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She is K'miri but was living in Tortall at the time. She gave Veralidaine Sarrasri her first job. Onua was of the K'mir Raadeh. Thus she originally came from Sarain.
Before coming to Tortall Onua was beaten by her husband and left for dead. Her dog, Tahoi , saved her life. Onua and Buriram Tourakom are old friends. It is possible that they know each other from Sarain, where the K'miri have their homeland, or they could have met once Onua arrived in Tortall. Onua still took her on, and was shocked to discover that the girl had a strange magic. They traveled south to Corus together and became friends. Onua helped Daine get situated as Assistant Horsemistress and was delighted to see Daine do well at first.
When the Riders went on summer camp to Pirate's Swoop , a fief run by George Cooper , they ran into some trouble when Daine used her magic to protect Griffins from attack. Queen Thayet was furious, as they needed to be able to trust their horses without interference. It was at this time when Daine realized that being assistant horsemistress was not the best thing for her. At the summer camp, Carthaki pirates attacked the Swoop, demanding that Queen Thayet and her children be handed over to stop the siege.
Daine didn't want her animal friends to get hurt in the fighting, but Onua advised her that this was probably the wrong way to look at this; Pirate's Swoop was their home too, and they might want to defend it from attackers. Onua was awed when Daine found Skysong , a baby dragon. Onua has wild magic with horses, being what the K'miri call horse-hearted, and the Gift.
