Archibald
was born in the slums of a city; he does not remember which one - his family
ran away from there when he was very young, because of his father's debts.
Since then, they lived in a remote village on the south, in area near Alaenar,
the pirate city. Once, the village was pillaged by bandits; and they took all
men and women that they liked to sell them as slaves (some ships were still
powered by people captured in this way; and some lords liked to play with girls
in a manner that left them unable to function after the games were done). The
leader of the pack took a liking to the boy (who was now 12) and took him in,
to teach him and make a courier and a spy out of him. The boy had no
complaints; he thought it was the best way to live - taking from others, all
for himself; and he gladly accepted all that the old man had taught him. And
when the bandit leader died, during a big fight where they won only thanks to
the boy (who grew into a man with fairly interesting tastes), it was only
natural for the boy to succeed him - after all, he spent last ten years
preparing for that.
But
once he got that position, he realised how much of a burden it was; and after
killing an innocent girl on the peak of his frustration, he decided to let go
of those people (while getting as much as he could out of it, of course) and
start anew. What could go wrong with that, anyways?
