I 'ad a good life, on da island. We all did. 'specially bein my folks were well placed up wit da syndicate. Pop were a enforcer a' sorts an Ma were, well, she were a hostess. Dat's wha' she officially were - on 'er time card anyways. Livin high - 'ad a nice place an all we needed.

Den a course all went ta 'ell - dat friggin dragon came an ruined everythin. We just made et on one a da boats leavin an even dat were a disaster - landed on some other island, ship wrecked wi' nothin but da clothes we 'ad on. Figured we were sunk den, but da orcs came an 'elped us. Don' know why, never even seen a orc afore den.

Soz anyways...We finally got on a 'nother boat Ma an Pop made et too, but one day we were almost landed where it were gonna be safe an set ta start up again when I caught my Pop talkin ta some slimey guy. Dey didn't see me cause I were sneakin - I been practicin en my spare time - lot a dat when yer lost - just sayin.

Anyways, dey were makin a deal like, I could tell cause Pop al'ays got dat grin on 'is face when makin deals - lotta gold in da bag my Pop took, den I heard my name mentioned..an 'bout fell out my drawers! Den I were tinkin back ta all da times when my Pop'ld look at me kinda funny an my Ma would yell at 'im like. Never really understood wha da big deal were until just dat minute.

...an I'm tinkin, Pikki...yeah I talk ta mysef sometimes...so wha' of it! Anyways...I figured I hain't hangin round for dat piece a slime, but dey saw me as I were tinkin hard like and Pop grabbed my arm 'ard like. He 'ad a nasty look on 'is face soz I swung at 'im an 'e lost 'is balance an fell over da side a dat boat, all yellin an stuff. Den da slime tried ta grab me an I shoved 'im too. Both dem sleaze bags gone to da fishes. Prolly gave dat fish heartburn.

Soz, my Ma were looking 'round, all worried an stuff, an hey..I don' know nothin, ya know wha' I'm sayin....an when we landed, she's all in da Captain's face and I jumped ship ta get outta dere.

I jumped da zep, smiled at da guy runnin et, real nice like, an 'e let me on for free - fancied a air ride, and landed en some jungle outpost, full a' orcs an trolls - Niver get used ta trolls not workin for da syndicate, ya know. Den got a ride ta Booty Bay and met up wi a group headed out. Dey seemed friendly like and soz I hooked up. Dey were asplosive merchants - headed back to Fuselight by da Sea, for resupply, ya know. Long trip so I learned lotsa stuff on da way, an once dere dey taught me some more soz I don't blow mysef up, or dem either...HA!.

Worked my way all da way up ta Asplosive Expert an dey made me what dey call a field analyst. Dat's when luck finally found me!

Da boss sent me to da swamp - ta check out a place called Stonard. Seems dere were a lot a action dere, figured we could might sell 'em some high quality asplosives an I got signed on wi da Blackteeth Grin.

Seems dey be fighten for somethin asides gold after all, ya know. I figured, ya know, Pikki....yeah yeah, I did it again...anyways, I kinda got a reason for da first time en my miserable life, been sorta a easy life up ta now, takin wha I needed, got real good at sneakin, But, dere's more, an I got friends 'ere dat hain't lookin for nothin. I see dat, heh, I hain't stupid - ya know and da Kaggoronosh - I mean, holy crap!

Dese guys go' my loyalty for life...dat's for friggin shuah. .