Milana was an elf who had been kidnapped by a slave trader. The next thing she knew, she was in a cage, spending her days being stared at by those appraising her.
Children bought by the nobles are whipped, beaten, and worked to death, the slaver gleefully told her over their drink.
She realized that if she didn't get away then, she was done for, and so she and five other children made their escape.
They broke the locks on their cages using rocks and, after casting scornful looks at the trader who was passed out drunk, set fire to the residence and ran as fast as their legs would carry them.