was taken by the mages for training.

The captain at arms did not appreciate losing his pupil, perhaps the idea of twin knights appealed to him. More likely, he just enjoyed lording his position over the one that was less able to slice pieces of him off. He used his strength and position to rape her repeatedly, enough that she wound up leaving and taking up with a goblin band. It was because of him that she also took up filing her teeth sharp enough to cut her own lips, and an attitude so bad that she could expect most to avoid her. Raiding and such is a dangerous business, however, and soon enough she found the band having dwindled down to nothing. It was then she took up with a group of slavers.

There she learned the ins and outs of slavery, helping to train the slaves and becoming more and more of a bitch lest someone decide to slap a collar about her neck. She would hide what she really felt behind a chaotic inner imp of mischief. The slavers eventually also broke up to different things, and she wound up as a mage in a mercenary outfit. This brought her to Nanthalion. She took up with Q`shalaysha and for some time paroled the edge of the empire along the desert. This did not keep her from notice, however, nor did her teeth or her attitude. She was collarred anyway.

She outlasted her master, however, and once more finds herself free to do as she wishes. She did, however, mellow out a bit, and while she will still act chaotic now and then, she does so with a little more wisdom. A few too many blows to the head will do that to a girl.

For a long time she hated men, all men, and she took it out on them when she could. Now, however, she keeps her hatred to the one man that caused it all.

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