Kaljuk

Kaljuk was born in a small village in the mountains. The first few years of his live he happily lived there with his parents and his older sister. One day however the village was attacked by a large group of bandits. They burnt everything down and forced the villagers to flee. But while trying to save her children Kaljuks' mother fell victim to the flames and was killed as their house broke together over her head and buried her beneath its' ruins. Kaljuks' sister and father managed to flee, but Kaljuk himself was left behind after he fell and got trapped beneath the panicking villagers' feet, who nearly trampled him to death at that day. He was pulled out of the crowd by one of the bandits, who held him captive for a couple of days, but eventually showed mercy and let the boy go. Kaljuk was lucky and met an old woman that took him in and cared for him 'till he was 16. After she had died of old age he went off to live his own life and eventually find his father and sister, who he was certain about were still alive. Since two years he'd been wandering around, taking small job offers in every village and city he passed through to make a living. He eventually built himself a home in an unpopulated area of the kingdom of Haense, to have a place to rest and come back to from time to time.