3. The beginning of Vervain's story

The beginning of Vervain's story

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    acc: Gagliatora
    char: Vervain

    Not that long ago a happy couple lived in a small cabin somewhere in western Narfell. The husband was a hard-working lumberjack and the wife picked berries and did the housekeeping. Only one thing bothered the man .. they had never had children despite several attempts. The man had already given up hope of ever having any offspring and was about to give in until one day the wife got pregnant. The man was overjoyed and sang praises to Lathander .. but strangely the wife seemed less enthusiastic.

    After 8 months of pregnancy the woman went into labor .. and gave birth to a tiny, but yet healthy baby boy. At first the man was is extacy because he had always wanted a son … until he noticed the baby's apparent orcish features: the boy was a half-orc! The man was outraged: "PICKING BERRIES YOU SAID, YOU SLUT, YOU CHEATED ON ME .. WITH AN ORC!!" he yelled at his wife. She had always been more tolerant of orcs than most people .. but he'd never, not in a million years, thought that something like this could happen. The man snapped, flew into a rage and beat his wife into a bloody pulp and discarded her dead body into the ditch on their backyard .. but the man couldn't bear the thought of killing a baby, even a half-orc one so before throwing himself off a cliff he dropped the baby on the steps of a monastery of Oghman monks, hoping that they would take care of him.

    The monks, being a benevolent order, took the boy in and raised him as one of their own. They named him Vervain when he was 5 years old .. because he was appointed to drying Vervain leaves and making tea of them for the monks. Vervain grew up to be a healthy 5 foot tall youngster who was interested (but by no means good at) in learning and knowledge. The only thing that Oghman monks do and Vervain was good at is wrestling.

    As he grew older he had heard rumours of a man killing himself and his wife because the wife gave birth to a half-orcish son. He also heard that the boy was taken in by some monks. After a while he realized the rumours were about himself! (it took some for him because his abilities of deduction were and still are limited) He then said goodbye to the monks he grew up with and decided to wander around the nearby lands in search of his father whom the rumours described as a handsome 5 foot tall orc with curly black hair.


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