Ankle is one of the freed "Tattoed" carried on board the Vivacia during Kyle Haven's slave trading voyage.
She was sexually abused and has difficulties talking as a result.
Etta and Wintrow Vestrit succeed in convincing Kennit, the pirate captain who rescued her in order to steal the lifeship Vivacia that none of the crew should be allowed to pressure her into a relationship due to severity of her trauma.
Eventually, she is shipped out to a remote hidden island to live with Kennit's mother.