Mahlanda

Even drawing breath in the city of Tyr puts Mahlanda at risk. As a Preserver, her renegade magic opposes that of King Kalak and his templars. Her dedication to the hidden arts of good magic may one day cost her life. As she grew up, Mahlanda's natural aptitude and curiosity for magic surfaced. Knowing the hidden arts were forbidden, she sought to teach herself. After a series of failures—each of which nearly exposed her—Mahlanda wandered out into the dark streets of Tyr to find a mentor. She didn't need to look long, for an old man named Rondar Whitt somehow detected her potential and offered his tutelage. Mahlanda thus learned the rudiments of magic. Not long after her education began, the apprentice discovered the foul truth of Rondar Whitt : he was a Defiler—a horrid abomination among spell-casters known as Fevil . Though Mahlanda longed to learn magic, she refused to learn at the price of living things. Worse still, the old lecher had other intentions for her. To escape his horrid advances, Mahlanda fled into the streets. In her panic, a patrol of templars almost discovered her secret magics, but a passing stranger hid her away. The stranger, a Preserver in the Veiled Alliance, had been watching Fantherveis for some time. Sensing the child's innate talent and goodness, the stranger taught her the true art of magic. She has since learned enough to fend for herself. Mahlanda, now a minor member of the Veiled Alliance, still knows only three people of that organization. She believes in the cause of the Alliance and eagerly leaps to the fray whenever called upon. Unfortunately, Mahlanda has a talent for misadventure, perhaps because her childish notions of good and evil leave no room for the grayness or uncertainty common on Athas. The sorceress is slender but not tall and seems filled with energy. She has carefully woven her main spellbook into the patterns of her gown and leaves her other scrolls in her mentor's possession.
Mahlanda's cell consists of herself, Kerza the Bartender of the Red Kank, and the illusionist Faldar; and have recently made contact with the high-ranking member of the Alliance known as Amber.