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==Early History: Childhood== | ==Early History: Childhood== | ||
Drexel was born during the Time of the Black Road Wars, when his Father, Hamilton op Oberon, was Emperor of Caradala. Drexel's birth went unnoticed by Hamilton who was busy leading the combined armies of 5 kingdoms against the Hordes of the Black Road. Drexel's mother died during child birth, in the care of a midwife in a low section of town. No one knew who she was, except | Drexel was born during the Time of the Black Road Wars, when his Father, Hamilton op Oberon, was Emperor of Caradala. Drexel's birth went unnoticed by Hamilton who was busy leading the combined armies of 5 kingdoms against the Hordes of Chaos swarming in upon the Black Road. Drexel's mother died during child birth, in the care of a midwife in a low section of a town not too far distant from the battle front, but in an out of the way location. No one knew she was in that little town. No one would have known who she was, except for maybe the Midwife, who never told a soul. And, of course, Hamilton; who never spoke of it to anyone, including Drexel. He was named Drexel by his mother before she died. | ||
The infant | When Drexel's mother died, it was only then that the midwife noticed that she had six fingers on her right hand. When she looked to the infant she saw the same physical oddity reflected there, as well as six toes on his right foot. The midwife immediately took the body of the dead mother to the edge of town and buried her in an unmarked grave. Later that night, she took the infant to the towns only Inn and stables owned by a family that was kin to the midwife on her grandmother's side. The Mother of the Family owed a great debt to the Midwife, so she knew she would raise the child right. And she also knew that the Family was unlikely to know the significance of the six digits. She had no other choice. | ||
The Mother of the Family had just lost a newborn son to sudden illness and a harsh winter, and was about to lose her eldest son to the War. The Mother took in the child without question or hesitation; was grieving over the loss of her newborn son and was in need of a surrogate for her motherliness. However, that motherliness didn't last long. | |||
Drexel's adoptive family was not overly large, 2 grandparents, 2 parents, 2 brothers and 3 sisters. Every member had one or more jobs around the inn and stables as there was little hired help to be afforded. Grandfather ran the bar and common room, but he was old and drank too much, so was really only good at tending the bar. Grandmother was in charge of running the Inn and dealing with guests. She also supervised the maid staff consisting of her 2 eldest granddaughters and a hired maid who doubled as a serving wench. Father ran the Stables, but also had to stock the bar and clean up the common room every night as grandfather could not handle these duties any longer. Drexel had two adoptive Brothers, but one he never knew for he had gone off to join the war while Drexel was still an infant. The other brother was not very smart but fortunately was strong and hearty, so he was given many manual labor tasks such as cleaning out the Stalls, feeding the horses, chopping wood, etc. He would also assist father with cleaning the common room and restocking the bar. Mother ran the kitchen with the help of two of her daughters, the middle, who also doubled as a maid, and the youngest. The eldest sister worked as a serving wench as well as a maid. | Drexel's adoptive family was not overly large, 2 grandparents, 2 parents, 2 brothers and 3 sisters. Every member had one or more jobs around the inn and stables as there was little hired help to be afforded. Grandfather ran the bar and common room, but he was old and drank too much, so was really only good at tending the bar. Grandmother was in charge of running the Inn and dealing with guests. She also supervised the maid staff consisting of her 2 eldest granddaughters and a hired maid who doubled as a serving wench. Father ran the Stables, but also had to stock the bar and clean up the common room every night as grandfather could not handle these duties any longer. Drexel had two adoptive Brothers, but one he never knew for he had gone off to join the war while Drexel was still an infant. The other brother was not very smart but fortunately was strong and hearty, so he was given many manual labor tasks such as cleaning out the Stalls, feeding the horses, chopping wood, etc. He would also assist father with cleaning the common room and restocking the bar. Mother ran the kitchen with the help of two of her daughters, the middle, who also doubled as a maid, and the youngest. The eldest sister worked as a serving wench as well as a maid. | ||
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Early History: Childhood
Drexel was born during the Time of the Black Road Wars, when his Father, Hamilton op Oberon, was Emperor of Caradala. Drexel's birth went unnoticed by Hamilton who was busy leading the combined armies of 5 kingdoms against the Hordes of Chaos swarming in upon the Black Road. Drexel's mother died during child birth, in the care of a midwife in a low section of a town not too far distant from the battle front, but in an out of the way location. No one knew she was in that little town. No one would have known who she was, except for maybe the Midwife, who never told a soul. And, of course, Hamilton; who never spoke of it to anyone, including Drexel. He was named Drexel by his mother before she died.
