[Lauke]

All Allerian children learn in the Grammaticus and Schola that Abestat, formerly the city of Lux in the kingdom of Luctadomum, was the first of Constantine's great Conquests. Without Abestat, the Allerian Kingdom might not have grown to the mighty Empire it was today. As such, the city had been transformed throughout the eras into a model example of what an Allerian city should be. The Guards were well-trained and loyal, the docks and businesses were industrious and profitable, and the marketplace was orderly and peaceful.

Today, to everyone's surprise, that last point was about to change.

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In a small one-room shack in the Domicilium, a young human awoke to the feeling of a soft pillow beneath his head and stiff boards beneath the rest of his body. I'm on the floor, he thought, grunting as he shifted his position from laying down to sitting up. Did I fall off the bed?

Within a few seconds, his eyes opened, squinting to keep the light out of his eyes, and looked about him. That's odd, he thought. Where's the bed? His eyes drifted over the rest of the house, where he found the bed in the opposite corner - occupied. "Of course!" he cried out, the memories of the previous day rushing back to him. It would likely be a day that Lauke, citizen of Abestat, would never forget.

A stranger had come to his door, named Cy'ycil Spellcore, asking for shelter. Lauke, being the kind-hearted descendant of a soldier serving under Constantine as the Allerian conquered Lux, had happily obligied. Now he also recalled that he and Cy'ycil would head to the marketplace today, to see about procuring another bed that the two might comfortably live in the same house.

Standing up now, Lauke yawned as he stretched his muscles and shook the lethargy from his head. He walked over to the bed and gently shook the sleeping figure. "Wake up Cy'ycil," he said with a grin. "It's a new brightening! There's so much to do and so little time!"

OOC: Here begin the adventure!