The Saga of Proudfeet Chapter 1

Kymme was born the only child of her mother who died giving birth to her and a father of unknown origin. She grew up destitute as one of the local Mudfall children, under the yoke of the Syndicate. Her and the other young children were no better than slaves, those showing no aptitude for the thievery arts forced to work in the weed fields. Selling weed for smoking and grinding into illicit spice was a profitable venture for the shady organization and not wholly an evil thing as it kept the orphans fed and clothed. Kymme toiled daily for the meager scraps her work could afford and dreamed of a better life alongside the other orphans. Wanderers, vagrants and journeymen would all share stories of heroes and dragons, magic and treasure, and it was all enough to whet the appetite of the indentured children. Specifically stories of local yokels being given powerful artifacts such as magic rings, impenetrable shields, and flying capes enraptured the minds of the imaginative. Kymme herself knew such flights of fancy were beyond her station, but it did not stop her from becoming hopeful when the wizard came.