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Spoiler: Punk's story
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Her real name is Noai Berryfield

Though the orcish blood makes it harder to tell than it would in another human, she claims to be descended from the Nolenzar people, who are, historically, a complicated bunch. While some snobby historians, and very angry royals, would disagree to the extent of their influence, LEGEND persists that they were once feared in the east as magically inclined conquerors that even death did not always stop. A Nolenzar sorcerer was given as much respect as a holy man or a lord, or even a wizard, and the "mage knights" that protected them were spartan nightmares to their enemies. So the legends say. But while that tripe is contested, it IS true that an actual indigenous group called the Nolenzars (mostly human and half humans of all kinds) were driven from the east centuries before in droves. Those that weren't put to the sword, anyway. They fled through the Ashenwood, where allies were waiting to spirit them away, far far away to safe havens well out of reach of their foes. They say that beyond the woods in western lands unseen, there is now a city called Archaven, a mageocracy metropolis where magic flourishes.

So the legend goes. Reports of officially recognized Nolenzars grew fewer and fewer in the generations to come, and it became mere superstition to assume that any subsequent sorcerous menace or warrior who commanded a little too much arcane might without the need for study were branded as Nolenzars. This has persisted into the present.

Nolae Berryfield may or may not have been a rare exception, and perhaps was the genuine article when she was alive. She was no victim of assault, either; she was a sorceress in her own right, who went and charmed the biggest, scariest and most cunning orcish man she could find that was willing to be her protector. Most agree that she was not only convinced of her heritage, she was also convinced she was a target because of it, and Noai was the result of her choice in guards. She lived a chaotic life, as a human "seer" among orcs, but her husband made good on what counted for marriage oaths between them, keeping her safe and venerated. And while Noai was not specifically taught magic or how to draw it out, her mother was an excellent cook and shared those secrets willingly. She was on the cusp of double digits when she lost them both, to kingsmen warriors who were trying to drive away orcs. But her mother had also taught her the ways of cities and towns, should they need to visit them. Noai took her lessons well, it would seem.

After fleeing to safety in civilization, just another punk wastrel living on the streets, making them unsafe for goodly common rabble. Noai quickly learned to swim against currents and work with social morays. She remembered grimy orc bloods share a meal that came from a single boar ('So that we may keep strength and fight for a larger dinner tomorrow,") as she watched so called civilized men throw bread crusts into a fire rather than give them to a starving fellow man. She grew up as all children do, and outlasted several street gangs before she realized she was growing too strong for them. And she dreamed and felt more than sense, that she would eventually grow in magic, as her mother had.

Sufficed to say, this was no longer a place for her. Remembering the stories Nolae told her, Punk scrounged weapons and gear and fled for the Ashenwoods, to see if she could make it to where the other Nolenzars had. To see the mystic cities legends promised her had existed. Or at the very least, to get away from whatever hellhole she was living in, willing to brave dangers unknown for a chance at a new freedom. Her ultimate goal, believe it or not, is to eventually open an inn or a tavern and cook; ostensibly so she will have both plenty to eat and plenty of troublemakers to fight as well. Or that's how she imagines it.



Certain names in Punk's backstory have been written in bold in case they need to be changed to fit the setting's previously established naming conventions.

I'm honestly curious though if Punk and "Winny" have crossed paths before.