My mother died while giving birth to me, thus making me an orphan from the start. I grew up in an orphanage in the Trades Ward of Waterdeep “The City of Splendors”. Life in the orphanage was a fight for survival, the headmaster only did as much to keep us breathing in order to get sponsors to donate money and keep him in a more luxurious lifestyle. That being the case starting as soon as I could walk and talk I learned the ways of the street and quickly became a successful pickpocket, thief and con-artist.
I remember the day I met Master Fiorin perfectly. I was 8 years old and had just successfully out run the city guard finding myself in the North Ward of the city. This was not a place one of my level ventured alone. I was desperate to get back to the Trades Ward as quickly as possible but I was also starving having missed lunch during my escape. I decided to follow a wealthy looking man in order to take his purse to buy some food before making the trek back to my area of town.
Being extremely stealthy and following at a distance I knew I could watch and not be seen but still be able to keep up with his movements I started stalking this wealthy man who would supply my food for the next week. As he entered a crowd in the marketplace I moved up to lift his purse…to be continued
