Heart is racing - she feels the magic bubbling within her as she tries so hard to hide it all. Mihtriel doesn’t want to be carted off to a Circle- she doesn’t want to serve or be killed just for being what she is. The young elf is absolutely petrified. The same group of people who had killed her father and her mother, probably even her brother — here and stepping through her small, makeshift camp. It’s hardly dawn and she stirs within her thin, leather bedroll.The elf squeaks, tugged up by the collar of her shirt. Tugging free, she hops to the other side of the dying fire while surrounded by four of them. Luckily for her she doesn’t carry a staff— nothing at all to hint to her being a mage. She messes with her hands, green eyes flashing like a feline’s in the slowly growing light. “You. Sources are telling us there’s an elf in these parts that’s a mage. An apostate - burning down crops and killing off livestock." Mihtriel gulps, face paling. This wasn’t her doing, and she had a sickening feeling that they’d try to put the blame on her regardless. Her voice is small, even with how strong she attempts to be. The man in armor towers over her, tying her stomach in knots. “N-no— it’s not me. I’m not even a mage.” Mihtriel replies.He scoffs. “Not a mage? You look a lot like one." He chuckles, stepping closer. "Why are you alone? You and your filth usually travel together, right?" Intimidation- he’s clearly trying to scare her into either revealing her magic or possibly something worse. Mihtriel was silent, so his hand snaps up to seize her neck. She yelps out in protest, a swift gag leaving her lips when he shakes her around. "Well -?!” Mihtriel is left frantically shaking her head, gasping for air. ”N-no— I-I’ve been sent out hunting!” She wheezes.The Templar drops her, and she hurriedly scrambles back on the dirt below. ”Aie- not worth the energy or the trouble. Be glad a bear didn’t get yah." And they’re gone. Mihtriel waits, tugging her bedroll over. She’s petrified - clinging to the leather before she succumbs to shaky weeping into it’s depths. All she could do now was keep moving.