[author note: Tears of Snow again!  Detailing the desert, where both my characters come from.]

THE DESERT ZANYAV
To the north of the Mage Academy.  Surrounded by red rock and mountains to the East, West and North.  The river Xinxi runs south from the mountains along the eastern side.

DESERT WITCHES
“mountain hags”

Eternal beings, the Desert Witches of Zanyav were the original genies, often called gypsies when they were first seen.  They existed before humans came onto the land over five thousand years ago.

When they were first known to the humans, the Witches were worshiped.  As time went on, they were continually honored, but the respect deteriorated over time.  Eventually, the Witches began to hide within the mountain caves, leaving the humans suspicious and fearful.  Most recent legends involve the Witches capturing young children to devour them so that they may keep their eternal beauty.

They are storytellers, fortune tellers, potion makers, and spellcasters — though not in the magical sense.  Most often, the Witches merely do sun or rain dances, speak with the trees and flowers, or read the stars.  They have grown tired of the high-magicks that they used so much in the past.

GENIES
HISTORY
Genies were first created by the Desert Witches of Zanyav three thousand years ago.  They were to be companions to the Witches, designed with not only incredible power but human emotions as well.

However, these emotions made them unpredictable and dangerous.  Because they were so young, the Genies could not control their powers and went on many destructive rages.

The Witches created the Magic Lamps in order to capture and control the wild Genies.  With them, they also used a sealing spell to block most of the human emotions out.  The Genies were left with only one or two strong feelings, usually Greed, Lust, or Wrath.

Over time, however, Genies regain more of their emotions, most of the time from strong reactions to certain incidents.

MASTERS
Genies are bound to a new Master the moment he or she touches their magic lamp.  Once they are bound, however, they cannot be unbound unless
1. The Master deems it so.
2. The Master dies.
3. Theft (by um. sex.)
There is no record of a Genie ever leaving a Master by his or her own free will.

WISHES
There is no “wish system” for the Genies; once a Master is bound to a Genie, they are bound eternally and are granted unlimited access to the Genie’s powers.  The Genie cannot disobey.

LIFESTYLE
Genies do not need to eat or drink, but they tend to do so anyway out of habit or enjoyment.  Their bodies only require about four hours of sleep a night.

MYUNIRA DEL RAJA YUSRA FADILIA
Genie of the Stardust Lamp

In the beginning, all that was left to her was her greed.  Her desire for jewels of gold and of silver, of rare diamonds and other beautiful rocks, of magical staffs and enchanted bracelets.  She had nothing else.

And so, she was tossed about, uncaring and blank.  She held no regard for her masters, only treating those who gave her expensive gifts with slightly more favoritism.

With time, she became bored.  And so, slowly, a different lust came over her.  She began to gather harems under her masters, taking boys and men ruthlessly from villages without their say when her owner was vicious enough.

This was how she came about a sir Revan Orret.

He was a young noble who visited often for tournaments that her powerful, aging master held.  She loved to watch him participate, his sleek bold body glistening under the sun.  And so, for the first time in the history of the Genies, she left her master.

She came to Revan at the darkest hour with intentions to seduce him, but he took her with no fight.  The same lust was within him as well.  And so they stayed.  Through him she learned love, compassion, happiness.  She could not imagine anything better.

She had never looked into the future, where he would become old and she forever young.  But it seemed that it would never come to such things.

For a jealous and powerful man, Metzerra Von Birre VI, burned the Castle Orret to the ground and took her away with force.

Through him, she learned anger and hatred for destroying her beloved, then sadness, then pain.  He was cruel to her, using her whenever he pleased.  Drawing upon her wrath, she killed Metzerra herself and left him to roam the desert in loneliness and nothingness.

She stayed on her own for many hundreds of years, eventually gaining a new master who treated her as those in the past had – showering her with gifts and treating her like a queen.

After ages of this, she regained the compassion that had left her after losing Revan.  She grew fond of her masters, treated them with kindess, and in turn only allowed well-intentioned people to have control over her power.

Her last master was fond of experimenting with various potions, and in a grand accident one day, caused her to lose her powers.  After a year of mourning and becoming used to no longer having magic within her, she made her way to the Mage Academy in an attempt to re-learn what she missed the most.

Myunira is over a thousand years old.