Elemental Trafficking

Elemental Trafficking describes the practice of abducting Elementals to sell them for different kind of purposes.

History
Elemental Trafficking became prominent in Phoenie after the war, when the police and the government were too busy rebuilding the country and fighting small criminals that used the post-war countrys's circumstances and lack of control for their own good.

Despite the trafficking being a known problem that Freedom Fighters work against daily, at the same time it's a topic rarely bought up. This is mainly because most slave owners are rich, influential names in Phoenie.

Methods
Elemental Traders catch victims in all parts of Phoenie, sometimes even Galar, usually when they‘re alone to make sure no will see them.

After being bought to a bazaar every victim gets a three digit number tattooed on their body: marking them as a slave and free to be sold. Most will be called by this number from now on, being seen as property instead of a living Elemental. After that, slaves are sold at a bazaar, either being showed off in makeshift cages or even on a stage to be auctioned off.

Types of Trafficking
Depending on the build and type of an Elemental victims of trafficking are used in different ways:


 * Muscular and strong Elementals are usually used for physical labour.
 * Conventionally attractive Elementals are used for housekeeping or forced into marriages.
 * Some strong Elementals might end up as Gladiators: forced to fight each other for life and death so that spectators can put bets on them as a form of amusement.

The worth of a slave depends on their purpose and if they are considered special, which includes but isn't limited to being a shiny, being a species found only in certain parts of Phoenie or even different countries and even being a known name.

Members

 * Tristan
 * Mew

Trivia

 * There are about 20 members, including the close family of the knights part of the assortment.