| abstract | - Full name Class Nationality First appearanceMagic's Pawn At the time she was Chosen, Herald-Mage Donni was a talented apprentice thief. Those skills came in handy during her career as a Herald. She is described as "dark, curly-haired, phlegmatic" (Magic's Pawn), with a green magical aura. She was also forthright to the point of bluntness. In magical workings she "had a tendency to rush into something at full tilt." (Magic's Pawn) This was the source of her problem when working with another mage. Donni was one of Savil's last proteges. She and her lifebonded, Herald-Mage Mardic were working with Savil at the time a young Vanyel was first sent to Haven. Savil specialized in teaching mages to link and work as a team, something the pair initially struggled with. On the night Vanyel attempted suicide, Donni and Mardic joined the healing meld, giving Andrel the strength he needed to save Vanyel's life. That was when they finally understood what Savil had been trying to teach them. Now any Herald-Mage could complete their training. Knowing that Vanyel needed Savil's undivided attention, they asked Jaysen to take them on as proteges, freeing Savil to take Vanyel to the Tayledras. She and Mardic died about a decade later during the Karsite War. One of the three Adept mages Karse hired attempted to incinerate an entire town. In a desperate attempt to confine the flames, Mardic and Donni had called the flames to themselves. They were destroyed, but the town was saved.
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