My name is Akihito and I used to live in a village we are called Parados which means Magic, we are people who are in every way human aside from the fact that we have special yet beautiful tattoo/s on our body since birth there used to be many of our kind however when Movarians discovered us centuries ago they were enchanted by us.
For some reason we were desired by other's; at first men would come and they were captivated but then as word spread throughout Movaria and the next Kingdom Estaria about the discovery of such enchanting beauty the more would come and try to kidnap and rape women then some went for men.
A war struck between Kingdoms and it was brutal especially for us after the kidnappings and rape the war made our situation worse by fighting over our kind resulting with a heavy and significant lose for us.
We were put in the very middle of a disastrous war that didn't settle until only a decade ago due to an agreement between the new rulers of the two Kingdoms who both called for a truce however we had already lost over 80% already so we became extremely rare.
Since birth we are raised to protect ourselves and told to never come into contact with outsiders, we were never told until we reached a certain age but the outsiders that caught a Parados would sell them as a pleasure slave for a high price and ever since we became rare they were extra careful with how they handled us so not to lower the value.
The Parados have a very special ability that the others do not know of; we are capable of adapting to our environment and healing rather quickly. If the temperature dropped or rose our bodies would change to the right temperature in order to keep safe and out of harm's way, they only way it was possible to know what our bodies do was to watch the tattoo glow that means our power has activated. We are capable of surviving no matter what the circumstances.
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Our tiny village was just raided after being discovered by slave traders, they snuck into our camp and hid throughout the area in order to attack at the right time so as to catch all of us. I was out gathering fruits and berries through the forest for at least 3 hours and by the time I came back I saw the entire camp ruined and everyone was gone.
As I got closer to investigate I didn't notice there was a few men still there rummaging through valuables, and when I got too close they had noticed me and I ran dropping my basket in the process as they chased after me.
Now I am running for my life running away into the forest as fast as I can, I heard rustling in the bushes that I am passing and I noticed too late my foot landed on a trap and my body was pulled by my leg and so I am now hanging upside down from a tree.
Movaria men came into view cheering and congratulating each other they looked like gruff, rough men they were definitely slave traders. The cut me down and locked me up inside a cold iron cage on the back of a cart, I stared through the thick iron bars sitting in silence as they packed their equipment and left for the Kingdom.