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Mira, or Allumira, is from the heartlands around Throne. Her mother was a widower, with no lands and no family - meaning she was a bed warmer too. She never met her father, probably some boy or old man that her mother was staying with at some time or another. She still did her best to raise her "little blessing" as she called her. When Mira was old enough her mother sent her away to get an education, but it didn't work out. She could take classes, but no master would take her as an apprentice. The stigma of her origins made sure to color her every interaction. You have experienced the hypocrisy and prejudice of the old masters yourself, so you feel for her. She just laughs it off. First opportunity she had, she took off and never looked back. She has been with Sara and Sammy since then.
You can't help but feel you treated her, and the others, unjustly too. Why should you judge them by the strict and (quite frankly) often absurd customs of Throne. You spent your entire adulthood in the streets of white stone, but you do remember a more idyllic life in the farms far from the oppressive towers. When you were young, your family was together and your brother was the sun of your life...
Hum. Just thinking about it is enough to make your stomach boil. You listen back into the girls talking to distract from those dark thoughts.
Sara is the one with the most winters under her belt. She says her name was once Shara Eidiannsdah - which means Eidi's daughter. She grew up in the far north, where the sun is weaker and the sea is full of ice. Beyond the Greenwater Bay, there is a large sea - the Cold Sea. It is so big and so old that it's home to monsters of olden ages. You heard a lot of sailor's tales about giant krakens, mermaids and worse things that dwell in the dark waters of the Cold Sea. You always thought these monsters were long gone from the earth, but today you know better... She says she grew in one of the more fertile islands that dot around the northern continent, her and her family. Her father was a warrior and her mother a spinster. She recounts with a strange sense of nostalgia about her days in that distant land. Eventually, a neighboring island grew jealous of their prosperity and happiness and took them by Iron and storm. She was clasped in irons and sold in the Qartian markets to the south. Her Sammy bought her because of a drunken bet. She laughs at it, but says at first she hated him. She tried to run away many times, even attacked him with his own sword once! But he never raised a fist at her. Quite the contrary, 'D'old pirate' - as she calls him - has always treated her as a princess. When he came to the Thronelands for work, it was required he emancipated her, and he did so without hesitation.
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