Upon hatching, it was clear that Pah-We was different than most his egg-siblings, causing small sparks of harmless magic to flicker around him and the objects he came into contact with. Naturally, having some clear aptitude with magic, Pah-We was handed over to the care and tutorship of the tribe’s shaman. This tutelage did not last long, as Pah-We’s magic became more potent, seemingly with age, it also began to cause damage to items, including covering a carved head of The Great Black Mother in ice-crystals. Had this been almost any other artifact, perhaps this wouldn’t have been so bad, but The Great Black Mother was the Ancient Black Dragon, that the Keeka Draj saw as their matron. Despite the Dragon itself having been slain several decades ago by adventurers.
At the age of 7, just barely mature by Kobold standards, he was promptly exiled from the tribe, without any possessions to his name. The first year or so he spent scavenging, surviving on a mixture of plants, berries and fish, in the nearby forests close to his clan’s home. While his understanding of his abilities, in terms of magic, became clearer, he had no way to focus the magic, making the effects vary wildly, thus making them less useful for anything but predator deterrence.
One day, while exploring the far parts of the forest, Pah-We came upon a group of travelers, who were making camp. Curious as he was, he approached the camp (honestly drawn by the smell of a roast). This was his first ever interaction with any sentient race beyond the wildlife in the forest and his clan, at first the merchants and their guards were cautious, bordering on hostile, as groups of Kobolds (from Pah-We’s tribe) had been attacking caravans along the nearby road. Seeing that Pah-We was alone, and thus not really a threat. Instead, by request of on of the merchants, a man named Lawrence Bostrom, they took Pah-We in as curiosity.
One of Lawrence’s first acts was to construct a mechanical orb, made mostly from brass, telling Pah-We to attempt to focus his magic abilities through the orb. This orb was what Pah-We had needed to focus his magic, suddenly gaining a medium of control to channel his magic. This gave him a huge boost to his self-confidence.
The caravan of merchants arrived a some days early for the Feat Festival, having time to set up their stalls and getting a feel for the vibes in town. While Pah-We went out in town to attempt to scheme money, food, or anything of value, meeting with little success, before coming upon an elderly Half-Elven lady named Sylphira. Sylphira had tried, but seemed unable to get children of her own, and though Pah-We was mischievous, he had enough charm (and the size). And Pah-We spent the next couple of days acting as Sylphira’s newly adopted child. Pah-We grew fond of her, even handing back, unseen, some candlesticks that he had otherwise acquired from the house. And then it was time for the festival.
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