<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/71/41/63/714163da1c2240123a9c122d7944c092.png)</div><strong>Name</strong>: Sondanwe Athor<br/><strong>Race</strong>: Half-Elf<br/><strong>Class</strong>: Aberrant Mind Sorcerer<br/><strong>Character Sheet</strong>: https://ddb.ac/characters/65633387/mTlRyW (https://ddb.ac/characters/65633387/mTlRyW)<br/><br/><strong>Physical Description</strong>:<br/>-<strong>Tall</strong>: Sondanwe stands taller than average at 5 foot 11.<br/>-<strong>Skinny</strong>: She is very skinny, muscular for her frame but not that strong over all. She is given to reading over fighting.<br/>-<strong>Attractive</strong>: With an hour glass figure, a large bosom, and full lips she is often the target of unwanted attention.<br/><br/>Personality:<br/>-<strong>Studious</strong>: She loves reading and research. On her explorations she is often reading about the history and lore of the places she visits.<br/>-<strong>Aloof</strong>: She usually avoids talking with non-elves and finds most interactions to be distractions.<br/>-<strong>Racist</strong>: The other races are inferior to the High Elves with each one having their own advantages and disadvantages but all falling short of quality of elves and their culture.<br/><br/><strong>Background</strong>:<br/>Sondane Athor was born in a distant and secluded High Elf city known to her kind as Andúnë. The hidden city prided itself on its fine arts, intellectual pursuits, arcana, and wine.<br/>It was a center of knowledge, culturally superior to its counterparts.<br/><br/>The city sat lonely in a vast valley with a single river traveling through the center. To the East there was a vast mountain range which took months to traverse. To the West a smaller but still vast mountain range right next to a silver of beach.<br/><br/>Sondane's mother was a well respected scholar and historian. The was constantly sought out for her knowledge and wisdom, which was a high compliment in a city full of scholars. If she didn't know the answer, she would know where to search. She had an extensive library with books and scrolls, which she allowed the community free access.<br/><br/><br/>Sondane knew little of her father, he was a traveler who somehow made is way to the city. He had traveled with a trade caravan through the forests that sat to the East of the mountains. Alone he traveled through the mountains with only companion, his pack horse.<br/><br/>The elves of Andúnë were kind enough to allow his admittance to the city but were not forthcoming in speaking with him. They decided he had traveled all that way and it would be cruel to send him off but they did not think him worthy of their secrets.<br/>Sondane's mother ignored him as well. That is until he came to the library full of questions. She had always honored the pursuit of knowledge, and decided this was an opportunity to educate one of the lesser races. Some elves believed humans would not better themselves with elven knowledge, they would simply corrupt the knowledge like so many mages had done with the arcane. Sondane's mother did not rule the possibility out, she was simply curious. She wanted to know what he would do with the knowledge<br/><br/>She let him stay in one of her rooms and answered his questions. To her amazement he was able to read, both in common and elvish, and not only that, he knew a little magic.<br/>A few weeks quickly turned to months and her mother found herself pregnant. The elves frowned on her teaching the human sacred knowledge but politely permitted it. But carnal relations? That was out of the question. The elders came together and quickly came to the decision to ban him from the city.<br/>For quite some time the populace shunned Sondanwe's mother but this was short lived. Her value as a scholar was unmatched and they soon came around to accepting her within the community.<br/><br/>When Sondanwe was born the citizens viewed her with some skepticism at first. Would she be more elf or human? But it didn't take long for them to realize she had the same curiosity and natural intelligence as her mother. She was well cultured, well read, and seemed a natural at the mystic arts. The elves assumed this was due to her elvish linage and would have never believed she gained her arcane powers from her father's side.<br/>Another trait she gained from her father was her lust for travel. Both her mother and father enjoyed gaining new knowledge and experiences but it was her father who wanted to see new lands. So, on her 32nd birthday she set out to explore the world, document it, and someday bring back knowledge of the lesser races. How had the world changed? What discoveries had been made? What of ancient ruins?<br/>She had no interest in finding her father. He was just some human after all.<br/>So she set off through the Western mountains. There she looked for the small ship she'd had been left by eleven traders long ago. A spell had kept it intact.<br/>From there she set off for adventure.<br/><hr/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Her Capture</span></strong><br/>Sondanwe had been traveling with a trade caravan on their way to one of the coastal cities. Sondanwe was one of the caravan guardians, being paid a small amount of gold pluss.for a small amount of gold and transport she helped guard it. Razix, the lead merchant who had organized the caravan, had suggested a shortcut off the main-road. He had predicted it would decrease travel time by three hours and explained for anyone using the route multiple times it would increase profits drastically over the long term. Every single guardian had warned against the shortcut, including Sondanwe. Razix ignored their advice and continued onward.<br/>It wasn't long before the caravan was accosted by brigands. Three thugs with long-swords and chain mail. As soon as the caravan stopped three more came from behind.<br/>The brigands demanded the merchants' immediate surrender. In exchange for going peacefully they would be spared their lives as well as being spared a small portion of their goods. The guardians protested, claiming the brigands were paper tigers and would fold in a fight. Razix again vetoed. Their goods were not worth their lives.