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Niski was born on the coasts of Aegrothond under the Zalar family. Unlike many Dark Elf families, the Zalar family took up farming and gathering as their main priority. Being a well to do family, the elders encouraged Niski to be very hard-working from a young age. Niski was the second youngest out of four children, though Niski was the only male out of the four. All members of the family stayed within the farming life and were influenced to stay that way. Niski parents had a plan for him to take over their business, and had him often travel with his father to the inner city in order to trade and sell their goods. Without knowing, his parents placed by far the biggest burden on him. They would constantly shut down his wishes to take up a different profession. His parents forbade him from venturing too far outside their lands without an elder or his father. Niski, through the years, was becoming more and more angrier about the life he was living. The little joys he found in those early years were his sisters and going to trade in the city. Niski at the age of eighteen decided to test his limits and ventured out for several days with no supervision. Upon returning his parents were enraged and scolded him by guilt-tripping him. His father, the angriest of the family had become physical with Niski and during this had attacked his own son. Niski suffered some injuries but the worst was a blow to his neck causing him to lose the ability to speak (The healers said it was damage to his larynx). Although being unable to fully speak, Niski could still make certain sounds but with pain. The abuse was the last straw for the elf, the following days after that he spent planning where he would go as there was no staying in that wretched home anymore. He took as little as he could as to not weigh him down. Taking his youngest sister’s ring he fled his ‘home’ and took up the life of nomad, never staying in one place too long. Through his travels, Niski acquired an upper piercing on his brow to signify his freedom from his family. Even if it wasn’t the best of life, Niski kept to himself, not allowing himself to become close to any people he encountered. Another reason for his reclusive lifestyle was due to the embarrassment over his impediment. The times he did need to converse with someone he would use parchment to relay what he wanted to say. In this time, Niski made his earnings through selling rare trinkets he would find, such a job only earned him enough to eat. Now at the age of twenty-two Niski spends his time lurking the streets of Adria, doing odd jobs here and there.