by Quinlan Corodin on July 6th, 2015, 11:05 pm
History
Quinlan's childhood in Zeltiva was one of relative comfort. His father was a shopkeeper, and his mother helped manage affairs. From the time Quinlan could walk and carry a sack, there was always work to do. But there were also things to eat. This was better than many across the land could say, as his father was wont to remind him whenever he might grumble.
Quinlan's father was not nearly the most shrewd tradesman in Zeltiva. But what he lacked in pecuniary matters, he often made up for in charm. For instance, he made it a point to try to learn at least one welcoming phrase in the various languages of the tapestry of peoples that steadily flow through the port city. It mostly served him well, even if his pronunciation was sometimes comical. And in Quinlan was seeded an ethusiasm for the new and different. Young Quinlan met many customers, and gained a respectable handle on the tongues of those he found most intriguing.
Quinlan was old enough to remember his parents' plan before it went up in smoke. It had been to save enough money to see Quinlan comfortably through Zeltiva's College of Applied Skills, and make him into a true scholar. From there, they hoped, the city would be his oyster. But his mother died giving birth to his brother, Rolth. Their home was never the same. Lacking her head for planning, his father struggled to keep their affairs in order. Within a few years, most of his father's coin went to propping up his business and keeping up house.
Later years were defined by floating between jobs and independent studies as Quinlan's thin purse and fluid attention dictated. His relationship with his father and brother cooled as time went on and he grew more restless. But he could not yet bring himself to move on until, in the winter of 513 AV, his father joined his mother in the beyond. As Quinlan watched his brother Rolth inherit the family business, which had waned to one market stall, he began to focus fully on what he truly wanted for himself. |
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Quinlan Corodin on July 12th, 2015, 8:01 pm, edited 2 times in total.