Drexel
Drexel op Hamilton op Oberon
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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 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 Hamilton, who never told anyone, including Drexel.
Drexel was named by his mother before she died. He was raised by a family who owned and ran an inn with stables.
Drexel's adoptive family was small and every member had one or more jobs around the Inn. 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 would supervise the maid staff consisting of two of her granddaughters and a hired serving winch who doubled as a maid. 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 to 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 bright but fortunately strong and Hardy, 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 and taking care of the common room and restocking the bar. Mother ran the kitchen with the help of two of Drexel's adoptive Sisters. The eldest sister worked as a serving wench as well as one hired serving wench that also acted as a maid for the inn in exchange for a room and meals, she lived off of tips alone. Besides the serving wench/ made, there was only one other hired person working st the inn; 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 the sunrise.
Drexel learned much about cooking, horses and people while living and working at the inn.