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Born the daughter of a human lord and a wood elf she began her life
in Cloakwood Forest. From a young age she was educated in the ways of
the elves and the ways of the humans. However she was not fully accepted
by the humans due to her background and only accepted by the Elves of
Cloakwood due to her mother being an elf of high standing among the group.
This prevented her from fully associating with either race except for
those who earned her trust. And with her, trust was a thing that was as
valuable as the things she stole.
A ranger that traded with the various groups of elves that populated Cloakwood
Forest taught her the ways of stealth over the years, but she took his
teachings a step forward by using them in various thefts and robberies.
One night she took her skills to the limit by attempting to steal from
a convoy of the Black Talon Elite that was traveling the from from The
Friendly Arm Inn to Baldur's Gate. She almost succeeded undetected, but
was discovered by the leader of the convoy when she set off a trap while
attempting to take off with the prize of the convoy; The Paws of the Cheetah.
Apparently the convoy leader was the only one to survive the assassin
who was the previous owner of those boots; he shot a poison arrow into
the assassin as he was advancing on him. Needless to say, the assassin
did not survive the encounter and the convoy leader took the boots as
his prize. Unfortunately for Frost, the convoy leader valued those boots
and was not prepared to give them up without a fight. Frost was not the
best of fighters and lost the duel; but not before mortally wounding the
leader. Using the last of her strength, she grabbed the boots and stumbled
off into the night with the convoy leader's sword stick through her side.
The convoy's guards pursued Frost and found her a day's journey later,
unconscious and dying. They dragged her back to the camp where the convoy
stationed themselves while waiting for their guards to return and to the
convoy leader; who was still alive, although not in good shape and required
a healer urgently. The convoy leader took back the stolen boots and his
sword from her side. Then they left her for dead on the side of the trail
and continued on their way. Somehow she survived the next three days at
the edge of Cloakwood Forest and when she came to, the wound in her side
had miraculously healed enough to stop bleeding. She dragged herself back
into Cloakwood Forest and to one of the several groups of elves that lived
in the forest where she spent the next month recovering from her near
death encounter.
To this day Angel learnt a valuable lesson that she has never forgotten;
"Always remember to look over your back every now and then; you never
know who might be about to stab you in the side..."
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