Years before her birth, the unapproved marriage of Envie's parents forced them into exile. Her mother talked her father into going back to his family when Envie was born, to beg them to take them all back. As he was pleading for their forgiveness, she then proceeded to stab him in the back in front of his two brothers, her own form of mending bridges.  Due to his exile there had been a power play going on between the brothers: had he come back, he would have been second in power. Envie's mother had been sleeping with both the other brothers as well and was figuring out which would be to her advantage to ally with.  She chose to ally with the youngest, and let him know what she was playing the older one.  After she killed her husband for his weakness, saving them the trouble, she gave Envie to the older brother's family to do with as they pleased. Being born to an unapproved match, Envie could never be more than a slave, eventually being given to Eolorn J`Axx of Ebon Mask rogues guild.

Envie's current owner is trying to sell her.  One of the good races triedto buy her and set her free, but by law she had to return to her previous master. She is extremely resentful of whoever owns her and will carry out instructions as she's given, but is only really looking out for herself.  If she had a master that she didn't like, she would leave him/her to die if the opportunity arose and return to her previous master to be resold. Probably why J'Axx keeps trying to sell her to the light races...  Once a slave, always a slave, but Envie is set with her lot in life; however, she'd prefer a master that isn't very watchful and doesn't notice how she accumulates certain things.

Envie is a bit of a sado-masochist, though she feels she treats her "pet" Bensaret relatively well, an opinion he doesn't particularly share...