The union between a wandering minsestrel and a local beauty seemed to have all the ingredients for a happily everafter. The arrival of their firstborn, a boy they would name Darko, only added to the magic.
Complications at birth, leading to the death of mother, and a father unable to assume the implications, left young Darko to be raised by his aunt and uncle.

A decent school education in the finer arts and eloquence along with the teaching of his elvish uncle, a professional carpenter, have armed Darko, aged 17 now, to a good start in life.
There a certainly advantages of a life in Emerald Hill, a very nice residential area within the Midtown District of Ptolus, but adolescent Darko expects more of life.
The numerous guilds, out-of-town adventurers looking to strike it riche … there surely is a place to be taken and rise above the life of the simple commoner…