When Drexel's mother died, it was only then that the midwife noticed that she had six fingers on her right hand. When she looked to the infant she saw the same physical oddity reflected there, as well as six toes on his right foot. The midwife immediately took the body of the dead mother to the edge of town and buried her in an unmarked grave. Later that night, she took the infant to the towns only Inn and stables owned by a family that was kin to the midwife on her grandmother's side. The Mother of the Family owed a great debt to the Midwife, so she knew she would raise the child right. And she also knew that the Family was unlikely to know the significance of the six digits. She had no other choice.
The Mother of the Family had just lost a newborn son to sudden illness and a harsh winter, and was about to lose her eldest son to the War. The Mother took in the child without question or hesitation; was grieving over the loss of her newborn son and was in need of a surrogate for her motherliness. However, that motherliness didn't last long.
Drexel's adoptive family was not overly large, 2 grandparents, 2 parents, 2 brothers and 3 sisters. Every member had one or more jobs around the inn and stables as there was little hired help to be afforded. Grandfather ran the bar and common room, but he was old and drank too much, so was really only good at tending the bar. Grandmother was in charge of running the Inn and dealing with guests. She also supervised the maid staff consisting of her 2 eldest granddaughters and a hired maid who doubled as a serving wench. Father ran the Stables, but also had to stock the bar and clean up the common room every night as grandfather could not handle these duties any longer. Drexel had two adoptive Brothers, but one he never knew for he had gone off to join the war while Drexel was still an infant. The other brother was not very smart but fortunately was strong and hearty, so he was given many manual labor tasks such as cleaning out the Stalls, feeding the horses, chopping wood, etc. He would also assist father with cleaning the common room and restocking the bar. Mother ran the kitchen with the help of two of her daughters, the middle, who also doubled as a maid, and the youngest. The eldest sister worked as a serving wench as well as a maid.
There were only two hired help at the Inn; a serving wench that also worked as a maid for the inn, in exchange for a room and meals, she lived mostly off of tips. The other hired help working at the inn was Bartleby; the Commonroom Guard. He made sure nobody got too rowdy, that everybody paid, and that the family was never robbed. He would work from late afternoon till the wee hours of the morning before sunrise. He did not live at the inn.
Drexel learned much about cooking, horses and people while living and working at the inn. He grew tall quickly, he grew strong just as quick. By the age of 3 he was over 3 feet tall and was given chores of washing dishes and helping with washing the laundry. At the age of 4 he was just shy of 4 feet tall and strong for his age; his chores now included cleaning and chopping wood. By age 6 he was over four and a half feet tall and thick, but not fat; he began cleaning out stalls and learning about horse care. By age 8 he was over 5 feet tall, stocky and could nearly outwork his Bother and Father. By age 10 he performed more work than his Brother and Father combined and could have beaten his Brother, who was quite strong, senseless if he so chose.
Drexel's adoptive family didn't like him much, though they cared for him as they cared for their own, he was an outsider, and a mutant; he had six fingers on his right hand. His adoptive family ridiculed him for this, even before he could understand what they were saying; they called him Sei Dita, which means Six Fingers in the native tongue of Region. It was only when he got into trouble that he knew his name was also Drexel, for they would say: Drexel Sei Dita!!
Drexel was never allowed to call anyone by name, even if he knew it. He was only allowed to say: Nonno(Grandfather), Nonna(Grandmother), Padre(Father), Madre(Mother), Fratello(Brother) and Sorella(Sister). Patrons and Guests were to be called Signore or Signora (Sir or Madam).