Finally, my background story... well, most of it.


Silja Viskinnar comes from a family of itinerant workers; no nomads with tradition, only cheap labourers that had been moving around all the time for generations, and usually died young. There were several loose clans meeting then and again on the road, and sometimes exchanging news, or children among them, depending on where the best employment for them was to be expected. Never having enough of anything, her people took what they could get their hands on without getting in too much trouble. All the children learnt hard work, and quite some tricks early on. Silja has neither fond nor traumatic memories of those days. When she was offered to be taught a trade that might open a few more doors into the future, she still took the chance: An elder brother of hers, whom she barely remembered and who was a soldier for Telmath by now, saw her potential, mainly her talent not to be seen at all, and introduced her to his superiors. Silja worked as and was educated to be a scout – freelance to be allowed to stay a civilian, but committing herself for the next three years.
When those three years were over, she was generally interested to see as much of the world as possible, as well as to find out what to do with her skills in the long run. Another three years down the road, she’s still unsure of what her place in the world would be, and still eager to find out.