Adelita (Anathema)

Lita was born to a single mother, who lived a nomadic life far from any herds or sentient life, deep in the rooted arms of the jungles. However, her mother had her own home there, safely nested among the deepest thickets, and there was where she raised her small and only child. Adelita was a curious thing as any, especially at her younger age. She learned to forage and to work, to provide for herself as much as her mother, both of them working side by side to live another day. Being raised like this instilled a very proud mannerism in Adelita. She liked working, and liked being able to provide for herself.

However, she began showing signs of magic, and her mother found her one day playing with a small orb of glimmering rock, shaping it and moving it. It was dangerous, at least to her mother, and she was told to supress this. At nineteen, she ran away from her mother and the overbearing attitude, the way she kept her hidden.

Unfortunately, she was not well prepared for the world. A horrendous accident - a bad choice - left her maimed and near death's door until a kindly wandering Mage found her. Someone that could heal her, and help her. She was brought to the Order, and her limbs were repaired with glimmering metal. At first, she was told it would be a difficult life... until they learned of her magic. Rather than shelter her or force her to hide it, they allowed her to learn and bloom under beautiful teachings.

She learned to walk again, and learned to keep herself in shape. The early teachings of her mother through her childhood had engrained a passion to be good at almost everything, and instilled the need to rely on only herself, even with help. Of course, she accepted the help, and gradually became a little more open to those that would give advice to help when she needed it in her most stubborn times.

Her magic grew under careful guidance, and she became a pupil most knew not only for magic, but for her preservation and work ethic. She had no problem getting her hooves dirty, whether to mine anything under the surface or to simply help someone plant.

Years of her life were devoted to the Order, but she eventually took a leave to figure out the rest of the world, and settled in a small area that was rich in ore. It eventually became a small booming town of vibrant golds and steel and gems. It's fed by a trade route that runs through the area for the ores that Lita herself mines, and the goods she creates.

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