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Janr was born in a coastal village on the farther north of Almaris. Because it was only accessible by boat, comfortable living was only afforded by hard work, but the isolation made the waters rich with big fish. He was the first of two brothers, their parents being fairly young for the area. Janr was raised without much issue, but the village didn't have much in the way of faith or culture to spice up his life with. Anyway, his father worked hard on the waters to bring in fish to eat and sell, meaning that they could have plenty of things from down south. Janr admired his dad's dedication, and found comfort in the daily routines he'd help with, like fishing, or barrelling, or making boats. When he turned twelve, the old headsman of the village passed away peacefully, and all the family heads decided to reward Janr's father's labors by electing him headsman for the next ten years. The whole family was elated of course, and his dad was inspired to work even harder and braver. This eventually led to a fateful few weeks where Janr's dad decided to prepare for a whale hunt, slowing down fishing as they worked towards what his father called essentially a gold mine at sea. They went out, and only Janr's father and two other men came back. This horribly wounded the whole village's morale and ability, and Janr's dad was hurt the most by the guilt and humiliation. The next two years saw the village creep into a death spiral of low productivity while Janr's dad mostly drank and kept to himself. When Janr turned 18, his mother snuck him some of the family gold savings and had him slip away at night to go find work down south. Docking on the northern shore, Jan didn't have to travel long until he wandered into the Kingdom of Haense. He heard about the general instability, though, so scared of a repeat of his hometown he went east towards Norland.

Janr was born in a coastal village on the farther north of Almaris. Because it was only accessible by boat, comfortable living was only afforded by hard work, but the isolation made the waters rich with big fish. He was the first of two brothers, their parents being fairly young for the area. Janr was raised without much issue, but the village didn't have much in the way of faith or culture to spice up his life with. Anyway, his father worked hard on the waters to bring in fish to eat and sell, meaning that they could have plenty of things from down south. Janr admired his dad's dedication, and found comfort in the daily routines he'd help with, like fishing, or barrelling, or making boats. When he turned twelve, the old headsman of the village passed away peacefully, and all the family heads decided to reward Janr's father's labors by electing him headsman for the next ten years. The whole family was elated of course, and his dad was inspired to work even harder and braver. This eventually led to a fateful few weeks where Janr's dad decided to prepare for a whale hunt, slowing down fishing as they worked towards what his father called essentially a gold mine at sea. They went out, and only Janr's father and two other men came back. This horribly wounded the whole village's morale and ability, and Janr's dad was hurt the most by the guilt and humiliation. The next two years saw the village creep into a death spiral of low productivity while Janr's dad mostly drank and kept to himself. When Janr turned 18, his mother snuck him some of the family gold savings and had him slip away at night to go find work down south. Docking on the northern shore, Jan didn't have to travel long until he wandered into the Kingdom of Haense. He heard about the general instability, though, so scared of a repeat of his hometown he went east towards Norland.

Janr was born in a coastal village on the farther north of Almaris. Because it was only accessible by boat, comfortable living was only afforded by hard work, but the isolation made the waters rich with big fish. He was the first of two brothers, their parents being fairly young for the area. Janr was raised without much issue, but the village didn't have much in the way of faith or culture to spice up his life with. Anyway, his father worked hard on the waters to bring in fish to eat and sell, meaning that they could have plenty of things from down south. Janr admired his dad's dedication, and found comfort in the daily routines he'd help with, like fishing, or barrelling, or making boats. When he turned twelve, the old headsman of the village passed away peacefully, and all the family heads decided to reward Janr's father's labors by electing him headsman for the next ten years. The whole family was elated of course, and his dad was inspired to work even harder and braver. This eventually led to a fateful few weeks where Janr's dad decided to prepare for a whale hunt, slowing down fishing as they worked towards what his father called essentially a gold mine at sea. They went out, and only Janr's father and two other men came back. This horribly wounded the whole village's morale and ability, and Janr's dad was hurt the most by the guilt and humiliation. The next two years saw the village creep into a death spiral of low productivity while Janr's dad mostly drank and kept to himself. When Janr turned 18, his mother snuck him some of the family gold savings and had him slip away at night to go find work down south. Docking on the northern shore, Jan didn't have to travel long until he wandered into the Kingdom of Haense. He heard about the general instability, though, so scared of a repeat of his hometown he went east towards Norland.