<!-- Family lost military land grant, must work for merchants -->

<NPCCharacter
id="spc_wanderer_empire_2"
name="{=Ivx4uJVp}{FIRSTNAME} the Silent"
voice="softspoken"
age="26"
default_group="Infantry"
is_template="true"
is_hero="false"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Wanderer"
skill_template="SkillSet.spc_wanderer_empire_2_skills">

<!-- the brave -->

<string
id="prebackstory.spc_wanderer_empire_2"
text="{=AT7pJ6Rm}It is not without some reluctance that I tell this story, for it hardly does honor to my name." />
<string
id="backstory_a.spc_wanderer_empire_2"
text="{=3J76GzZh}My father was a cataphract in the east. We had a small estate to pay for his horse and armor. I was raised to take his place on the imperial troop rosters when he came of age." />
<string
id="backstory_b.spc_wanderer_empire_2"
text="{=fwYGme3B}But the Khuzaits overran us, and he was slain, and our land was taken. Its revenues now belong to some tarkhan. Alas, the empire has little land to grant today, even to trained cavalrymen like myself who wish to serve. And horses are expensive." />
<string
id="backstory_c.spc_wanderer_empire_2"
text="{=4UMf7HDe}You may call it pride, but I do not wish to enlist as a foot soldier. So I work here in town, for merchants, for pay, a hired sword. All I can say is that I hope one day to purchase the land I need to serve our emperor, whoever sits in the throne, as my father did." />
<string
id="response_1.spc_wanderer_empire_2"
text="{=KtN79I0H}That's it? The dishonorable part? That you work for merchants? I'd thought it would be a lot worse." />
<string
id="response_2.spc_wanderer_empire_2"
text="{=902xqUja}A cavalier of the empire doing errands for traders! The shame of it!" />
<string
id="backstory_d.spc_wanderer_empire_2"
text="{=wiR9bSfw}I try at least to pick and choose my master, and hope at least that some of our equestrian honor rubs off on the men of commerce." />
<string
id="generic_backstory.spc_wanderer_empire_2"
text="{=ammEPFoq}I'm a former imperial cataphract. Our skills, and our honor, needs no further introduction. But I was unable to afford my horse and armor, so I took work with merchants, as a hired sword." />