World of Tiber

Chapter 1: My Backstory

Nightbreeze's PoV

My name is Nightbreeze and I am a Kagonesti or Wild Elf. We travel and don't usually stay at one place for long. We travel in clans. Depending on which clan you are apart of determines how big or small it is. My clan is a bigger clan. We get our names by something unique about us. My name I got when I was ten. I can run around and you won't know where I am. I blend in with my surroundings unless I want you to know where I am. I blend in easier at night so that's why my name is Nightbreeze. My parents names are Silverbow and Eveningfall. My dad is the best archer in our clan and that's why he has the word bow in his name. His hair has always been a silver tone so that's why silver is in his name. My moms name Eveningfall she got because at night or evening she can always find a water source. She has a talent to find waterfalls anywhere we go. Since we are Elves we live for hundreds of years. And we don't have very many kids. Most elves have one or two kids. It's very rare to ever have twins. Our cousin elves the Qualinesti and Silvanesti don't like our ways. They live in one place except for when they travel for there jobs. They take us Kagonesti and force us into slavery. They capture us and take us away from our families. I was taken from my family when I was ten. I like to explore away from my family at night to practice blending in with my surroundings. I found a Qualinesti girl all by herself. I went over to her and asked "Do you need help?" it's rare to see them out here by themselves. And I like to help people out because I am an expert in the woods. It's my home. Don't ask me where I was born. All I know is I was born somewhere in the woods. The girl is trying to motion to me with her hands while she says "I'm lost. I don't know where I am." Before I can say anything else I am surrounded by Qualinesti men. They grab me before I get away. She was trying to warn me. She looks sad about what happened. Ever since I was ten I have been forced to work for them. It's been twenty years since I was captured. I don't know if my parents are alive or dead. I'm thirty but that's really young in elf age. If any of us mess up they will punish us. Not all elves have us as slaves or like slavery but they don't stand up against it. When they first took me they tried to train me. But I kept running away. When they would catch me again they would beat me. I have scars all over from them doing that. And all my scars are where my clothes hide them. So no one else knows what they do to us when we disobey them. Since I have to do what I am told I know how to get around Qualinesti. I can escape if I want to but I won't make it very far on my own. I'm not in as much shape as I used to. They only let me eat enough to survive and I can only do what I'm told. I can fight but I wouldn't be able to beat the Qualinesti army. They patrol the streets to keep it safe. I would be very noticeable because of what I am wearing. They give slaves old, worn down clothes to wear. We try to fix what we can but we can't do very much about it. I'm running an errand for my owner that's on the Qualinesti council when a human comes. I've never seen a human before so I think he's a human. There's a lot of them. One of the Qualinesti guards says to me "Bring them to Learoths home."

I tell the guard "Right away sir."

The humans look at me and I say "Follow me. His home is this way."

I don't say anything else while I lead them to the house. I'm not allowed to unless they ask me something. We go inside and I tell another Kagonesti "Tell Learoth that company has arrived."

She nods then quickly goes to tell him. We can only call Learoth by sir when we are around him but we tell each other his name so we know what to do. We have to call everyone sir or ma'am. The head of the group says "You don't seem very talkative."

I nod my head in agreement while I see Learoth walking over to us. He tells me "Get refreshments for our guests and meet us in my study." I nod and quickly leave to do as I was told to do. I hurry to get the refreshments and bring it to the guests. If I do it too slow than I will get punished.

*Picture at the top of the chapter is of the forest around Qualinesti*