<br/><br/>The brigands held true to their word, leaving a small amount of goods for every merchant. But when it was Razix's turn to show his goods he claimed they had already taken too much.He pointed to the women in the group, some guardians, some merchants, and explained that they had did not accounted for their value. Immediately the thugs surrounded the women, taking the stronger ones first. Sondanwe was bound with a magic suppressing collar around her neck before she knew what happened.<br/>Sondanwe swore revenge. Against the brigands and the foolish head merchant.  It was Razix's fault for taking such a foolish shortcut and he had sold them out to protect his precious profits that 'weren't worth their lives'<br/><br/>Sondanwe was immediately taken to a nearby city. She was chained to a pillar to be inspected and sold on the auction floor the next day.<br/>She had been sold to the city Inn Keeper, also the mayor.<br/>True to law, the Inn Keeper promised Sodanwe freedom after she payed off the purchasing plus 10%.<br/>However, this agreement made certain that she would never see freedom. He made sure her expenses would always be more than than her payments. He forced her to pay an exorbitant price for the small room she was kept in, she paid for the food and drink she consumed, the clothes she was forced to wear and she was fined whenever she disobeyed her Master.<br/>By the end of the first month, she owed double what she was expected to pay off. The other slave girls explained that after a few years being owned by the Tavern, they would have massive debts and would be sold. Having such massive debts meant their new owners would effectively own them permanently.<br/><hr/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>The FourLakes Tavern</strong></span><br/>Before esccaping, Sondanwe Athor was a slave at the FourLakes Tavern.<br/><br/>Clayson Bartholow's father was an extremely wise man and a shrewd investor. Having the foresight to see subtle changes and how political events would unfold economically, he predicted that the town of Lakeville would become a prosperous hub.<br/>The town had grown and flourished around a popular cross roads. The main road lead North to eventually reach the King's domain, which was currently flourishing and South to the desert lands, which after decades of strife, had finally seen peace under one Queen. The desert people were ready to buy wheat, vegitables and luxurys from the Northern lands while selling the rare jems that hid in the badlands.  The road to the East lead to the coastal cities that were also engaging trade after new treaties had been formed with lands across the sea. And traveling West were the lands hungry to buy the new goods and to sell their excess harvest.<br/><br/>All this had happened at once, and before things got underway,Martin Bartholow predicted Lakeville would flourish as Merchants would be coming through the town in all directions. He would have minimal competition since most merchants were eager to set up in the coastal cities.<br/>So using all his savings, he built a large tavern with plenty of well furnished rooms and well stocked with high quality food and drink in preparation for the would be travelers laden with coin.<br/>When he had started the project the locals had warned against it, especially the inn keeper who owned he tiny Inn by the lake could barely sustain itself with due to the lack of business. A larger competing tavern would be folly; splitting the business that barely existed. But by the time the tavern was finished, there were so many travelers that both the Lake Side Inn and the Four-Lakes Tavern were overfilled.<br/>Although successful, the name had been a mistake. It was deceptive. Named after the four directions of the two roads and the lake. It had the drawback of making the travelers expect four large lakes instead of one.<br/>By the time Martin's son, Clayson Bartholow was an adult, the town had flourished as predicted and had become a city. But by the time Clayson controlled the tavern, the city had run into hard times. Foregin wars and local battles had limited trade and resulted in lawlessness. The area surrounding Lakeville was now a dangerous place.<br/>Clayson did all he could to keep the business thriving but found little worked. The tavern did not see nearly enough customers,serving girls' wages were too high, and the customers could only afford the less expensive rooms with cheap drink.<br/>He was about to sell the tavern when he was presented with a way to keep business alive. A slaver had requested a room for the night and found himself unable to pay. He promised Clayson he could pay extra his way back. He was on his way to sell three slave women in the town over. The slaver had traveled though before so Clayson knew his word was good. He was about to agree to That's when Clayson had his spark of insight. He offered to buy all three women from the slaver at a discounted rate. The slaver, calculating the costs of making the rest of the journey, jumped on the opportunity.<br/><br/>Clayson quickly converted some of the smaller rooms to cells and put the three slaves to work. Owning slaves was a godsend to his operation. Instead of paying wages he only had to feed and cloth them. He could make them dress provocatively and entertain the patrons.  Soon the FourLakes Tavern was bustling again. Clayson, being a shrewd business man like his father, he wasted no time in procuring more slaves. Some he purchased at auction, others he had kidnapped.<br/>He would rotate slaves. Bringing fresh entertainment, and selling some as patrons grew attached to them and were willing to pay much more than he had paid.<br/>The citizens of Lakeville, who longed for the prosperity of the past generation, saw what he was doing and quickly came around to being a hub of the slave trade.  Clayson had given the city of Lakeville a much needed boost and they thanked him by making him the permanent Mayor.<br/><strong><br/>Sexuality</strong>:<br/>Sondanwe is very picky when it comes to partners and has never been attracted to a non-elf. She prefers a meeting of minds first and long foreplay.